2nd Game: vs Saints

Ok, so this game was a late one, starting at 10:10pm. I received an sms from Devo around 4:30 that afternoon informing me that he couldn't play that night, so we would end up with 5 players. I went and picked up the top incase we got six players.

Well Dave and me were the first to arrive, and as we went past the opposition bench, I noticed the same guy that played on Monday night for Celtic against Focus Knights. He was to play for Saints in this match. Normally his attitude bugs me, so I was a little worried about how it may affect the game.

About 4 minutes into the game, Dave took a shot and landed partly on an opponents shoe which resulted in him rolling his ankle, and therefore took no further part in the game. Hopefully the damage isn't to bad. From that point on for the first half we played with just four players, Tim, Simbo, Harbs and myself. The halftime score was 7 to 41, with 7 team fouls. Tim actually picked up his 5th foul at the end of the half. The other team were nice about it and allowed Tim to continue to play the rest of the game.

This player I was talking about earlier appologised for what happened after the game on Monday night about the clock. That was good to see and hear, as I guess I never thought that he would.

Dave's girlfriend came during the first half to pick him up, and while they were on the sidelines, one of the Saints players decided to make a pass across the court in their direction. It wasn't a good pass as there was noone there to stop the ball and it ended up hitting her in the face. Ouch!! That was nasty.

The second half of the match Buzz, who was scoring for us, came on and played wearing jeans. Normally you have to wear shorts, but the result wasn't in doubt. I could mention the final scoreline, but it doesn't matter. For much of the second half the other team weren't really taking the game to seriously, and let us do almost whatever we wanted. Buzz spent much of the time in our attacking half, and scored after taking 3 or 4 shots, with each time the Saints player rebounding the ball and giving it back to him. After taking several shot attempts include a few 3ptrs, I eventually made a basket in the key. Simbo, Tim and Harbs each made a few shots, with our total score being 21. We lost by heaps, but it wasn't the worst game I have been involved in.

In terms of a score line, a few years ago when we played in 'C' grade we had a match vs the top team. For that game only Trav and myself were the only regular players for the team, we found another 5 players for fillins, but none had the fitness or skill level to compete with our opponents. Needless to say Trav and myself also lacked the fitness and skill for the grade. Anyway that game we failed to score a single point. Trav and a couple of free throw attempts, but that was the closest we got. The team was Beavers, and they were on top of the ladder at the time. They were up like 40 to zero and decided that they would play full court press on us.. Now that just isn't very sporting is it. They ended up with 110 points for the game.

Next week our game is on Wednesday at 10:10pm.