Living in Canada these days is extremely boring, especially when you are a fan of the Canadian Basketball National Team. The only thing fans are bored of seeing are blowout wins even when Canada isn't trying.
A packed Freakys Center saw 20,110 people come out to witness Canada against Saudi Arabia. The fans expected a free-flowing, close back and forth basketball game and they were disappointed. The game ended 112-76 in Canada's favor. A 36 point win.
The signs started showing in the first quarter as Canada jumped out to a quick lead. The same thing continued for the next three quarters as Canada outscored their Saudi Arabian opponents in every quarter of the game.
It was just too easy. Saudi Arabia was outrebounded, outassisted, outstolen, outblocked and most importantly outscored. Canada decided to go with a Look Inside strategy which was an easy choice considering the dominance of Maja and Essa-Abu Kaleel amongst other explosive forwards and centers. They were repayed with ratings of sensational inside scoring, tremendous perimeter defense, prominent offensive flow and prominent inside defense.
A controversial choice was made however by Coach Zmtomako, he chose to sit down Small Forward, Christopher Moran for the whole game. Why did this happen? Our best guess would be because Canada has an abundance of centers and he wants to give a few valuable playing time. No one knows for sure but we hope Zmtomako explains his reasoning but does it really matter? All that matters is that Canada picked up the win and will have a good seed for the National Tournament.
Canada's statistical leaders for the game were: Tommy Germain with 25 points, Momar Maja with 8 rebounds and Tommy Germain with 6 assists.
It's a good feeling when you're winning and we hope Canada takes this momentum into the National Tournament.
Last edited by olanipekun at 6/4/2012 9:13:42 PM