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I like when I have a match and I know I’m going to lose but, maybe I’ll keep it competitive. Then I get shellacked by 34. Fuck.

I feel that. Didn't expect to win my game, but didn't expect to be blasted like that. The final score was NOT indicative of the game.

Happy Ourer: Joshua, you wanted to see offense get a chance. It looks like Douglas Simmons is going to get some run with departure of Roman Bodura and Rafet Ozver should see his playing time stabilize with the departure of Pere Vendrell.

Joshua Doe: It’s about time we see Simmons on the floor, but unless he’s coming out firing like Gian-Luca Twaruschek did last season with a slew of 20 point games, they need more scoring. Vendrell’s departure was all but assured when the big fella Juan Jose Gallardo arrived.

HO: Joshua, you move a big for another big. How does that stabilize the playing time for a Rafet Ozver? You still have the same minutes problem.

JD: Happy, you have to use the talents of the players you have. If you acquire the right player, you might see Beko move out to small forward. Imagine the skill set of a player that forces you to move Beko to small forward. He’s probably a scorer, who does as good work inside as Beko, if not better. What I’m saying is, if you get the right guy you unlock a number of things. Maybe it’s a scoring wing that slots Onrubia into the sidekick role until he’s ready to be the lead hero.

Sam Dunkley: I’ll tell you what, the defense inside and the rebounding improved, but Simmons getting more time doesn’t address Bodura’s loss on the perimeter defensively. We need to see Simmons contribute on offense and on defense he simply needs to be passable.

Jimmy Buckitts: I think the real takeaway is Roberto Gurgone’s fearlessness to make a move. I spoke with the Linndale GM and he mentioned that they wanted a more consistent rebounder in that role and that it would allow Davide Spada to be the full time backup center with Juan Jose Gallardo’s arrival. He said that would allow Ozver to be the primary backup for Joy Beko and Twaruschek can float between both forward spots. I think there’s another move coming, maybe 2.

JD: One of those moves has to be a scorer. Plain and simple. I don’t want to hear about ‘if the cost is right’, or ‘the player we’re looking for isn’t available yet’ or ‘that player doesn’t fit our profile’. Can the man score 20 a night in his sleep? Because that’s the profile you need right now!

HO: Joshua throwing the hammer down!

JD: I know Roberto well. He’s done a good job in that position as GM. He knows just on pure talent, they can’t compete with the Detroit Globetrotters tonight. He also knows if anyone can find a way to get a win, it’s Pio Reina. But you, these guys here in studio, the fans at home and Roberto all know this team needs a pure, give me the ball and watch me work because they can’t stop me scorer. Twaruschek isn’t quite there. Onrubia isn’t there. We don’t know if Simmons is that guy. Frias shows flashes but is too inconsistent, and Colenbrander isn’t selfish enough to be that guy. Roberto, go get your scorer.

HO: I’m sure Roberto isn’t watching us right now, Joshua.

JD: Well, he ought to. This is the best, longest running, most informative pregame show around with the best analysts…

HO: Shameless plug here…

JD: ...and if you want to know what’s going on, this is the only show worth watching or listening to. I’d call him, but I’m working, and I wouldn’t want anyone to call me while I’m working so I give that same respect.

SD: So, we got time to do some Big 8 analysis?

JD: Will y’all stop with that foolishness? Ain’t nobody got time for that here! This is Great 8 country! We got Great 8 business to handle, and we’ll deal with that other stuff when it’s time and not a second before!

HO: (laughing) and there you have it! We’ll be back with more after the break!

Day 3 (Saturday 4 January 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Defenseless Babies 94 - Las Vegas Red Pandas 107
AZ Sunburn 119 - The Dachshunds 111
GloryBoyz 123 - Wahoo Warriors 111
Anchorage Allstars. 102 - Auto-Strikers 52
Everett Everymen 73 - No Limit BPE 99
Eternityz Rostah 96 - Duke Devilz 79
Detroit Globetrotters 124 - Linndale 127
Page 2 105 - Andersonville Alligators 99

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 127 : Linndale
Rebounds : 66 : Las Vegas Red Pandas
Assists : 31 : Eternityz Rostah, Detroit Globetrotters
Steals : 12 : Anchorage Allstars.
Block Shots : 10 : Anchorage Allstars.

