DBS VS YGL “ Grit, Guts, and Glory” 

Starting this game everyone was looking around the gym for Barbour and he was MIA, ohhhh man that sucks. Lerner had the fire in his eyes though as he got us going with a middy 2-0. DBS runs a nice play gets Keith wide open 3 and splashes it 3-2. Leblanc wets 3, Walker confident at the line nails 2-2, J.Mul adds post hoop 9-3 YGL in control. Kieth p n roll bucket, next possession Johny sent a Vladi shot to the heavens with a block, but Kieth P n roll again looking effective 9-7 YGL. Lerner leans in, Vladi j, Vladi sick take all knotted up at 11. Liam running the floor well, Lerner gets a tough layup through contact 13 all. Harding 1-2, butJ.Mul j 15-14. Liam3 back n forth we go 17-15. Leblanc 3 holy lord 18-17. Harding lay up, Walker O brd. There were 6 lead changes in this stretch!! Valdi 3, Lerner midrager tied at 22. Leblanc nice cutting basket, but Valdi 3 another lead change , and he nailed another 3 before the half it was 34-29 DBS trying to pull away from the short handed YGL. 

Lerner trey YGL not done yet 34-32. Ini gets roll 36-32. Lerner hits another bigtime 3 to keep them close 36-35. Harding gets to his spot for 2, but J.Mul 3 we were tied at 38!!Leblanc middy, J.Mul 3 suddenly YGL was up, Lerner steal and hoop 45-38 YGL!! Walker adds insane lefty lay up 47-38, timeout DBS and the mood was not great, players down,and yelling at eachother. Harding and 1 after the timeout misses ft, Vladi 3 with hand in his face, Vladi and 1 Vladi another contested 3 was wet and we ere tied at 47 , what a run by Valdi. Lerner kills the run with a run around J, Leblanc dont put him on the line hits 2-2 51-47. Kieth gets a lucky break with the bank shot, but J.Mul keeps pace with free throw line J, but Ini sneaks in for 2,53-51.J.Mul wont let his boys down as he hits a floater 55-51. Keith nails a bigtime 3, but again there goes that man, J.Mul same spot yup it was good 57-54. Vladi rises up and swishes a 3 we were tied at 57 all!! I need a hero, I’m holding on to a hero for the end of the night and he has to be J.MUl, finds his way to the free throw line again, jumper up and it was gold 59-57. YGLtes huge stop, Leblanc 2-2. Harding gets fouled hit both 61-59. Lerner 1-2 DBS gets a shot to tie this thing or win it with a 4pt play. Vladi falls down theres a hectic scramble, Harding pops open, he gets a good clen look, it was up , looked good , hit the rim, and barley rolls off the front, and YGL repeats in dramatic, unbelievable fashion !!! 62-59. 

YGL

Lerner- A- Man on fire, was all over the court doing everything.points/steals/blocks, dude is a born winner 

Leblanc-A- Rock solid, did eveything they needed him to do. That 6-6 from the line was a hige edge for them. 

J.Mul-A+- How many big championship plays can one guys make?? Just a jaw dropping legendary clutch performance from the leagues gentle giant. 

Walker-B+- All grit,and balls 4 huge O boards, and the step through lay up brought a tear to my eye. 

Stull- B- Played the best D he could and took good shots that looked like he got robbed not going in. 

DBS 

Harding-C-) Played good D, tough to give him a bad grade when I dont think he got nearly enough shots but 8 pts is 8 pts. 

Vladi-B- Game high in points and assists, hit some huge shots to keep them in it, but it may have been one to many shots for me. 

Ini-C-) Good D but he was a ghost this game otherwise

Keith-B-) Hit some big shots, they shoulda kept going to the pick and roll it was hurting YGL. Thought he overhelped a little to much a times in the 2nd half. 

Liam-N/A- Barley played 

Harry-D- I wont go F here but it was close. When DBS realized Barbour was not there he should have hundled up and rallied the troops, but I felt a collective drop in energy and that translated to the rest of the game. As a captain/leader you had to stress no let down. Also the pick and roll was ruining YGL and DBS just stopped doing it, shocking because Harry is one of the best game managers that I have seen. I kept waiting for him to make the adjustments and he did not.