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Day 1 (Saturday 30 July 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Mighty Moose Rockets 89 - Linndale 115
Carolina Rebels 62 - Lion Rebels 111
San Dominica Warriors 81 - Rip City Revival 102
Philly Dribble 108 - The Lone Wolf 84
Tachenko 96 - 2 percent 77
Hustlas 102 - Is This Heaven? 84
The Ashkickers 106 - The Beer Bellys 103
Miami Cleo 93 - Żubr Białystok 85

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 115 : Linndale
Rebounds : 60 : Linndale
Assists : 31 : Hustlas
Steals : 8 : San Dominica Warriors, Lion Rebels, Rip City Revival
Block Shots : 10 : Tachenko

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 50 : K. Brown (Lion Rebels)
Rebounds : 21 : R. Mason (Tachenko)
Assists : 8 : M. Pinho (Is This Heaven?)
Steals : 4 : J. Brown (Linndale), K. Brown (Lion Rebels)
Block Shots : 4 : L. Shunhao (Philly Dribble)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : C. Kallay (Tachenko) (27 Points, 0 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 25
Shooting Guard : N. Neochoritis (Rip City Revival) (25 Points, 3 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Small Forward : K. Brown (Lion Rebels) (50 Points, 12 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 4 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 54
Power Forward : H. Griffin (2 percent) (24 Points, 10 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28
Center : R. Mason (Tachenko) (27 Points, 21 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42

MVP of the evening
K. Brown (Lion Rebels) (50 Points, 12 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 4 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 54

The bad performance of the evening
B. Buijtels (Carolina Rebels) (5 Points, 2 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -8

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : B. George (Carolina Rebels), N. Samuk (Hustlas) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : J. Segovia (The Beer Bellys) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : G. Locus (Miami Cleo), D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets), T. Plummer (Carolina Rebels), B. George (Carolina Rebels), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), Y. Delagnès (Żubr Białystok), S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok), H. Griffin (2 percent), A. Salinas (2 percent) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : K. Brown (Lion Rebels) : 6 Three points

The best performer : R. Mason (Tachenko), T. Armstead (Lion Rebels), N. Neochoritis (Rip City Revival) : Rating : 15.0

The worst performer : A. Salinas (2 percent) : Rating : 3.5

Good luck in game two tonight to everyone but Coach Stephenson!

Tonight's Potential Highlight Matchups
Should be a good battle between Rip City on the road against Philly with a face off between guards Miguel Velasco (25 pts on 58% shooting, including 4-6 from three) and Nikky Nay Nay (25 pts on 66% shooting, including 2-5 from three.

The other game I've got my eye on is The Beer Bellys on the road against Miami Cleo after thatguy suffered a heart breaking 3 point loss to The Ashkickers Saturday night. Will they be able to temper Damon Santana (39 pts on 34 shots) with Juan Segovia (27 pts on 21 shots)?

I be daggumed. I figured the zone would slow him down but I was still expecting that son of a gun to have a double double. I just hoped it would slow him down enough to get a win but ... Oh I am going to enjoy this one since this is the first time in 5 games the Terror didn't get a double double.

Last edited by Coach Stephenson at 08/02/2022 23:17:34

Yeah...I tuned in for the last quarter only to watch them go something like 4-17 from the field and blow it. Patient was probably a miscalculation - congrats on the win!

Day 2 (Tuesday 2 August 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Linndale 90 - Carolina Rebels 67
Lion Rebels 83 - San Dominica Warriors 95
Rip City Revival 95 - Philly Dribble 90
The Lone Wolf 93 - Mighty Moose Rockets 88
2 percent 105 - Hustlas 116
Is This Heaven? 57 - The Ashkickers 95
The Beer Bellys 87 - Miami Cleo 103
Żubr Białystok 75 - Tachenko 102

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 116 : Hustlas
Rebounds : 62 : Tachenko
Assists : 30 : Tachenko
Steals : 10 : The Lone Wolf
Block Shots : 11 : The Ashkickers

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 50 : B. Lutz (Lion Rebels)
Rebounds : 20 : P. Cheatle (Miami Cleo)
Assists : 9 : J. Segovia (The Beer Bellys)
Steals : 4 : C. Hampton (Tachenko), G. Gattoni (The Ashkickers), N. Sharf (The Lone Wolf)
Block Shots : 4 : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : I. Fuica (The Lone Wolf) (24 Points, 4 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 19
Shooting Guard : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo) (44 Points, 3 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Small Forward : S. Legkauskas (Hustlas) (43 Points, 2 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Power Forward : G. Pullen (Tachenko) (22 Points, 18 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Center : Y. Semiramis (The Beer Bellys) (25 Points, 17 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34

