B2 5v5 North

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Bucket Boys 47  High School Harrys 64

High School Heroes

Yo Ben Lawlor came to play. He dropped 9 points in the first 2 minutes of this game and wound up with 21 at the half. It took Jake a minute to warm up but then he started draining threes and worked with Ben in the 2-man game to get open and eventually give HSH a 47-27 lead. Axel showed up late and immediately brought the hustle with a Tommy Point crashing to the for for a loose ball. 

Bucket Boys seemed to patch together a roster for the 6pm game with a few fill ins and they struggled to find the same rhythm. Derek and Will Brennan hit a few Js late in the game to make it reasonably close but every time HSH had an answer. Colin with the quick pull-up and hustle stats kept them comfortably in front. 

Southie Ringers 60  Hot Dad Summer 61

Dads Prevail

Pure comedy all around with the old CAC All-Stars putting on a clinic of how to pad your stats by missing bunnies and getting more ORebs off it. They took a 22-16 lead early when Matt "He Hitting That?" Roberts walked into his second triple of the first half. Khaled got a few buckets early against a smaller defender but Southie quickly switched and put Ira on him for most of the game after that. 

Joe T. was the offense for Southie early, but they were down 38-27 at the half despite his 14 points. When HDS stalled on offense, Southie sloly crept back into the game and Ira hit a KG Shimmy fadeaway before nailing a jab-step 3 to make it 57-53 Southie. It looked like HDS was sunk, but Southie missed a pair of 1-and-1s and Khaled hit a clutch 3 to make it 60-58. After LeBlanc split FTs and HDS regained possession, Khaled stepped through and tossed up a leaner that carrumphed off the back rim, onto the backboard, and dropped for a game-winner. 

Soup-a-Stars 46  We Goin' Sizzla 52

Late Game Sizzle

Manny was aggressive from the jump and the children in attendance were loving it. Slow start for Soup but they hung in there and only trailed 20-17 at the half. Nobody could hit an outside shot early on but eventually Levitsky found the range and hit a 3 to tie it, 31-31. Chapin hit a couple deep ones and Dallas got into the act with a banked 3 to put Soup ahead, 44-40. 

But Greg and Tommy Kahana came riht back with key threes and Sizzla took a 50-46 lead that put them in control. Manny got fouled by Arpit and they both threw the ball at each other, but nothing came to blows. 

Bada Bing 75  DCL Delicacies 69

Slip N Slide Absurdity

WTF Newton public schools. They shut off the A/C around 7 or 8pm I guess and an hour or so later the floor turns into a skating rink of condensation. 

This game was absurd from the opening jump and the refs adjusted by not calling travels or backcourts and just reminding ppl to not get hurt. Bada Bing took a 40-29 lead into halftime thanks to a few carefully positioned set shots by Ryan and Mazz, and slow play-making passes by EZ E. 

Jonathan and Dylan led DCL back in the second half and it was a close enough game for people to stay engaged despite the fact that any stepback attempt resulted in a slip n' slide from both defender and dribbler. It was like the Monstars sapped everybody of their talent, dudes couldn't even make a lay-up because they were so worried about planting their feet. 

Eventually Mazz hit his 7th trey and Eric finished through contact to make it 72-60 and everybody got home mostly safe.