game 13: O.T.
Our final chance in 2007 to show that we could make like mel gibson and show that we were a road warriors. We played at Odense(who are 11th in the league) and we were pretty confident we could get an easy win. problem is it hasn't been easy all year and this weekend proved no different
Warmups sucked; the gym was cold, the floors were slippery and they had crappy balls. It was hard to get loose and confident when you were always sliding when you planted your foot. the first five minutes of the game i picked up 2 quick fouls, playing bad defense, and was banished to the bench for nine minutes as a result. we played back and forth in the first quarter with each other but by halftime they had an eleven point lead 53-42. Endre was powering us inside(33pts) with 19 points at the half but we had some bad turnovers and couldn't defend against their high screen and roll.
second half we resolved to come out strong but they held that lead and were still up 9 at the end of 3 quarters. we started to run this new offense(a screen away type) and it was really effective with both me and endre alternating post-up opportunities. They tried to go to a 1-3-1 zone and we smashed it. i had it going on offense(32pts 6reb 9assists), hit some 3's, posted up, some mid range jimmys and was good from the line. we made a nice comeback and took a 2 pt lead. the final few minutes were tense, we swapped leads a few times, then with sixteen sec left and down 2 we got the ball at halfcourt. me and endre ran a screen and roll on the wing and i went baseline and dropped a reverse to tie the game. we made a stop and went to the extra session
they had this shooter on their team who was lights out, he was cashing in on everything, ending up with 41pts. the only way you could stop him was to deny him the ball, but he was pretty good at moving off the ball as well. i switched onto him in the fourth q and the OT to try and slow him down with some length. his jumper stayed wet though. some of the shots i would hit the ball as he was going up and he'd still recover and make em.
We started hot in OT as well grabbing the lead and holding it. endre and soren had some big loose ball buckets. Corrie got a technical with us up 4, i didn't really see what happened but that fouled him out along side our reg point guard diedler. so they cut the lead in half and then with 30 seconds left and the crowd yelling their little "forswag"(defense in danish) i came off a screen and popped a jumper from the elbow.... turning to the crowd as i jogged back downcourt with my finger to my lips like shhhhh...lol. was in that late game groove. they cut it to a 1 pt lead on the next possession, then i got fouled on the inbounds by their pointguard who went diving in on me for the steal. he hit the ground hard and started screaming. i guess the dude dislocated his elbow when he landed. The guys on our bench said in the spot where your elbow was supposed to be was empty. i don't like injuries so i was as far away from all that as i could get. he was screaming like a banshee though
talk about being iced at the line though. there was about 4-5 minutes that i got to think about my 2 important freethrows(up 1 with 13 sec left). although i hadn't missed all game, you still tighten up. i missed the first backrim and then rattled home the second. they came back down court, i denied their shooter and one of their other guys threw up a rushed shot at the buzzer and we won 96-94 and got that first road win. 3 games now with good finishes, now if only we wouldn't start slow.
On the drive back home our coach got us a flat of beer and the drinking was on. we brought alot of the young guys for this game so it was pretty fun. endre left to hungary and corrie left to the airport from the game. it was a festive mood for sure. soren and anders were the entertainment. singing their modified versions of this spoof video below.... it was pure hilarity. they started incorporating each others moms and imaginary girlfriends and i think they made it up to halo 30.
hanging out with master chief, playing halo three, three, three
the drive back nature called, and the dudes in the van started firing empties at anders and soren
we stopped in at mcdonalds on the way back and soren lived up to his boasts about eating. check the video... lol, people around us were giving him looks of horror.
the dudes at basketcollege had a party at their dorm and we showed up smashed drinking from six oclock on, i couldn't hang with the young bucks, by midnight i was ready to cash out. it aint like the old days. it was fun hanging out with the young dudes that i coach though
soren is constantly clowning. he went into this croatian dude Ivo's room and squatted down waiting for him to come back in
big mike, the social ringleader. Its funny seeing all their rooms pasted with old school ball pics, reminds me of when we were in highschool pasting posters up like wallpaper. johnny is still the king of that though.
