“Part of being
optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving
forward.”
Nelson Mandela
Ballers,
Today, we had the second round of playoffs played. The winners of last week’s resilience session,
Hakuna Matata (10-4) and TTTB (7-7) played one another. While last week’s losers bracket, Apocalypse
(9-5) and Dead Game (2-12) faced each other.
The movie script was written and the ballers took the stage. So fall back and enjoy the show. ACTION!!!
In our first game, TTTB came out swinging and commanded a 13
to 9 lead at the 9:25 mark in the first half.
Silk Money was slicing and dicing to the basket while registering (17
points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 steals)(7/19 from the floor) for the game. His teammate, The Carpenter, was aggressive
on the boards (14 GMB) and scored 6 points for the game.
Coach Chimmi of Hakuna Matata had to rally his troops
together. His platoon leader, E-Smoove
a.k.a. “ALL BUSINESS” started asserting himself into the offensive flow of the
game; giving Hakuna Matata an energy boost that had the game tied at the 2:53
mark; 26-26. Lance Corporal “Human
Eraser” added (10 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks)(4/8 from the field)
and gave his team Hakuna Matata a three point lead at the break, 29-26.
Starting the second half, Hakuna Matata wouldn’t let
up. Their physical defensive play was
just too much for TTTB to handle. TTTB
became frustrated and committed too many turnovers. TTTB didn’t score their first basket in the
second half until the 10:44 mark by Tone “Wild Thing” Loc (7 points, 4
rebounds)(3/12 from the floor). By then
the score was 39 to 28. Things would
only grow dimmer for TTTB as the curtains on the set were slowly closing on
this matinee.
Hakuna Matata wanted an Oscar nomination for this stellar
performance. They close out the lights,
57-42. E-Smoove led all scorers (23
points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals)(9/15 from the floor). “ALL BUSINESS also financed this
production!!! LOL. Frost Geezy and
El-Toro combined for (22 points, 16 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals). A job well done gentlemen! Since this tournament is double elimination,
TTTB still has a chance to play in the championship game by winning next week’s
game vs. Apocalypse. Hakuna Matata gets
an automatic bid to the championship round with today’s win.
In our second match-up, Apocalypse was on a mission to show
they are still contenders for the chip.
They got easy baskets in the transition early, thanks to The Phenom (30
points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals)(10/17 from the floor) for the
game. He also got help from Billy Ho (18
points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals) for the game. Dead Game played with a chip on their
shoulders in the first half. Leading the
charge was Lil’ Bison (12 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal)(5/10 from the
floor) for the game and his teammate Lil’ Scrappy (8 points, 1 rebound, 1
assist)(4/12 from the floor) for the game, kept it close at the half. They found themselves down by two, 31 to 29.
In the second half, the plot thickens and the story
unfolds. This is at the point where real
ballers separate themselves from mere men.
Bucktown (6 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals 4 blocks), playing
for team Apocalypse, reinjures his right hand by tearing the nine stitches he
had sown in from two weeks before. He
played the whole game despite the injury, and then went to the hospital to get
17 more stitches sown in (GMB)! That’s
warriors status balling!!!
His grit ignited his teammates, 4-0-9 (10 points, 6
rebounds, 1 steal, 3 blocks) along with T-Owl (7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists,
1 steal) for the game. At the 4:10 mark
Dead Game finds themselves down 55 to 48.
Heart-N-Soul (12 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, 1 block) gave
his all for Dead Game, as well as El-Concrete (13 points, 5 rebounds, 2
assists, 1 steal, 1 block). It just
wasn’t enough in the end. The final
score is Apocalypse 73, Dead Game 57.
Dead Game is the first team eliminated from the post season. Coach LaLa showed legitimate coaching
qualities as a first year full-fledged coach.
His leadership skills have not gone unnoticed. Good job coach!
Today’s Ingredients
4 – Teams
2 – Wins
2 – Loses
1 – Extinguished Flame (Dead Game)
Today, we embark on the next leg of our great
journey…Together!!! The chip calls us…our destiny awaits us.
Catch you at the scorers’ table next week!
Peace Out,
Bigg Dogg
Copyright © 2013 by Chris Gregory
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