B2 5v5 South

Commentary by TIBBS...

Long Pigs 49  Julius Swerving 69

Swerving cruises past the Long Pigs

Week 6 is in the books!

Last week we added a new Leaderboard page for each league with stat breakdowns for each individual. Next week we're adding a team Leaderboard as well! 

https://www.cacbasketball.com/b25v5-south-leaderboard/

We have a hell of a lot still to decide the last 3 weeks. There are 4 teams fighting for the last 2 playoff spots. Cup and Swerving have both clinched theirs already. There is no way for them to miss out on the postseason even if one of them loses out and ends with a 5-4 record.

I love the fact that there is still so much to decide though. With the 4 way tie at 2-4 I honestly wouldn't be surprised if TYU won out and clinched a top 2 spot. Speaking of the playoffs, you've all got players that still need to play in some regular games to qualify for the playoffs. Players MUST play in 4 regular season games to qualify for the post-season

So yea, make sure you get everyone to 4 games played so no one puts up a stink about playoff rosters (drew).

We started this week without a scoreboard, so that was fun. Technically there were two scoreboards in the building but no working plug, but I think everything worked out alright despite the Long Pigs starting up a website dedicated soley to conspiracy theories of point shaving on my part. 

With 3s clanking off the rim for both teams, Will Otto was the only guy getting buckets. He had a quick 7 points and staked Swerving out to a lead. 

The Long Pigs had no subs and looked out of gas pretty much from the jump. 3s were flat, no one was getting back on defense and Khalid was allowed to just waltz into the paint, drawing extra defenders, leaving his teammates pretty open. Again, most of them clanked 3s, but still, open shots WERE there. Swerving someone led 23-9 after 10 minutes of play before the Long Pigs kicked their collective ass into gear.

Rogosa got to the cup pretty easily and questioned the score every time he put a bucket in (NO POINT SHAVING!) Kenney and Drew fired from three but only connected twice total. Even still, they got the hole down to 2 as we approaced the half. A big reason for that was when Nutes came off the bench for JS he should have promptly sent back there. The only thing he contributed to was Swerving's poor shooting night. 

Swerving ened the half on a 10-4 run then opened the second half on an 8-0 run to put this game out of reach. It was all statpadding from there, as Jim B knew. He was stewing on the bench for quite a while while his teammates were able to pick up boards, blocks and blow layups so Khalid didn't get TOO many assists this week. He could have done all those things too you guys! 

Anyway, this game was played at a fast enough pace that Swerving managed to put up 69 points despite shooting just 12-46 from downtown, while the Long Pigs were somehow worse, hitting just 2 of 18 attempts. It led to a LOT of defensive rebounds for both teams, so at least you all got to pad your player raters. 

NO POINT SHAVING! 

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Railsplitters 54  Beantown Cup 67

Draft Kings 63  Thank You University 78