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Well what can I say other then UNBELIEVABLE! Russell aka The ILLUSION and I began talking back and forth and on chat around the end of the 4th quarter. I had figured by the end of the 1st quarter that I had called the wrong defensive tactics vs. his offensive tactics as Knez, Pennatti, and Smith couldn't get a rebound to save their lives and they are normally decent rebounders. In addition to the rebounding problem his bigs were lighting it up specifically Statovci. By halftime he already had 20 and 20 I believe. I figured I was lucky at half to be close and told Russel by email If I lost by less then 15 I would be surprised. The problem was, in analyzing the game, that Russells tactics choice started the "PERFECT STORM" He also guessed wrong on tactics and assumed I was going to go LI and I went motion which pushed my guys out toward the 3 point line where they started to drool because they had wide open 3 pointers all night long and I have not let them shoot like that in a couple weeks. German, Barry, Nicol, Zabalbaru and Barajas are all decent shooters and wide open they just drained em all night. Now lets talk John Barr. Barr is a beast of a player which nobody likes to have to guard but for some reason John was asleep in the first half and we guarded him pretty well. The second half came around and John Barr.......well he woke up. He went off in the 4th putting his team on his shoulders and draining the needed 3 to tie the game with 2 sec left. At that point I figured game over ILLUSIONS at home they have advantage. Little did I know that Zabalbaru would come off the bench and pull a John Barr nailing a 3 to take us to another OT. Barr got tired of his shooting and knocked him out of the game literally he got hurt and was done for the night. That did not help my chances. 5 OT later Barr iced the last OT with a jumper and by that time both Russell and I were just ready for the game to be over as our minutes are so jacked it will take 2 weeks to get back to some type of normalcy. What did I learn from this? Well other then the fact that The ILLUSION and I both have great players--Our tactics snafu created the PERFECT STORM which ultimately created A COMEDY OF ERRORS! Incredibly fun game to watch though!

Different enthusiasms x incorrect defensive tactics calls + normal vs. TIE / home court advantage = a 73 min. game that I still lost. LOL oh well maybe next time. Wait I don't want another 5 OT game it is someone else's turn.

INTERESTING FACTS TO PONDER:

368 total points scored.

At one point in OT I had 8 Timeouts and ILLUSION had 7 even after calling all the TO toward the end of each quarter/OT.

When is the last time a motion offense produced 50 3 pt shots for one team. Wonder what it would have been like had I gone RNG?

Has D III ever had two 30/40 pt and 30 reb players in the same game ON THE SAME TEAM?

68 FT were attempted with only 1 person fouling out! Good coaching or bad defense? Hmmmm? Don't answer that I want to think it was the coaching.

290 total shot attempts with 145 made for a combined shooting percentage of 50% pretty good on any night for one team much less two teams combined.

85 total assists with only 28 turnovers.

76 3 pt attempts combined 50 by one team.

18 different players contributing points towards the total.

Now those are some crazy stats from a crazy game that the Crazy's lost! Any other game I go 25 for 50 from the 3pt line and I win!





Last edited by Fella at 1/27/2010 10:21:06 AM

To me, that is hands down the greatest game in BB history. You'll never see anything like that again. Maybe you will, but not with such contrasts in stats and strategies. Only one foul out too?! If that were a game played on ESPN, instant classic baby!

Although, yes here comes my shite, I don't think you can pick a player for player of the night from that game. All those guys deserve credit, but I would have picked a player from a different, less confounding game.

Ya know, Like George Braden, 30 pts. 8 reb. 8 ast. 1 stl, 1 blk, 0 to. ;)

Sometimes my girlfriend tells me I'm too much of a smart ass. I think this time I agree with her...

Last edited by Plotts at 1/27/2010 10:38:47 AM

I would agree with you with 5 OT's it would be tough but I would vote for Statovci on his 4 quarter performance alone not counting the 5 OT's.

Great Games Last Night! I agree Crazy's/Illusion was a BB greatist hits!

Without a doubt, I would put our Div 3 strength of teams vs any other. I have three other buddies in Div 3 and there divisions are not nearly as competitive or fun! Good Stuff Fella's!

OMG... Too Funny.. RE: "Flyers gave the players one day off to party in Manhattan".. I often let the coach pick the players during the game.. so its up to him to let them unwind i guess!

Thanks for collecting those stats btw Fella.

What an amazing game. After 2nd OT i thought there must be an error in the buzzerbeater match system and this game is never going to end. Our teams were playing on polar opposites with crazys dominating the perimeter, and me dominating the inside. Who knew we would end up playing so evenly. I thought I was going to lose after that first quarter and I closed my match viewer, and didnt check back on buzzerbeater untill 1st overtime, so i could see what the end score was. Little did i know the game was INTENSE. I cried, I laughed, and I cheered for joy, it was a hell of a performance.

You guys have a fantastic forum!

Thanks, stogey

We also got slaughtered on the boards as well. Well, if the Junior Knicks beat me up like everyone else has, it is training time. However, I am not complaining. Just trying to make lemonade out of lemon peels.

true friends 2-3 zone while you run and gun

thanks stogey and please show some mercy to Gavno LOL

Last edited by karapaks at 1/28/2010 3:07:34 AM