“You must win from within “ – Gatorade
Ballers,
Today was your regular season finale! Twelve games got played with efficient,
competitive professionalism. Even though
today’s games wouldn’t affect the outcome of post-season team rankings, every
team played hard and spirited.
Our first game matched up the #1 seed; team Hakuna Matata (8-4),
taking on the #3 seed team TTTB (6-6).
TTTB’s regular season record against Hakuna Matata was (3-1). They seem to have “No Worries” number, and
today was no different. TTTB jumped out
to a 13-1 lead at the 12:31 mark in the first half. Silk Money led the charge with teammate Tone
“Wild Thing” Loc. At the half, with TTTB
up 42-22, Silk Money scored 19 first half points while Wild Thing logged 15
points.
As the second half got underway, Hakuna Matata, a.k.a. “No
Worries” finally woke up and commenced to track down a twenty-point
deficit. E-Smoove 21 points (9/18 from
the flour)(6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals) willed his team back into
contention. He got help from Lil’ Giant
18 points (8/15 from the floor)(8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal) and The Human
Eraser 14 points (4/9 from the floor)(8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 4
blocks).
With 6.3 seconds remaining in the game, E-Smoove goes
baseline and hits a basket to give Hakuna Matata a 60-59 lead. Having squandered a twenty-point lead, Silk
Money 25 points (11/18 from the floor)(5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal) made
sure the win was coming to TTTB. He
travels coast to coast with a kiss off the glass to a roaring rec yard crowd
and a 61-60 victory. The Carpenter
finished up with (7 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block). He also guaranteed TTTB making finals!
Tone “Wild Thing” Loc (19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4
steals) did this week’s Rap Session and apparently his words inspired his
teammates: “Every family will have their in-house disruptions, but when another
team gets the big head, we’ll pull together to put them in their place. This is Grown Man Ball (GMB).” Enough said!!!
Game two featured #2 seed Apocalypse (8-4) vs #4 seed Dead
Game (2-10). Apocalypse led at the half,
28-20. Billy Ho took charge in the first
half scoring 8 points, 7 rebounds, for Apocalypse. The Phenom didn’t play until the second half
(coaches decision). Not to worry because
4-0-9 (24 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal)(8th double/double)
held the fort down for team Apocalypse a 68-64 win. Dead Game fought back but there wasn’t enough
time on the clock to pull it out.
Heart-N-Soul (23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists) and Lil’ Scrappy (21
points, 3 steals) played all-out!
El-Concrete and Pit Bull accumulated (12 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists,
4 steals, 3 blocks).
The numbers for last week’s resilience session will be
included for this week’s Player of the Week.
This award goes to Silk Money who carried his team to two victories
while scoring 41 points (17/33 from the floor)(12 rebounds, 6 assists, 2
steals, 4 blocks). Congratulations and
keep doing it!
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Regular season is past…post season just ahead… Now
it gets real!!!
Bigg Dogg
Copyright © 2013 by Chris Gregory
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