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 42 : H. Oßmann (Detroit Globetrotters)
Rebounds : 22 : B. Ellis (Detroit Globetrotters)
Assists : 15 : C. Ravestein (Detroit Globetrotters)
Steals : 5 : J. Schindl (Anchorage Allstars.)
Block Shots : 3 : A. Bedonia (GloryBoyz), J. Yongyi (Anchorage Allstars.), M. Álvarez (Eternityz Rostah)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : Y. Xiao (GloryBoyz) (34 Points, 5 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Shooting Guard : H. Oßmann (Detroit Globetrotters) (42 Points, 9 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Small Forward : J. Massalt (Page 2) (29 Points, 8 Rebounds, 9 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Power Forward : J. Beko (Linndale) (20 Points, 21 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 44
Center : K. Tanko (Page 2) (23 Points, 21 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38

MVP of the evening
J. Beko (Linndale) (20 Points, 21 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 44

The bad performance of the evening
A. Stockton (Duke Devilz) (0 Points, 0 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -6

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : T. Gonzalo Matas (Wahoo Warriors), F. Loaeza (Auto-Strikers) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : R. Rapp (Page 2) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : T. Gonzalo Matas (Wahoo Warriors), J. Radford (Wahoo Warriors), L. Schneider (Everett Everymen), H. Ramos (Everett Everymen), J. Massalt (Page 2) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : J. Collante (Andersonville Alligators) : 8 Three points

The best performer : V. Grinevicius (Wahoo Warriors) : Rating : 16.0

The worst performer : A. Stockton (Duke Devilz) : Rating : 4.0

Happy Ourer: Tonight was an old school 15 round heavyweight fight, except at the end of 15 rounds, they kept swinging. After a catch and shoot three pointer to beat the buzzer tied the game at 109, these two teams continued to slug each other, with Linndale outlasting Detroit 127-124. Gentlemen, your thoughts? Sam, you first.

Sam Dunkley: I didn’t expect this game to be as even as it was. When Linndale had that run to end the third into the fourth, you knew Detroit would make a run, and they did. Pio Reina’s boys would not go quietly into the night. I don’t know that they win this game last season. I don’t think they do. Wow!

HO: Jimmy?

Jimmy Buckitts: It’s been a while since we saw someone score 30 for Linndale, and I don’t remember the last time that happened AND Joy Beko scored 20 in the same game!

Joshua Doe: To heck with the first part, I can’t remember the last time that second thing happened!

JB: That’s exactly my point, Joshua. It’s rare. Look up and down the lineup. There was scoring off the bench! Frias, Twaruschek, and Simmons combined for nearly 50 point off the bench, and these weren’t garbage time minutes they were in. These were important minutes, and they produced. 7 guys scored 10 points or more. This was as complete a team effort in a game that wasn’t a blowout that we’ve seen in a while.

JD: You know, someone is going to look at the stat line and say Walt Pasman got cooked, but it took Obmann 31 shots to get 42 points in 44 minutes. Now, he’s tough to stop, but 31 shots to get 42 points is a lot of work. I don’t know that Linndale wins this without Pasman. I was also impressed with Juan Onrubia. This was the kind of performance that showed why Linndale was quick to get him from Las Vegas in that other conference.

HO: I thought both teams played well. It seemed Linndale had an answer for every run Detroit made, but Joy Beko put this team on his back and did everything. 20 points, 21 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals.

SD: Another thing I noticed was they just kept picking each other up out there. If somebody missed a shot somebody else got the rebound, or made a steal. They didn’t resort to hero ball, where 1 guy is trying to do it all by himself.

HO: After that New Year’s Eve beating they took from the Rostah, this was exactly the performance they needed.

JB: You knew something was brewing when Beko beat the buzzer with a three pointer at the half. When Frias did it to send the game to overtime… this game would have been really tough to recover from had they lost.

SD: They’ll meet again in Detroit, a game I’m sure Detroit will be waiting for, if only to send a message.

JD: It’s not a rivalry until you win on the other guy’s floor. One game is just that. But coming up is Page 2, and they dominated the boards on the way to a 105-99 win over Andersonville.

SD: Andersonville had their way from the three point line, going 15 of 31, but it wasn’t enough. Kingsley Tanko led the was for Page 2 with a 23 point 21 rebound performance.

JB: Meanwhile, No Limit BPE took down Everett Everymen 99-73, despite a 25 point 12 rebound performance from Gilbert Snell.

