Lucky 7 - Abusement Park Cruises to East Finals
Balco 38 The Abusement Park 55
Without the Big Tuna to save them, I knew that Balco would be in trouble in this one. Sure, M3 is always supremely confident in his squad's abilities, especially after the show that the Deft Lefty put on in the 3v3 tournament, but I knew the jig was up. I thought that the only way that Balco had a shot in this one was if Gill went down low and just abused the combo of Gelow and Brown, getting them sent to the bench early with foul trouble. Well, for half the game, it didn't matter, as Balco trailed by a point at the break, Gelow was in serious foul trouble (4), and M3 contributed in a big way (all 7 of his points). Needless to say, I was a tad surprised, but the team game was working, Gregory had 12 points, but seemed to have plenty of energy for the second half and ammo left in that left hand of his.
But after the break, it was a different story. MadDog Tino (11 points, 5 steals) came alive, Jesse show what Brown can do for AP, and the D really clamped down. I mean, this thing was still a game with 10 minutes to go, as the Park was up just four points. But it was like a flip was switched after that. Matty O became the Unstoppable Force
No, that is Not the item in World of Warcraft, and no, I've never played the damn game, it was just a lucky guess.
Ok, I lied on all 3 of those counts.
But anyway, the Abusement Park went on a 16-3 run over the last 10 minutes of the game to put this one in the bag and cruise onto the East finals for a rematch with Genzyme. That's right, the same team they were leading at half time a couple weeks ago before bowing to their undefeated rule. I think you know who I'll be ruling for, yes?
Commentary by TIBBS & GRIPP... Genzyme 65 The Abusement Park 63
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Standings B2 E Winter 2009 Thru Week 13 | |||||||
P | Team | Record | % | Streak | GB | PF | PA |
1 | Genzyme | 9-1 | 0.900 | W4 | 0 | 66.46 | 51.62 |
2 | Cha-Ching | 8-2 | 0.800 | W2 | 1 | 59.73 | 54.18 |
3 | Cleary Club | 8-2 | 0.800 | L1 | 1 | 62.27 | 59.36 |
4 | GSD Squad | 8-2 | 0.800 | L1 | 1 | 61.00 | 46.18 |
5 | Balco | 6-4 | 0.600 | L4 | 3 | 55.17 | 54.33 |
6 | N.W.O. | 6-4 | 0.600 | L3 | 3 | 56.08 | 56.50 |
7 | The Abusement Park | 4-6 | 0.400 | W2 | 5 | 54.23 | 52.08 |
8 | Average Joes | 3-7 | 0.300 | L2 | 6 | 63.50 | 71.00 |
9 | Radio Flyers | 3-7 | 0.300 | W1 | 6 | 46.00 | 53.27 |
10 | The International | 2-8 | 0.200 | L1 | 7 | 50.00 | 60.60 |
11 | The Outcome | 2-8 | 0.200 | L1 | 7 | 48.20 | 61.70 |
12 | Bad News Bears | 1-9 | 0.100 | L1 | 8 | 53.30 | 61.90 |
Points Per Game | |||||
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1 | Ben Gregory Balco | 27.73 | |||
2 | Pat Lawson Genzyme | 24.85 | |||
3 | Drama Average Joes | 23.56 | |||
4 | Brad Mulholland Genzyme | 21.38 | |||
5 | Greg Noel Cha-Ching | 20.60 | |||
6 | Ben Franceschi The International | 20.43 | |||
7 | Ken Cleary Cleary Club | 20.20 |
Player Rater | |||||
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1 | Ken Cleary Cleary Club | 53.90 | 10 | ||
2 | Ben Franceschi The International | 53.64 | 7 | ||
3 | Drama Average Joes | 52.50 | 9 | ||
4 | Ben Gregory Balco | 52.14 | 11 | ||
5 | Brad Mulholland Genzyme | 51.77 | 13 | ||
6 | Pat Lawson Genzyme | 46.77 | 13 | ||
7 | Jamil Ball The Outcome | 44.83 | 9 | ||
8 | Joff Spaulding Radio Flyers | 44.60 | 10 | ||
9 | Aron Chang GSD Squad | 44.32 | 11 | ||
10 | Matt Gill Balco | 43.30 | 10 |
Rebounds Per Game | |||||
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1 | Quintin Walsh N.W.O. | 12.31 | |||
2 | Ben Franceschi The International | 11.57 | |||
3 | Brad Mulholland Genzyme | 10.62 | |||
4 | Matt Gill Balco | 10.60 | |||
4 | Joff Spaulding Radio Flyers | 10.60 | |||
6 | Jon Evans GSD Squad | 10.57 | |||
7 | Brian Gelow The Abusement Park | 10.30 |
3s Per Game | |||||
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1 | Ben Gregory Balco | 4.45 | 33% | ||
2 | Greg Noel Cha-Ching | 3.90 | 37% | ||
3 | Drama Average Joes | 3.44 | 31% | ||
4 | Matt O'Brien The Abusement Park | 2.69 | 41% | ||
5 | Brad Mulholland Genzyme | 2.62 | 47% | ||
6 | Chris Glasser GSD Squad | 2.45 | 28% | ||
7 | Pat Lawson Genzyme | 2.38 | 38% |
Assists Per Game | |||||
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1 | Matt Peredna Genzyme | 5.77 | |||
2 | Ken Cleary Cleary Club | 5.40 | |||
3 | Mike Kuzdeba Cha-Ching | 4.27 | |||
4 | Ryan Bollom GSD Squad | 4.00 | |||
5 | Drama Average Joes | 3.33 | |||
6 | Damien Martin Cleary Club | 3.30 | |||
7 | Chris Glasser GSD Squad | 3.18 |