30th Game: vs Trix

This game was played on the 19th of April at 9:20pm.
This was Dave's return game which meant we had six players. The Trix only had one win on the ladder which gave us a good shot at beating them. They were all younger guys and really had just one or two players that could shoot well. Simbo had a height advantage over all of them and therefore should have taken more rebounds and blocked their shots.

However, there were many occasions when they got an easy shot inside the key with a gap left open in our defense. That is what happens if one person moves out to a player without covering their butt.

Drew picked up four fouls for the game, of which two shouldn't have been called. One of the fouls was when the ball was whacked from a guy's hands and the only contact was made to the ball and his fingers which is classified as part of the ball. Therefore it shouldn't have been called. The other foul was one at half court which technically is a foul but by calling it actually disadvantages their team. That is because it allowed us to get back in defense.

The umpires weren't very good in this game. For one thing they didn't call any three second violations for the game, and I'm sure that both teams should have been penalised for that.

Our first half went in spurts, we got away well taking the first few scores, but about half way in our defense lapsed and allowed them to close the gap back up. We went into the halftime break leading 26 to 22. James had 8 points, Harbs and SImbo had 6 points, Dave had 5 including a free throw, and Tim had 1 point from a free throw.

The second half James was on fire, he single handedly scored 17 points in the half. Dave scored another 4 points, Harbs and Simbo each scored two more points. We had 25 in the half and conceeded 17.

29th Game: vs Aardvarks

We had heaps of trouble scoring in this game and lost 18 to 51.

28th Game vs Phoenix

This game was played on the 5th of April and we only had five players with Dave being away and Watson being unable to play on Thursday nights. It was a day when I really needed to have a rest as I had a bit of a flu type thing, but had no subs. We had Tim, Harbs, James, Drew and Simbo. The first half we scored just 10 points while Phoenix scored 28. James had six points, Harbs and Tim each had two points at the half.
The second half we played much better with Tim scoring four, Harbs scored 3 points including a free throw, and James scored another 12 points

We lost this game 31 to 60.

27th Game vs Rosies

This game was played on the 29th of March and with Dave unable to play due to his pending wedding, Age took his place on the court.

We started off quite well by scoring the first 8 points of the game, but then a lapse in defense and some fast breaks by the Rosies meant that we lost the lead. They had one really good player, but he wanted to do everything himself, and did score most of their points. So next time if we can stop him scoring then we have a better chance at winning.

Tim picked up four fouls in the first half, although one was probably meant for someone else. He managed to not foul out. In the first half Watson scored 11 points with two free throws, three 2s and a 3ptr. James scored 6 points, Simbo scored 5 which included a free throw. Age scored three of four free throws, Tim scored two points, while Harbs missed two free throws. Drew had a few shots but was unable to connect. We led at the half 27 to 26.

The second half we tried to stop the fast breaks, but there were still patches where they went on a run to stretch out their lead. We were holding on within 8 points until the final minute when they hit a couple more shots without us scoring to end on 60.

James scored 11 points with two 3ptrs, one free throw and two 2ptrs. This gave him 17 points for the game. Watson scored 6 points in the half including two free throws for 17 points in the game. Age, Harbs, and Simbo each scored 2 points in the half. Our final score was 50. This gives us 1 and 3 on the ladder since the new draw and puts us 8th.

It appears that the official score sheet has robbed us of another 2points. I wish that the people who score would get it right. There have been other games this year when the scoreboard showed a different score to what the sheet said. It hasn't changed the result in terms of win or loss, but just the percentage on the ladder which could determine the ladder position.

26th Game vs Saints

22nd March 2007

25th Game vs

15th March 2007