JD: That man is going to get frustrated with the lack of support from his teammates. Someone needs to step up there.

HO: We end things with Eternityz Rostah beating Duke 96-79. A 7 point game at the half, the Rostah effectively ended things with a 26 to 9 third quarter. I take it that no one is surprised.

JB: No.

SD: Not at all.

JD: Nope.

HO: Also to no one’s surprise, we are out of time. We’ll see you all Tuesday night!

Joshua Doe: Why is everybody so excited about this new guy?

Happy Ourer: He's a shooter. Isn't that what you wanted?

JD: I said they need to get a scorer. Somebody who can put the ball in the basket to the tune of 20 points a night. If this guy can't do that, I'm not going to shut up until that guy shows up. Now if this guy means there's somebody scoring 20 a night every night, that's an improvement, but I said I wanted a scorer who could consistently score 20 a night.

Sam Dunkley: I heard he's a heck of a defender, too.

JD: I don't care. I said what I said. Get me a scorer. A defender is nice and all, but what's the plan? You just gonna run defenders out until the other team gets intimidated. Get that scorer. That's all I care about.

Jimmy Buckitts: Shooters shoot, scorers score. The team needs a scorer. How the points come don't matter as long as they come. If this guy can score and defend, Pio Reina is going to have a different problem.

HO: What's that?

JB: What to do with Walt Pasman.

HO: I think that's more of a Roberto Gurgone problem. I'm pretty sure Pio has a few ideas...

Day 4 (Tuesday 7 January 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Las Vegas Red Pandas 104 - AZ Sunburn 107
The Dachshunds 111 - GloryBoyz 138
Wahoo Warriors 60 - Anchorage Allstars. 127
Auto-Strikers 72 - Defenseless Babies 128
No Limit BPE 80 - Eternityz Rostah 99
Duke Devilz 92 - Detroit Globetrotters 125
Linndale 96 - Page 2 83
Andersonville Alligators 83 - Everett Everymen 95

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 138 : GloryBoyz
Rebounds : 64 : GloryBoyz
Assists : 41 : Detroit Globetrotters
Steals : 10 : Linndale
Block Shots : 11 : Anchorage Allstars.

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 38 : L. Rosario (The Dachshunds)
Rebounds : 24 : A. Di Massimo (GloryBoyz)
Assists : 10 : M. Silver (Defenseless Babies), C. Ravestein (Detroit Globetrotters)
Steals : 5 : D. Moisset (Anchorage Allstars.)
Block Shots : 5 : A. Di Massimo (GloryBoyz)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : L. Rosario (The Dachshunds) (38 Points, 2 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Shooting Guard : Y. Xiao (GloryBoyz) (30 Points, 6 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Small Forward : D. Moisset (Anchorage Allstars.) (18 Points, 11 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 5 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Power Forward : K. Tanko (Page 2) (24 Points, 16 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Center : A. Di Massimo (GloryBoyz) (16 Points, 24 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 0 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42

MVP of the evening
A. Di Massimo (GloryBoyz) (16 Points, 24 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 0 Steals, 5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42

The bad performance of the evening
K. Field (Wahoo Warriors) (5 Points, 1 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -9

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : K. Tanko (Page 2) : 8 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : E. Shtern (AZ Sunburn), B. Beam (Auto-Strikers), M. Cummings (Andersonville Alligators) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : K. Field (Wahoo Warriors), N. Valdez (Wahoo Warriors), P. Hengyun (Page 2), K. Tanko (Page 2), L. Jimenez (Everett Everymen), P. Nevin (Everett Everymen) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : L. Rosario (The Dachshunds) : 7 Three points

The best performer : M. Silver (Defenseless Babies), G. Snell (Everett Everymen) : Rating : 16.5

The worst performer : B. Wolff (Eternityz Rostah), A. Stockton (Duke Devilz) : Rating : 5.0

Day 5 (Saturday 11 January 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Wahoo Warriors 76 - Las Vegas Red Pandas 128
Auto-Strikers 116 - The Dachshunds 129
Defenseless Babies 129 - GloryBoyz 118
AZ Sunburn 93 - Anchorage Allstars. 110
Linndale 84 - No Limit BPE 97
Andersonville Alligators 92 - Duke Devilz 80
Everett Everymen 62 - Detroit Globetrotters 111
Eternityz Rostah 93 - Page 2 84

