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Day 19 (Tuesday 26 November 2024) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Las Vegas Red Pandas 81 - Anchorage Allstars. 100
AZ Sunburn 136 - brooklyn knicks 35
Defenseless Babies 113 - The Dachshunds 112
Fondy Cardinals 110 - GloryBoyz 142
Duke Devilz 106 - Eternityz Rostah 117
Linndale 139 - K8be4L 135
Andersonville Alligators 125 - Nanooks of the North 111
Organization XIII 132 - Cleveland Heat Lakers 121

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 142 : GloryBoyz
Rebounds : 66 : AZ Sunburn
Assists : 40 : AZ Sunburn
Steals : 19 : Linndale
Block Shots : 17 : AZ Sunburn

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 49 : R. Landherr (K8be4L)
Rebounds : 21 : K. Kortunov (AZ Sunburn)
Assists : 12 : L. Greenwood (Fondy Cardinals)
Steals : 4 : J. Slimani (Fondy Cardinals), G. Twaruschek (Linndale), R. Özver (Linndale), K. Bulat (Organization XIII)
Block Shots : 6 : A. Bedonia (GloryBoyz)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : L. Salisbury (Cleveland Heat Lakers) (35 Points, 2 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Shooting Guard : S. Yli-Kovero (Eternityz Rostah) (46 Points, 2 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 44
Small Forward : R. Landherr (K8be4L) (49 Points, 8 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 49
Power Forward : A. Bedonia (GloryBoyz) (24 Points, 11 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 6 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Center : A. Kulacs (AZ Sunburn) (14 Points, 17 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36

MVP of the evening
R. Landherr (K8be4L) (49 Points, 8 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 49

The bad performance of the evening
M. Linet (brooklyn knicks) (6 Points, 3 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -7

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : B. McAlinden (Las Vegas Red Pandas), E. Delgado (K8be4L) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : D. Aliferovich (Fondy Cardinals) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : V. Ravagnin (K8be4L), E. Delgado (K8be4L), R. Motti (K8be4L) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : L. Rosario (The Dachshunds) : 8 Three points

The best performer : S. Yli-Kovero (Eternityz Rostah), L. Salisbury (Cleveland Heat Lakers) : Rating : 17.0

The worst performer : M. Ayberk (brooklyn knicks) : Rating : 1.5

One point loss is devastating TT

I said it once before, I'll say it again...

Those babies aren't defenseless, they're bullies.

Andersonville vs Duke. Andersonville wins, they end Duke's shot at a playoff spot. Duke wins, they still have a shot. This one is gonna be a slufgest. If you like the sort of fight where you wait for a referee to mercifully end it; I'm sure Andersonville will get tired of punching Duke in the face repeatedly. Expect to see some kicks, body slams, an elbow drop or two, and possibly something off the top rope. In the first half.

In the first matchup, Duke got pummelled by 70 on the road. They were losing by 25 at the half, but any hope they had of comeback was stomped into the ground in the third quarter when Andersonville beat the brakes off of them 48-14. They never had a chance in that one.

In no way do I see Duke returning the favor. Even if alligators like to play with their food, what does that mean? They let Duke hang around within 20 or 30?

This is gonna be a mercy killing. Andersonville will put this away early to extinguish any hope Duke might think about having.

Why?

Because they expect to pick up a game after we play Organization XIII. They expect us to lose.

Let me keep this real: I don't believe they expect to catch us, it's just that hope is a powerful drug. We also don't expect them to catch us, because we expect to beat Duke again before we dispatch Andersonville to end the regular season. But hope IS a powerful drug, and if they have any prayer of catching us, that means they have to win out and we have to lose out.

Now, we here at Linndale expect to win every game (except when we don't), but there is no way in this or any ubiverse where we lose a) three in a row to end this season and b) lose to Duke at HOME. No. Not gonna happen. No way, no how.

We have pride. Plus, I hate all things Duke (and Duke adjacent). Grant Hill excepted, of course. Grant is a gentleman, a scholar, a saint, and proof that I can say one nice thing about Duke.

Now where was I? Oh yes; Duke stinks, we'll beat Andersonville again, Andersonville will beat Duke again, and that's that.

I said what I said. Where's the lie?

I'm just hoping to see what it feels like to be at .500, even for just 1 week.

You'll get there after tomorrow's win. I'm just trying to upgrade a few spots on the roster, and prepare for the playoffs.

I have every confidence you win and make the playoffs. Enjoy your week at .500.

Pio Reina: OK guys, I know you’re all mad for different reasons. Let’s look at this rationally. Byron, what did we lose with Corro being sold?

Byron Helm: A solid big with two potential defensively, who could rebound, block shots, and pass the rock.

PR: I don’t dispute that, and those are all qualities we like to see, but could he score, was he a monster on the boards, and did we lose anything other than a bit of depth?

BH: When you put it like that, he was actually disappointing.

PR: Exactly. We didn’t acquire him to be a bench piece, but he played himself into that role by not producing. Clears a spot for us to get Vendrell on the floor more. Now compare Vendrell to Corro.

BH: Better shooter, better scorer, looks to be better in most ways given proper development. He’s younger. Not the passer or two way defender Corro was.

PR: OK, now keep in mind Ozver has played his way into more time, also at Corro’s expense. What does he bring?

BH: Everything I said about Vendrell applies, except Vendrell is the better scorer over Ozver. Ozver can be better than Corro but isn’t quite yet. Ozver flashes that two way defensive ability, is a superior rebounder, and is also younger than Corro.

PR: So what did we lose? Passing? We can replace his rebounding, offense and defense. We already had in house.

BH: When you put it like that, you’re not wrong.

PR: Marshall, I know you’re mad about Enfes. Twaruschek is a clone who is better offensively though not as good defensively. You liked being able to put him at a few positions, but did you really lose anything? Twarushcek can do a lot of those things, we still have Beko who can do a lot of those things, you just saw Ozver at small forward who looks like he can do some of those things, and Antti Reinholm is younger and can replace everything but the shooting. He’s better defensively, a better passer, and the shooting just might catch up. We also still have Carlos Frias, so what exactly are we losing?

Marshall Richards: Point made.

PR: Guys, we’ve been trying to move them for most of the season. Why does this bother you now?

MR: Timing. We could have used them. Organization XIII is going to be a tough one tonight.

BH: What he said.

PR: Air, you look like you have something you need to get off your chest.

Air Allnite: I know Marshall and Byron are going to borrow Simmons from me and see if he can become a proper threat inside. Why haven’t they done that with Bodura?

PR: Now that we have Simmons and Reinholm, they can. You‘ve done nice work with Pasman on offense, by the way. No one thought this kid would be putting in 10 a night or shooting 40% from three, but here we are.

AA: There’s still a little more to unlock. Now I get to work on Reinholm too. Let’s just not forget about the defense.

MR: Air talking defense? What is the world coming to?

PR: The real question is what is our GM looking to pull off? He's not just going to sit back? He's got something in mind. An upgrade. But where? Anyway, gentlemen let's talk tactics. We need to take better care of the ball on offense, and the press has not been working quite as well as we wanted. How do we want to fix that, Marshall?

MR: I'm glad you asked! I have an idea...

No pressure... I am watching your game live to watch Duke lose. I'm a Duke hater. It brings me joy.

It wasn't an impressive win, but it was a win, so I'll take that.