Summary of games on February 14th!
Soaring Eagles- Ruffian 111-109
Very exciting game that went right to the wire. Inside offence versus outside offence. despite Ruffian having HCA, eagles were able to take a win in this one.
Game was tight all the way, but the real emotions started in 4th quarters. it looked like teams decided to stop defending and see who can outshoot the opponent. It looked like OT will be needed to settle it, but then Ruffian having possesion with 15 seconds to go decided to take a buzzerbeater. Problem was that Filipczak couldnt handle the rpessure and shot with still 1 second left on the clock. Eagles were able to secure the rebound after a miss, pass the ball through the whole court (just for math geeks, the ball had to fly at least 144km/h to make it to the other side of the court in 1 second) and finish this incredible play with a bank shot that made it in. After seeing this Kevi has decided that Jeremy Lin took it easy in yesterday's Knicks' game and he doesnt deserve the praise. After all he had whole 20 seconds to make his play.
Player of the game: Nicu. his team lost, but overall performance was amazing. 30 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists was just enough to convince me that he deserves it over Solano (buzzerbeater scorer)
Scarbourough Stampede- The Dream Shakers 102-82
Expected a close one here, but simplycrazy did something to his team (do we have an anti-doping commission in this league?) and they were able to pull out an easy win in away game.
Player of the game: Ayala. Double double: 14 points in just 10 shots and 10 boards. Very efficient and since others didnt provide a spark, Jose gets my nod for player of the game.
We are Legends- Haylors 103-90
Another game that had potential to be very exciting, but 3rd quarter in whoch Legends outscred Haylors by 15 decided the outcome. After that blow haylors were never able to recover, and Legends managed to hold on to the lead and get crucial win in a team of similar level.
Player of the game: martinovis. Top scorer (28), with nice shooting accuracy and 4 3 pointers.
Ottawa Lightning- Webfoots 64-85
Former Naismith team started to rebuild and bought couple of players, but it was not enough to get their first win in league II. It was never even close. Kevi has to splash out a bit more of the mountain of cash that he sleeps on, otherwise he might be out of contention before season gets into deciding phase. Solid display from Webfoots who proved that they are capable of causing some upsets in strong red side of league II.
Player of the game: Smargovicz. 9-12 shooting, 12 boards and 2 blocks. Norwegian moster Alm scored 39 points, but it was with a patient tactic and he needed 41 shots to accomplish that so I cant name him MVP, but I am sure that in near future he will get his honour.
Keyes- Soul Crashers 96-48
Game with no history. Keyes is just way to strong to handle for anyone in this leauge, and seeing that Soul Crushers had their ?souls crushed? and decided to flee from the field leaving just enough scrubs behind to finish the game.
Player of the game: Stamatovic: 19 points on not a very good shooting, but he did manage to get 14 assists. Ku Jzeng managed to scroe 40 points, but come on, I couldnt name a player from a team that was destroyed a MVP
Montreal Visoders- Sherbrookers 80-100
Dont have much to write on this one. Sherbrookers pulled away at the beginning, and Montreal was onkly capable of cutting deficit in half after 3rd. i guess Sherbrookers took a nap in that part of a game, but when they decided to at elast stand up from the floor, they managed to close the win and add additional 10 point advantage in 4th quarter.
Player of the game: Brunner. 30 points, 14 rebounds, 2 steals, 4 blocks. do i really have to explain?