MVP of the evening
A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo) (44 Points, 3 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41

The bad performance of the evening
Y. Galileos (Rip City Revival) (0 Points, 1 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -5

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : E. Albright (Mighty Moose Rockets), T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : R. Heard (Mighty Moose Rockets), L. Arevalo (Carolina Rebels), D. Wilmink (2 percent) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo), E. Albright (Mighty Moose Rockets), H. Espinosa (Carolina Rebels), D. Winkler (Lion Rebels), M. Carrillo (Lion Rebels), H. Quindós (Żubr Białystok), P. Mari Acuña (2 percent), D. Wilmink (2 percent) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo) : 8 Three points

The best performer : R. Mason (Tachenko) : Rating : 16.5

The worst performer : K. Cruz (Tachenko) : Rating : 4.0

I picked the absolute wrong game to experiment with my lineup, while at the same time I cant remember the last time we only hit one three pointer. Good win Cleo, Varpukevicius absolutely destroyed us by himself.

Wow that was wild. Was not expecting that result. Not looking forward to the rematch. Maybe you can experiment in that game too? (Pretty please)

No mercy...ha ha ha. Dude, you had one of your best players injured and went TIE, still smoked me. You obviously have the better team.

Power rankings this week should reflect your strong win...looking at you Baine.

Looks like Linndale's Lagorce is a goner - bid put in on him early this morning.

UPDATE: Lukáš Urban with a couple of bids as well.

Last edited by Baine at 08/03/2022 17:58:03

I went TIE because I figured it was a sure fire loss!

Week One Power Rankings - Part One
Welcome to season 58's first official power rankings following games one and two of the regular season. The season has gotten underway with a relatively big bang from several players with seven players averaging at least 25 points, ten of them averaging 60% or higher in field goal percentage, eight players hitting at least 60% from three-point range, 12 players not missing a free throw, five players with at least 31 rebounds, 11 players averaging at least 5 assists per game, and nine players averaging over 25 in efficiency. It looks like we're shaping up to have another defensive battle themed season with only 4 teams allowing more than 100 points per game and only three teams averaging more than 100 points per game. Some of the promotees look really good while some of them look really bad and Tachenko is, as expected, bringing fire from Div II.

My power rankings are based on a combination of average Efficiency Per Game (EFFG) rank and their Opponents EFFG (OPP EFFG). Week one ties are sorted by difference in EFFG and OPP EFFG (ensuing weeks will take into consideration previous week's rankings to sort ties).

1. Tachenko
Ranked 2nd in my preseason rankings, Tachenko has dominated their first two games against admittedly weaker opponents, although Żubr Białystok held their own against them for two quarters Tuesday night. Four of their 5 starters are averaging at least 14 PPG and their fifth starter, SG Harris Stark has only given up 8 points in two games. They lay claim to the highest differential in EFFG, sitting at 69 after two games (nice).

2. Linndale
Ranked 3rd in the preseason, Linndale easily handled their first two opponents of the season, winning both games by over 20 points. While they're only shooting 35% from three, they're tied for the league lead in steals and have given up the least number of turnovers. Their scoring attack, so far, doesn't feature one dominant player, but is evenly spread between three starters and two bench players. It will be interesting to see how they hold up against stiffer competition with a matchup on the road against Philly Dribble next week.

3. Rip City Revival
Jbogroff's team was my number one entering the season, and while their efficiency rankings don't have them there (yet), they've proved their worth with a dominant win over San Dominica and a spectacular 4th quarter come from behind win on the road in the Dribble Bucket against Philly Dribble holding them to 29% 3-point FG shooting. They pulled out the win despite giving up 22 FT makes. Last season's MVP, Nikky Nay Nay, is continuing his dominant work, averaging 25.5 PPG on 60% shooting and a 14.7 Average Rating.

4. Hustlas
Even though Reece was a promotee, not much of a surprise to see them this high in the rankings as they appeared to be well set up to succeed in Div III. Their first two matchups have been against other Div IV promotees, but both 2% and Heaven appear to be relatively overmatched at this level. Hustlas actually are ranked 1st in EFFG and while their OPP EFFG (8th) leaves a little to be desired, they should hold their own relatively well throughout the season. Sirmantas Legkauskas appears to be a legitimate scoring threat, averaging 37 PPG over the first two games to lead the league. Fun fact: Legkauskas holds the Hustlas record for scoring at 67 points, but has routinely scored at least 50 points, hitting that mark 22 times over the last 5 seasons!