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 129 : The Dachshunds, Defenseless Babies
Rebounds : 60 : Duke Devilz, Eternityz Rostah
Assists : 32 : Auto-Strikers
Steals : 11 : Las Vegas Red Pandas, Andersonville Alligators
Block Shots : 9 : Auto-Strikers, Anchorage Allstars., No Limit BPE

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 49 : F. Di Matteo (AZ Sunburn)
Rebounds : 28 : V. Pérez (No Limit BPE)
Assists : 14 : M. Silver (Defenseless Babies)
Steals : 4 : L. Rosario (The Dachshunds)
Block Shots : 5 : J. Schindl (Anchorage Allstars.)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : L. Rosario (The Dachshunds) (27 Points, 4 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 4 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Shooting Guard : Y. Maggitas (Defenseless Babies) (47 Points, 8 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 50
Small Forward : Y. Lin Tse (Auto-Strikers) (37 Points, 11 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Power Forward : B. McAlinden (Las Vegas Red Pandas) (27 Points, 8 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Center : V. Pérez (No Limit BPE) (24 Points, 28 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45

MVP of the evening
Y. Maggitas (Defenseless Babies) (47 Points, 8 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 50

The bad performance of the evening
J. Radford (Wahoo Warriors) (16 Points, 6 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -5

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : R. Denzel (Auto-Strikers) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : I. Bledsoe (Wahoo Warriors) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : D. Arconte (Wahoo Warriors), J. Radford (Wahoo Warriors), M. Kearney (The Dachshunds), K. Trent (AZ Sunburn), M. Cummings (Andersonville Alligators), L. Schneider (Everett Everymen), D. Johnson (Everett Everymen), J. Holm (Page 2) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : F. Di Matteo (AZ Sunburn) : 11 Three points

The best performer : G. Snell (Everett Everymen) : Rating : 18.0

The worst performer : D. Langley (The Dachshunds) : Rating : 2.0

Day 6 (Tuesday 14 January 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Las Vegas Red Pandas 93 - Auto-Strikers 73
The Dachshunds 95 - Wahoo Warriors 115
GloryBoyz 113 - AZ Sunburn 121
Anchorage Allstars. 103 - Defenseless Babies 90
No Limit BPE 97 - Andersonville Alligators 91
Duke Devilz 99 - Linndale 123
Detroit Globetrotters 102 - Eternityz Rostah 86
Page 2 108 - Everett Everymen 95

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 123 : Linndale
Rebounds : 61 : Linndale
Assists : 30 : AZ Sunburn
Steals : 10 : Las Vegas Red Pandas
Block Shots : 10 : Everett Everymen

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 34 : Y. Xiao (GloryBoyz)
Rebounds : 21 : B. Erickson (Defenseless Babies)
Assists : 14 : J. Campos (Duke Devilz)
Steals : 5 : J. Radford (Wahoo Warriors)
Block Shots : 5 : J. Gallardo (Linndale)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : M. Yancey (Anchorage Allstars.) (32 Points, 4 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Shooting Guard : Y. Xiao (GloryBoyz) (34 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 30
Small Forward : E. Shtern (AZ Sunburn) (23 Points, 4 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 26
Power Forward : M. Parnell (Defenseless Babies) (20 Points, 15 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Center : V. Grinevicius (Wahoo Warriors) (20 Points, 14 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29

MVP of the evening
M. Yancey (Anchorage Allstars.) (32 Points, 4 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34

The bad performance of the evening
E. Pollard (The Dachshunds) (0 Points, 0 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -10

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : R. Lian (Duke Devilz) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : C. Rousseau (Auto-Strikers) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : T. Gonzalo Matas (Wahoo Warriors), J. Radford (Wahoo Warriors), Y. Diassé (The Dachshunds), R. Franklin (Everett Everymen), L. Jimenez (Everett Everymen) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : Y. Xiao (GloryBoyz) : 8 Three points

The best performer : R. Stapley (Anchorage Allstars.) : Rating : 17.5

The worst performer : E. Pollard (The Dachshunds) : Rating : 1.0

How did everyone else here play a cup game against a bot or a team ranked below them and I got a cat in Division 2 who blew my doors off? Feel like the Sixers, the wheels are falling off my ride.