Concrete Soul: Chorus, Day 12

On this, the first day of the regular season; we’ve come a long way and yet still have a ways to go.  Such is life.  Competition builds character, however, it can also expose the lack thereof.  Let’s ascend!

Game 1.  Hustle-Chaos.  Chaos flowed, seeming to turn it on and off at will.  With perhaps their most balanced showing of the season.  Led by Silk Money (13 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 3 blocks), and Heart-N-Soul (12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 steals.  Young Frost added 11 points (8 in the 1^st half).  Geezy chipped in 8 points.  And, The Carpenter hit for 11 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, not only winning another rebounding title, dominating the paint but also showing his versatility by stepping out and nailing the trey.

Team Hustle was able to stay in the game due to the exploits of one, J-Rock 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals.  His line for the week, a sick:  53 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 7 steals.  At one point, hitting 3 treys in a row down the stretch, and trimming a 16 point deficit to 5.  Team Hustle played well.  Pitt Bull contributed 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 blocks.  The Bigg Dogg had 5 points, 11 rebounds.  Scoop had 7 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 5 swats.  Runny Ray and The General combined for 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.  

But, overall there was just too much Chaos, 64-57. Game 2 saw the QuietStorm defeat the Silverbacks, but the SilverBacks led most of the way.  Led by SunChilds’ 10 points (career high) 9 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks.  Tone had 21 points (career high) 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 steals and 1 block.  Bucktown had 12 points 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 4 blocks.  But, the Silverbacks were not able to capitalize in crunch time. 

E-Smoove (16 points, 7 rebounds) and Lil’ Scrappy (8 points, 3 rebounds) hit big shots for the QuietStorm to keep them in the game long enough for The Phenom to turn into The Phenom.  He had (21 points, 16 GMB’s , 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block).  And that, along with a phenomenal performance on Monday (40 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block) scoring all of QuietStorm’s 7-overtime points and leading his team to two victories is more than enough to earn unanimous player of the week honors.

The playoffs begin next week.  If you want it, you gotta bring it.  Shooting from the charity stripe today was atrocious with all teams combining to shoot 34 of 64.  This tournament is up for grabs.  It’s quite simple:  Make your free throws-win the chip.  If you want it – Bring it.  The competition can make you or it can break you.

Mr. Blue

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