7th Game: vs The Outsiders.

This was an early game, and when the clock started we had only three players there with Devo, Simbo and myself. James and Harbs arrived and we started the game with 3 minutes gone on the clock and 3 points down. Timmy arrived a few minutes after we started.

I was feeling like crap, exhausted, fatigued and think I have the flu, this is probably due to my walking this week, but that is off the topic really.

The opposition scored the first 13 points of the game, and when Timmy arrived we took a timeout when we were down 2 to 15. I sat down already tired after about 3 minutes on the court.

Timmy had two free throw attempts late in the first half but missed them. James made three shots and Simbo two shots in the first half so the score was 10 to 30 at the break. Unfortunately at this point Simbo was playing to the same level that he had in previous weeks which meant that we didn’t get enough rebounds.

The second half was better with James scoring 11 points including a 3ptr, and Simbo making another 4 points inside the key. This might be a little harsh, but Simbo shouldn’t be looking to dribble the ball up the court when we have other players who are better ball handlers. I sometimes take the ball up court, but I’m not the best at it by any level of judgement. With about 10 minutes left in the game, Simbo started to pull his finger out, so to speak, and got into better position and brought down some more rebounds. The two shots I remember taking myself were in the key, one in each half, the first missed the backboard, and the second was a hook shot that went in the ring but bounced out… so close. I know that on many occasions I take some stupid low percentage shots, but I’m trying to do that less. I rarely score any points, but that doesn’t matter much if James is scoring heaps and Simbo could get 10 or more a game. Timmy and Harbs had an off night with their shooting, while Devo doesn’t take a lot of shots, but his overall game has improved since he started playing with us.

We should have kept the opposition to around 50 points, but instead the final score was 25 to 71.