Warmups sucked; the gym was cold, the floors were slippery and they had crappy balls. It was hard to get loose and confident when you were always sliding when you planted your foot. the first five minutes of the game i picked up 2 quick fouls, playing bad defense, and was banished to the bench for nine minutes as a result. we played back and forth in the first quarter with each other but by halftime they had an eleven point lead 53-42. Endre was powering us inside(33pts) with 19 points at the half but we had some bad turnovers and couldn't defend against their high screen and roll.
second half we resolved to come out strong but they held that lead and were still up 9 at the end of 3 quarters. we started to run this new offense(a screen away type) and it was really effective with both me and endre alternating post-up opportunities. They tried to go to a 1-3-1 zone and we smashed it. i had it going on offense(32pts 6reb 9assists), hit some 3's, posted up, some mid range jimmys and was good from the line. we made a nice comeback and took a 2 pt lead. the final few minutes were tense, we swapped leads a few times, then with sixteen sec left and down 2 we got the ball at halfcourt. me and endre ran a screen and roll on the wing and i went baseline and dropped a reverse to tie the game. we made a stop and went to the extra session
they had this shooter on their team who was lights out, he was cashing in on everything, ending up with 41pts. the only way you could stop him was to deny him the ball, but he was pretty good at moving off the ball as well. i switched onto him in the fourth q and the OT to try and slow him down with some length. his jumper stayed wet though. some of the shots i would hit the ball as he was going up and he'd still recover and make em.
We started hot in OT as well grabbing the lead and holding it. endre and soren had some big loose ball buckets. Corrie got a technical with us up 4, i didn't really see what happened but that fouled him out along side our reg point guard diedler. so they cut the lead in half and then with 30 seconds left and the crowd yelling their little "forswag"(defense in danish) i came off a screen and popped a jumper from the elbow.... turning to the crowd as i jogged back downcourt with my finger to my lips like shhhhh...lol. was in that late game groove. they cut it to a 1 pt lead on the next possession, then i got fouled on the inbounds by their pointguard who went diving in on me for the steal. he hit the ground hard and started screaming. i guess the dude dislocated his elbow when he landed. The guys on our bench said in the spot where your elbow was supposed to be was empty. i don't like injuries so i was as far away from all that as i could get. he was screaming like a banshee though
talk about being iced at the line though. there was about 4-5 minutes that i got to think about my 2 important freethrows(up 1 with 13 sec left). although i hadn't missed all game, you still tighten up. i missed the first backrim and then rattled home the second. they came back down court, i denied their shooter and one of their other guys threw up a rushed shot at the buzzer and we won 96-94 and got that first road win. 3 games now with good finishes, now if only we wouldn't start slow.
On the drive back home our coach got us a flat of beer and the drinking was on. we brought alot of the young guys for this game so it was pretty fun. endre left to hungary and corrie left to the airport from the game. it was a festive mood for sure. soren and anders were the entertainment. singing their modified versions of this spoof video below.... it was pure hilarity. they started incorporating each others moms and imaginary girlfriends and i think they made it up to halo 30.
hanging out with master chief, playing halo three, three, three
the drive back nature called, and the dudes in the van started firing empties at anders and soren
we stopped in at mcdonalds on the way back and soren lived up to his boasts about eating. check the video... lol, people around us were giving him looks of horror.
the dudes at basketcollege had a party at their dorm and we showed up smashed drinking from six oclock on, i couldn't hang with the young bucks, by midnight i was ready to cash out. it aint like the old days. it was fun hanging out with the young dudes that i coach though
soren is constantly clowning. he went into this croatian dude Ivo's room and squatted down waiting for him to come back in
big mike, the social ringleader. Its funny seeing all their rooms pasted with old school ball pics, reminds me of when we were in highschool pasting posters up like wallpaper. johnny is still the king of that though.
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