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Macaroni and Threes 64  Say No to Snow 55

Macaroni Trying to Give the Game Away

First off I’d like to thank our sponsor, Who’s Line Is It Anyway, because the stats are made up and the points don’t matter. Actually the points do matter, and I’m pretty sure I got that right at least in my first game ever doing the stats. But it wasn’t that heard early on with Macaroni taking a huge early lead, scoring something like the first 12 or 15 points of the game. The Nestler – Holland Twin Tower combo looks to be just as potent this season as last, though given their profile I’m a bit confused by the team name, I don’t see all that many threes from this squad. Holland especially was doing work early, nearly having a double-double at halftime. Lavallee also looks like a steal/sandbagger, showing a lot of potential in the first half. Meanwhile Snow couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn, taking and missing a lot of threes. Flowers especially was not gun shy, maybe trying too had to make his mark in the league. Shooters gotta shoot I guess? The rest of Snow wasn’t any better though, I’m pretty sure they missed every free throw in the first half. This had all the signs of a blowout, with Macaroni up 37 – 18 at halftime.

The second half turned out to be a different story. Not only did Snow stat to actually hit some shots, but I think Macaroni may have started to get a little complacent. Gans started doing his thing and making some threes from the logo, and Spadaro began to look more like the rookie sensation that we saw last season, and before you know it was down to single digits. Unfortunately for them Nestler had a couple of big ass blocks (when he wasn’t trying to give himself some assists on the sideline), couple with some clutch Holland free throws down the and Macaroni was able to hold on in the end.

Looking forward Calderan was smart to keep the dynamic duo together again, and I also liked the efficient play from Thompson, looking like a really strong team, but there are already rumors of playoff availability. Meanwhile Snow is a small team with streaky shooting that could struggle against size, hopefully they can start getting more contributions  from their 5 and 6.

No More White Women 2020 67  Flying Sparklemuffins 61

Muffins Not Quite Sparkly Enough, Lose in Overtime

Okay, starting to get my feet under me a bit, the stats should be a little more accurate this game. This game was a thriller though, I don’t think anyone ever had a double digit lead. The game also introduced us to the Whitney – Baynes duo, who are somehow even bigger than what we saw the game before. However they both seemed a bit shaky early on, not quite taking advantage of their size like you think they would. I think they may have been in awe of their teammate Russo, who came in strong rocking a cutoff jersey and a 70s pornstache. However the veterans across from them on NMWW2020 were totally unfazed. I was especially impressed with Etheridge early on, doing his best Charles Barkley impression, battling for boards among these giants with a 1 inch vertical. Throw in some Shaffer midrange here, some Kap threes there, and NMWW2020 go into the half up 26-21.

In the second half Whitney and Baynes both really started to come into their own and looked like they were ready to take over the game. Vlajkovic was doing his best, but there was not way to stop it, he could only hope to contain it. He started to struggle with some fouls, but then Dodakian was making up for the slack and coming up with a lot of clutch rebounds. I also like a lot of what I saw from Seow, whos about the size of Whitney’s left leg but was making up for it with lots of spastic energy. He also called bank on a monster three that really seemed to demoralize Muffins, but Fathy was there to respond, he couldn’t seem to miss, I think he needs to start chucking even more. However MNWW2020 where just too steady, working the clock and holding on for the last shot. But Whitney comes through in the clutch with a giant block at the buzzer to force overtime.

In overtime though NMWW2020 took the lead and wouldn’t give it up. Muffins was settling too much and NMWW2020 was money from the free throw line, particularly Kaplin who didn’t miss all game.

I have a feeling that as the season goes on Whitney and Baynes will get a better feel for BDraft and start to dominate, especially with Jackson facilitating, who had a lot of great feeds that others just couldn’t convert. Meanwhile NMWW2020 is just solid through and through, with tons of depth that has proven to be successful in BDraft in the past.