22nd Game: vs Air Force One

This game was played at the Arch Sports Centre and for this game Simbo got a guy from his church (Jarrod) to play for us. Sure he has the skills and is energetic with youth, but there were times throughout the game where he tried to do to much himself and not pass the ball.

Anyway, this meant we had a substitute and it was good to not have to play the whole game, but it also creates a certain level of annoyance with some players not spending long enough on the bench. I ended up playing just 23 of the 34 minutes in the game.
The game was only 34 minutes because i was late and the team hadn't paid the sheet on time. This also meant that we started 5 points behind. This didn't matter to much as we scored first and took the lead about half way through the term. We restricted them to just three more points for the half, and we scored 19. The foul count at the half was 3 to 8. Jarrod had 10 points with one 3ptr and 1 of 4 free throws, Dave had two points which came from rebounding one of Jarrod's shots, James made 7 points including 1 of 3 free throws.

The start of the second half we were a bit lapse on our defense, and with a few three pointers by the opposition the gap closed a little bit. We regrouped after a timeout and managed to stop them and score ourselves to eek out the lead again. Jarrod made another 11 points including one 3ptr, Tim and Dave each scored 2 points, James scored another 8 points and missed a free throw, and Simbo made 6 points and missed two free throws. We ended up winning the game 51 to 32.

Maybe i'm a bit miffed that Simbo suggested that I sub off with 7 minutes remaining in the game, when I reckon he should have gone off to even out the bench time. Doesn't matter anyway since we won the game and that gives us 3 and 1 on the ladder and in second place behind Exies.