B-ballers,
What it do?
It’s no secret that our annual b-ball tournament is in full
effect. Four games are in the
books. Two teams stand at 2-0. The other two are scraping for their first
thrill of victory in this 2011 season.
The temperature reached the mid 90’s today, but today’s exhilarating
finale was 500 degrees and no less. Word
is bond!
Team Chaos (2-0) faced the potential ridden Silverbacks
(0-2). There was a high degree of energy
coming from both teams’ benches. The
rookie big man for the Silverbacks, SunChild, accumulated 4 blocks today. His defensive presence was felt, but the
explosive combo of Silk Money (21 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1
block) and Heart-N-Soul (23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 thefts) proved
to be much too much for the Silverbacks.
Heart-N-Soul scored 12 of his game high 23 points in the 2nd
quarter. The Carpenter (10 rebounds) and
J-Dubb (11 rebounds) rules the boards, tipping the rebounding scale in favor of
team Chaos, 56-31. Chaos led at the half
29-21.
The Silverbacks were led by their rookie swingman,
Tone. He tallied 15 points, 5 rebounds
and 1 block. His teammate and former
defensive player of the year, Bucktown, stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points,
9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, but the 18 points by team Chaos
eventually caged the Silverbacks, taming them with a 66-42 drubbing. Na mean?
Game 2 featured last season’s M.V.P, The Phenom. His Quiet Storm squad was confident that
their 1st win of the 2011 season was in today’s forecast, but J-Rock
and team Hustle would weather the optimism of team Quiet Storm in epic fashion.
The first half ended with the Quiet Storm leading 33-28, but
team Hustle responded with a 16 point third quarter that would keep things
interested down the stretch. The teams
were deadlocked at 44 at the end of the third quarter.
Team Hustle’s top ballers were J-Rock, who finished with 19
points (5/9 from the stripe), 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. And, Scoop, a.k.a The Human Eraser, produced a
heavy 19 points (5/9 from the stripe), 15 boards and 4 swats. The man in the middle for team Hustle, Pitt
Bull, contributed 8 points (2/3 from the stripe) including 2 clutch free throws
in the 4th quarter.
The Quiet Storm was led by the bench production of 2nd
team All-World selection, E-Smoove. He
finished with 19 points (10 in the 2nd half), 8 rebounds, 8 feeds,
and 1 steal. The Phenom was held to 5
first half points. He finished with 14
points, 10 boards, 2 assists and 4 thefts.
It’s the lowest point total for the reigning scoring champ, since his
regular season finale in 2009. He sat
out the 2nd half of that game in which he scored 9 points. Nasty Nas contributed some thunder to the
Quiet Storm’s cause. He registered 9
points and grabbed 13 boards. Scrappy
had 12 points and 5 rebounds.
Just when it looked like Quiet Storm would get their first
victory of the 2011 season, the front door flew off the hinges and the Bigg
Dogg leaped off the porch. He finished the
day with 9 points, 11 boards, 4 dimes, 3 steals and 2 blocks. With his team Hustle trailing 65-64, and 5
seconds remaining in overtime, Bigg Dogg drained a 12 foot jumper, with a hand
in his face. The sound of the buzzer
brought the rec yard to it’s feet. The
Quiet Storm would remain winless and team Hustle would close out the 1st
week of the season at 2-0. Hustle! Hustle!
Hustle! Hard!
In 2 games this week, Bigg dogg tallied 20 points, 21
rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks.
His game winning shot at the buzzer, sealed the deal for Player of the
Week. Stay off the yard if you can’t
handle the Bigg Dogg. Ya heard?
Stay Up,
MannofStat
Copyright © 2011 by Leroy Elwood Mann
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