Round 7 : Elan Demars 100 - 104 Les Gueux du Marais : (133878362)
Wow, what a Round we had! We actually had a new HGL record for games decided by 5 points or less per round - 3 games out of 8 in fact were true nail biters this time!
Rajdersi was able to pull an upset win as a slight underdog against Suuret Muinaiset, and WiMaOlCa was so close in doing the same to Heywood Big Dogs, which has one of the most expensive rosters in HGL!
I don't think I've ever seen such an ending of a match in a BB match viewer: WMO was down by 3 when one second was left in a game clock, and they actually scored a buzzerbeater, but a 2 pointer instead of three pointer that would've been needed to force the match to the overtime - an unfortunate tactical mistake at a critical time!
While it's obviously very frustrating for the losing team, and it is critical tactical mistake from players, I guess it's still good that not everything in BB is optimized to the absolute perfection, as these sort of situations can once in a while happen in real life as well, especially as players are in a pressurized situations... Anyone who was watching NCAA D1 Mens National Championship Final this year knows what I'm talking about.
And of course, like you mentioned demars, Les Gueux du Marais was able both predicting your tactics correctly and also guess your offensive orientation correctly, and being able to secure 68,9% of match total rebounds - those factors probably secured an underdog a precious win in this exciting match between French teams this time around!
Last edited by Wagner at 4/29/2025 6:47:20 PM