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Yeah, lucky doesn't cover half of my win... after Alba misses the buzzerbeater in regular time... we go down by 5 fast in OT... then with time running out, Zak hits a 3 to tie, with enough time for Retired to score... but then Dolic (I think it was, one of my non-fouled out big men) somehow comes up with a steal, and after a set up pass, the go ahead, buzzerbeater dunk by Nurek. Wild.

Well with my season now over, it time for the Buzzerbeater season awards. Here are end of season awards, I am sure that someone will think I’m am full of it for the selections I made, but that’s life.
MVP
Nominees:Elbert Delgado SM, Konstanty Szlas Pit, Brett Kang JF
Winner: Brett Kang JF
Prior to the matchup against Jungle Fever, I had Konstanty Szlas, the BB pickers also agreed. Then came that game. Szlas vs Kang, 1 vs 2 in voting, and Szlas folded like a wet tent. He fouled, fouled, and fouled some more, Kang drops 59 and we lose. He single handedly changed the course of two franchises, one national team, and altered trajectories of 3 U21 teams. I always use the Moto “PlayoffPressure” for my team and Szlas chocked under it.
Sixth Man
Nominees: Homer Baker JF, Tilt Mand Ret, Lizwelicha Legodi, Pit
Winner: Homer Baker JF
Not much here, Baker is by far the best bench player in the league, actually started against me in the playoff, but still qualifies
Defensive Player
Nominees: Pablo Speeci RR, Jon Odell WST, Wei Kanghong BIA
Winner: Jon Odell
Odell might not have had the best stats but very few players scored over 10 on him.
Nightmare Matchup
Nominees: Brett Kang JF, Wayne Devine JF, Elbert Delgado SM
Winner: Brett Kang
One I found out the hard way. Kang drops 59 on Pittsburgh beating them all the way back to D4.
Mr. Consistency
Nominees: Konstanty Szlas Pit, Gerson Itarini B25, Luis Alba Sloths
Winners: Gerson Itarini
Gerson Itarini, league leading scorer showed the most offensive consistency of anyone I ever seen.
Most Underrated Player
Nominees: Kennedy Conomos Pit, Jeremiah Davis Ret, Greg Jardinero EAS
Winner: Jeremiah Davis
Instrumental in the playoff. Jeremiah Davis was one basket away from sending Retired to the finals.
Best Manager
Nominees: Jungle Fever, SM Lizards, Pittsburgh
Winner: Pittsburgh
Despite my lose to Jungle Fever, I still believe I was the best manager. After seeing the skill sets of Jungle Fever and SM Lizards players, I clearly outperformed them with far less talent than they had.
Biggest Surprise Team
Nominees: Retired, Soulja’s, Jungle Fever
Winner: Retired
Again Retired was one basket away from a finals date with Jungle Fever, this is a substantial improvement compared their preseason last place projection.
Upset of the Year
Nominees:
Rebellion over Illiniwek 07/17
Illiniwek over SM Lizards 08/14
Rebels over Sloths 08/10
Winner:
Rebels over Sloths 08/10
The Lion Rebels beating the Sloths seemed to be the biggest upset this season. Last place in the Great 8 beating the Big 8 conference champ, is the big upset.

Not that it will help us win... but posting those awards on the locker room wall... cuz it won't hurt. :)

Wow... I just did a rivalry report, and the Sloths and Jungle fever squared off once before... in season 39

7/25/2017 Jungle Fever Galloping Sloths 84 - 48

a far cry from the OT game they played this year.

Should be a interesting finish. Beachlife is in full re-evaluation mode. Team needs some serious tweaks after this rough year.

I think that is going to very interesting next season. I see a giant power vacuum opening up. Like Beachlife, Pittsburgh is also in full re-evaluation. After two seasons of piling debt and attempting to get promotion without success.

GG MONKEYKIDS, first quarter had me thinking I was gonna get clapped but I had a big 4th quarter to get the dub in the end ! GL next season !

I must have screwed something up because Alba didnt start

Ouch... he was +6 when in the game and had 33pts w/ only 25m damnnn

it happens, congrats!