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"Does anybody want to play ball tonight? Does anyone want to win this game tonight? Carolina does," yells coach Boone to the Hustlas bench. "Someone, anyone, find me somebody, get me somebody that wants to play and win this game tonight. Let's go."

Coach Boone sighs as he looks at his players. He doesn't know what to say. But he talks anyway.
"Gentlemen, basketball is a simple game. A simple game. And you win some, and you lose some. But you have to be willing to fight for it. I'm not seeing any fight. We can win this game. We should win this game. It's right there for us. But we have to take it. They are not going to give it to us. We have to show that we have what it takes to win this game. We are not playing well. That is partially my fault. I place a couple of you in the wrong positions for this matchup. But, even if we lose, if we fight, we can leave here with our heads held high. Just fight gentlemen. And let the cards fall where they may. And I guarantee you, you will not be disappointed. We may have less points on the scoreboard when the game is over, but, we will not be defeated. If we fight, we win. And if we fight right now, we can also win the game. Just bring it gentlemen, just bring it."

"We are fading, nothing seems to be able to fix it," says Coach Boone to his assistant coaches. "Second loss in a row in league play. We have to make corrections now. The guys have to okay better now or else we will just give up the game."

Coach Boone looks at his assistant coaches. "Wrap it up. Down double digits with 4 minutes left. I'll tell John Walton. The guys are old. They played like it tonight. Blow it up again and bring in some younger talent. This team will make the playoffs, but they are not coming out of the conference. Yes gentlemen, I'm talking about you guys," says Coach Boone to the players on the bench looking at him. "You all had your chance. Tonight, you blew it. Let's get ready to leave."

This just in, images from SmackDown Arena after last night's game:(https://media.giphy.com/media/EnIxzsEKmXs4Im6ORC/giphy.gif)

Just gotta say, Daisy, congratulations. You're orchestrating a tremendous season!

Day 10 (Tuesday 6 December 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Lion Rebels 90 - Miami Cleo 101
BOBBBSBURGS 45 - Motor City Waddupdoe 129
Linndale 101 - Sweaty Socks 45
San Dominica Warriors 81 - The Philadelphia Spartans 64
Carolina Rebels 84 - Hustlas 70
Philly Dribble 118 - Żubr Białystok 105
209’s MostWanted 69 - The Ashkickers 87
BKDogs 67 - The Beer Bellys 127

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 129 : Motor City Waddupdoe
Rebounds : 60 : Miami Cleo
Assists : 35 : Motor City Waddupdoe, The Beer Bellys
Steals : 14 : Carolina Rebels
Block Shots : 17 : The Beer Bellys

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 37 : G. Ricker (Motor City Waddupdoe)
Rebounds : 28 : P. Cheatle (Miami Cleo)
Assists : 10 : M. Smalls (Motor City Waddupdoe)
Steals : 6 : G. Ricker (Motor City Waddupdoe)
Block Shots : 7 : Z. Than Lin (209’s MostWanted)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : P. Matkowski (BKDogs) (23 Points, 6 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 23
Shooting Guard : F. Killian (Motor City Waddupdoe) (20 Points, 2 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Small Forward : G. Ricker (Motor City Waddupdoe) (37 Points, 7 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 6 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 44
Power Forward : P. Cheatle (Miami Cleo) (26 Points, 28 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45
Center : P. Kalinov (The Beer Bellys) (14 Points, 8 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28

MVP of the evening
P. Cheatle (Miami Cleo) (26 Points, 28 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45

The bad performance of the evening
S. Cohen (BOBBBSBURGS) (3 Points, 4 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -11

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : S. Klin (Hustlas) : 8 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : T. Medina (Lion Rebels) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo), W. Westmoreland (Sweaty Socks), B. Pimentel (Philly Dribble), M. Farnsworth (Philly Dribble), G. Ricker (Motor City Waddupdoe), T. Medina (Lion Rebels), H. Quindós (Żubr Białystok) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : F. Carrillo (Lion Rebels) : 6 Three points

The best performer : C. Riggins (Żubr Białystok) : Rating : 16.5

The worst performer : J. Moore (BOBBBSBURGS), J. Hein (BOBBBSBURGS) : Rating : 2.0

That's perfect lol. Lol.

Coach Boone walks into John Walton's office, a shell shocked look on his face. "It's not that shocking," says John Walton. "That is a good team over there. On paper, we are better. But that's why you play the games. We may be better on paper, but just barely. They have a killer defense on that team. Essentially, they shut us down. Your game plan choice against that team was a bad one. But it's okay," says John Walton.

"I don't know. It.was hard to get them to do what was necessary to win that game. I'm not use to that," says Coach Boone.

"I know. But sometimes, it happens. We still have a long season ahead of us, and the playoffs and maybe even the championship. The team we are truly competing against right now is the one's in our conference. Because only one team from the other conference will make the finals. You can lose the next two, and we wouldn't be too shook up. But we will try to improve the roster. We see some weak points. But we can't do anything until our injured big finally plays a few games. But Daisy is no shabby manager. She is excellent. This season she is very attentive. She has a great coach over there. And they are running through the league. Their record is the same as ours now. So, let's just get it together, and win more games. In two games we have scored 139 points and gave up 175 points. We have to go back to scoring the ball. Our fg percentage is in the toilet. Plunge it up so that it increases."

"That's the plan," says Boone. "I just wish we could play them again this season."

"You'll have your chance next season. But we don't know what roster we will have. So this season was a good chance to really show something. So I can understand wanting your revenge. Make It to the finals and win it all, that's the best revenge," says John Walton.

"That, will not happen, with this team," says Coach Boone.

"Boone, you don't know what could happen with this team. They are unpredictable. Sucks, but, it is what it is. Hang on for the ride, and game plan better. And we will have better luck. You game planned badly now twice. Both were losses. Though even if you had the right game plan, we still would have lost. We would have at least scored more. Teams has exploited a weakness of ours. We didn't think it would be a weakness, but it is. Do something about it."

"I can't. They just have to play better. Our defense isn't horrible, but our offense is pathetic. That,.I will fix. The rest of it, we will see," says Coach Boone..

Bobby Sparks was sitting in his office, fuming. "The team has stopped performing. Last three games, 69 points, 70 points, and then 74 points in BBM, against a team we should have beaten. It's starting to look like we are turning into the current Lakers, except that we can say we have a better record than them."

He sat back in his chair and sighed. The owner sat in another seat, then spoke, "It's not the end of the world. As long as we do better than last season, and that's 11 wins. Get 12, I'm satisfied. But you have to keep up with the trends and keep changing the roster to stay in this league."

"I know, I know," sighed Bobby Sparks. "We'll see, we are still awaiting for our second best big man, on paper, to be ready to play. We have high hopes for him. His arrival shores up our bench. But something is still missing. Esposito and Jovanoski are throwing up brinks from all over the floor, Ozakan and Nick Williams are failing to hit shots, especially from the top of the key...., seriously, the worst play of the last week was Nick Williams pulling up from the top of the key, and Ozakan firing from Three. Our bigs has been great on the boards except against Carolina. We did nothing right that game..And Sima needs more playing time. So, what we need as a team is another pg, and a scoring 2 or 3. A scoring big wouldn't hurt either. But we can't get all three. So a scoring pg one wing would be best. But then again, the team may need a break. They get one today. And the lessers get to play all the minutes they want."

John Walton walks into the office. "This team needs confidence. But I don't see the downward trajectory ending soon. It all hinges on the next game."


Last edited by Reece at 12/8/2022 5:03:59 PM

Thanks!