We knew it was coming, a deeper bass-line in the vocal
cords, the hard fouls, the dirty looks; the push for the CHIP. It had started to rain early, but the
precipitation felt the playoff intensity and immediately evaporated. Its money time – Silk Money time that
is. In a scintillating performance 28
points (season high), 8 rebounds 4 assists, 4 steals, 1 block – in which he hit
clutch shot after clutch shot. Scoring
10 2nd quarter points along with (6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals 1
block) at the half. Not only rising to
the occasion but laying down the gauntlet and propelling his team to within one
victory of winning it all.
QuietStorm seemed out of sync from the start. The Phenom kept it close with 21 points, 5
rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals, however his shot was off early to defend –
and the misses turned into easy baskets for Chaos who led 32-17 at the
break. QuietStorm made a run with
E-Smoove scoring all of his 18 points in the 2nd half. Nasty Nas grabbed 10 massive boards, and the
Gem, Billy-Ho and Lil’ Bison combined to snatch (16 GMB’s). But, every run was answered by a Silk-trey,
who also came up with a steal in the waning seconds of a 2-point game, and
hitting clutch free throw to ice it 62-59 in what, I am sure is on the preview
to an epic final.
Team Hustle and the SilverBacks met in our first elimination
game. The SilverBacks were led by the
Birdman scoring (10 points) in the 1st half and for some odd reason
was not on the floor in the 2nd half. T-Owl came up big with (9 points, 2 rebounds,
2 assists and 2 steals). And Bucktown,
SunChild and Tone combined for 12 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 10 steals and
2 blocks) in typical blue-collar G.M.B. grind ‘em up fashion.
Hustle was led by Scoop’s (19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals
and 5 swats), Bigg Dogg’s (10 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal) and
J-Rock facilitated (5 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block)
getting everyone involved in a tremendous all-around team performance. Hustle led throughout, but the game
SilverBacks tied the score 39 all with 6:09 to play. They would not score again.
Hustle closes with a 15-0 run, and we say so
long to the SilverBacks 54-39, while Hustle survives to fight another day. Do they have enough left in the tank to take out QuietStorm
and play for it all? Was J-Roc
conserving his energy foreseeing the challenge ahead? The showdown is Monday! I’m already there.
Mr. Blue
Copyright © 2012 by Paul Brown
Regular Season
Wrap Up
Regular Season
M.V.P./Defensive Player of the Year
Heart-N-Soul (12 games played)
14.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and *4.5 steals (53 total)
Scoring Champ
The Phenom (12 games played)
21.5 points per game (257 total)
Assist Leader
J-Rock (12 games played)
4.5 assist per game (53 total)
Chairman of the
Boards
The Carpenter (12 games played)
11.5 rebounds per game (137 total)
Top Shot Blocker/
Hackman Award Recipient
The Human Eraser (12 games played)
3.5 blocks per game (41 total), 36 fouls (2
disqualifications)
Top 6th
Man/ Most Improved Player
Frost (12 games played)
8.9 points (17 career high), 3.4 rebounds and 1.7 steals
Rookie of the Year
SunChild (12 games played)
4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.3 steals and 2.6
blocks
‘* League
Leader
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