Each day presents new opportunities. On death row nothing comes easy, but some
days are better than others; and today was just not a good day for team Dead
Game. They were without their point
guard, The General; out due to a visit with his attorneys.
Gutty performances though led by Heart-N-Soul (15 points, 9
rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals) Scrappy (9 points, 5 assists), Pitt Bull (8
points, 13 rebounds). And El Concrete,
Lil’ Bison, Jimi Jam and Big Nate never quit, but this team has very little
room for error. They fell today by 10,
54 – 44.
TTTB were led by Silk Money (16 points, 5 rebounds, 9
assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks) and Tone “Wild Thing” Loc (15 points, 6 rebounds,
1 assist, 7 steals, 1 block); welcoming Coach Gem back to the sideline with a
“W.” T-Bird came up with a huge contribution (10 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 4
steals, 1 block), and The Carpenter grabbed a new season-high 21 GMB’s! Maybe the rebounding crown is just out on
loan?
Game 2 was a battle for first place as Apocalypse battled
Hakuna Matata and it was Hakuna Matata dictating the pace from the start. Scoop, The Human Eraser, played like a man
possessed! He had 12 points, 11
rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks at half time and finishing with (15
points, 17 rebound, 5 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks). Make no mistake, he is the X-factor; and if
he continues to play the way he did today, everyone else is playing for second
place.
E-Smoove was electric, going for (25 points, 9 rebounds, 1
assist, 2 steals) and is poised to have his best statistical season yet, and
first championship? Frost was a blur (13
points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals) and Geezy was a quiet force with (12
points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals).
Apocalypse hung tough with The Phenom (31 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists,
6 steals, 1 block), but the long ball was a little off for him today.
He seemed to be more effective as a facilitator and going to
the rack. Bill Ho has one of his best
games of the season point-wise with sixteen.
4-0-9 and Bucktown went for (12 points, 26 rebounds, 4 assists, 4steals,
1 block). But these were too many
one-and-dones, and they were out-muscled on the boards 48-35.
Hakuna Matata slowly pulled away in the second half with
Ernie closing out the scoring with a rainbow trey and a whopping 75-59 victory over
Apocalypse. The Phenom was the epitome
of class and sportsmanship at the end, just dribbling out the clock and
acknowledging the Hakuna Matata win.
A bad day for team Apocalypse? Or is this the proverbial
writing on the wall? Hmmm. We shall see; tomorrow presents another
opportunity.
Mr. Blue
Copyright © 2013 by Paul Brown
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