The Heat is on. Team Mayhem vs The Realest. James “Silk Money” Little, III and Shawn “The General” Bonnett combined early to make beautiful b-ball music and take an early 7-0 lead. Enter one, Marcus “The Phenom” Mitchell. He was fuego for sure. Deuce-deuce, trey-trey; timeout, The Realest. Score: Phenom 8, The Realest 7. The Realest respond with Silk Money getting a trey the old fashioned was, going strong to the basket and drawing the foul.
The General nails a trey and The Realest got impassioned play in the post from Elrico “Concrete” Fowler. He finished with a respectable 7 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. However, as a team, The Realest failed to guard the 3 point line; it would cost them dearly. The proof, Mayhem prevailed, 70-46.
Stacey “Scoop” Tyler carried team Mayhem early. Known for his shot blocking ability, his offense was key in the 1st half. Launching and sinking long range treys, catapulting Mayhem to a 44-29 halftime lead. By the way, Scoop also does windows. LOL. He finished with 15 boards. His 1st half numbers were sick (22 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks). Scoop and Phenom has 40 of team Mayhem’s 44 first half points. By the time the final buzzer sounded, this two- headed monster combined for 52 points, 21 rebounds 5 assist, 5 steals and 3 blocks.
Silk Money had another great performance in a losing cause, finishing with (18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assist, 3 steals and 3 blocks). All-World numbers without a doubt, and his heart, determination and consistency are second to none. The Realest are a talented team that has played well in spurts, but has been unable to sustain that effort for 40 minutes, and that’s simply not hot enough and will not get it done.
Turn up the heat – game 2, Ruffnex vs Elixir. This will be remembered as the game nobody wanted to win. It was 4-0 at the 16:16 mark and 4-2 at 13:18. This was not a classic defensive struggle, it was offensive… to watch, with sloppy play and turnovers from both teams. The game found its rhythm late in the first half with Paul “Pablo” Cummings connecting on back to back treys for team Elixir. Eddie “E-Smoove” Taylor and Rodney “Bucktown” Taylor (TNT) got more aggressive going to the hole for the Ruffnex. David “Big Bo” Williams found his range from downtown and Jeremy “J-Rock” Murrell began to play like a man possessed. Flying in for rebounds, blocked shots and ending the half with a pull-up trey to give his team a 23-17 lead at the half.
The J-Rock show continued in the 2nd half and team Elixir opened the half with a 12-0 run and a commanding 35-17 lead, which was huge because as a team they would only hit 2-FG’s in the final 13:58. Bucktown ignited a 20-4 Ruffnex run, fueled in part by atrocious shot selection by team Elixir that would come up just short. A pivotal play down the stretch summed up this game and the season so far for the Ruffnex. A personal foul was called on David “Big Bo” Williams followed immediately by a technical foul, but the Ruffnex would only convert on 1 of 4 of those free throw attempts and go 9/23 for the game.
The Ruffnex could play for the championship or not win another game. The story-line for this team is at the charity stripe. They still have a chance in this game with 0:02.7 off of a missed free throw, but instead of using their final timeout to design a play, they decided to push the ball and failed to get off a shot, final 39-37 Elixir. Congratulations to coach Jamie “King Red” Smith and team Elixir on a gutty, deserving win; they brought the heat! That’s what it takes gentlemen, not coming lukewarm then crying to the refs – on this the blue-view is crystal clear: its lame. It’s not honorable. Leave it all on the floor and bring “the fire next time!”Props to Jeremy “J-Rock” Murrell for earning player of the week honors with a line (50 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assist, 5 steals and 6 blocks) and leading his team to back to back wins for the week.
That’s the Blue-View from the sideline where the score is what you make it.
Mr. Blue
Copyright © 2010 by Paul Brown
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