Week Three Part One (Not Naker Style)
Glenelg Tigers vs. Northcote Slammers 69 - 65
The match of the round in the West was a low scoring affair despite both teams playing fast paced ofences. The defensive clamps were on and both teams had great issues with putting the ball in the hole. Glenelg were only 28/81 which was actually better than the Slammers at 25/80. Neither team could hit more than two three pointers for the match. Glenelg were very careless with the ball having 15 turnovers to 7 for Northcote but the Tigers were fierce on the glass having a huge 58-44 edge that was enough to bring them home.
3 Fan Chung Ling Glenelg Tigers 22 PTS 18 REB 9/18 FGS 12.5 rating. When no-one else in the game can score being the one efficent player earns you a few fans, Fan has a lot of fans.
2 Pier Giorgio Masetti Northcote Slammers 17 PTS 13 REB. Not an efficient scorer but did a great job on the boards when his big men let the team down.
1 Bernabé da Gudiña Glenelg Tigers 12 PTS 17 REB. We could get into a Naker debate about whether 5/13 is better than 7/20 but one thing is better, 17 rebounds.
Slam ! vs. CROCKERS 25 - 0
Slam ! get the win but no points. Come on CROCKERS you can do better than this!
Melbourne Goldfish vs. JW City Bulls 92 - 78
Big clash between divisional rivals that know each other well had few surprises in tactics but saw JW get to the line a lot more than the Goldfish by forcing the ball inside. However Melbourne more than made up for that by hitting several three pointers and having a much higher shooting percentage overall. Surprisingly the dominating JW big men weren't able to dominate the boards and the Goldfish had a slim lead in rebounds. JW made a big comeback in garbage time in the 4th to cut the margin by 13 making it look semi respectable.
3 Xie Guanzheng Melbourne Goldfish 32 PTS 6 REB 6 AST 12.0 rating. Forced to run and gun for 48 minutes again Xie must have legendary stamina. The top scorer by a mile, equal top in assists for the match he also held Joel Vulcan to just 7 points.
2 Jarrod Corica JW City Bulls 20 PTS. Having a a bit of a shootout with Bay of the Goldfish #3 on JW probably managed to stay about even with his much more fancied opponent in a solid offensive effort.
1 Arcangelo Di Nunno Melbourne Goldfish 16 REB. I can see the appeals already. "He scored just 2 points are you on crack?" Well getting a shot off when Xie is on your team can be a challenge but it was what he did in defence that earnt this big fish a vote. Not only did he have to face up to a $90,000 and a $70,000 opponent and easily out rebound both ($90,000 Yuen had just 5) but he kept his man $70,000 Cvoro to just 2/14 shooting in an offence that was designed for him.
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