Game 3 recap 04/22/08

Zuricalaw.com Vs. The Cheetahs

Member present and game grades:
Zeke (C) - Way too many turnovers. Lack of intensity on both ends of the court.
Mike A (C) - couldnt seem to finish down low.
Jeremy (C-) - got a couple of open looks but couldnt convert.
Mike B (C+) - shooters slump. But did make some big free throws at the end of the game. Ahmed (DNP) - pulled groin. Team has reason to believe that he was injured during a yoga class with his girlfriend.
Joe H. (C+) - mixed it up down low. Also had a hard time converting, but did has some key put backs.
Mike T. (C) - rough time around the paint. Did a nice job rebounding on the defensive end.

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes" - Oscar Wilde

Last night Zuricalaw.com took the court against another sub-par team in the Cheetahs. Cheetahs only had five members show and it looked like the Lawmakers would sail through this team like a motor boat in the Suez canal. Spirits were high and the team proud of where they were standing, which was atop of their division at 2-0. Even without all-pro Ahmed, who happened to attain a groin injury, the team was ready to hold it down. Within the first five offensive possessions for the Lawmakers, Zurica turned the ball over four times. Mike B was 1/9 from the field, Anicito missed two lay-ups, and Joe and Mike T let six rebounds slip through their hands. It didnt help the basketball that we used would have been better if someone covered it in vasoline. It was Mike B's ball and Anthony had remarked that he thought they used it back in '93 in the Hemlock games. Anicito told the media after the game that the ball was the reason why he missed eight lay-up/put back, that is highly debatable. Between the Lawmakers' blunders and the lack of d on the Cheetahs' shooters, it was a three point game at the end of the first half.

The second half started a little better for Zuricalaw.com. They came out in a man defense and forced this terrible Cheetahs team to shoot, which was an eye sore in of itself, and their offense started to click with Mike B knocking down his three's and the big men finishing in the paint. Zurica was nursing a lower back injury which prevented him from attacking the basket and Joe H suffered a minor ankle sprain. On a side note, if this team is plagued by injuries I am going to blame bad karma on Mike T for way back when, when he broke Joe Longoboardi's face on accident and from then on in, everyone got hurt. In any event, the Cheetahs battled their way back and actually took a two point lead with three minutes to play. It wasnt until the Lawmakers got a key stop and then got down the court to get the ball to their big men. Anicito grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled on the put back. He made his two free throws to tie the game. But once again, a wide open Cheetahs knocked down a three to regain the lead. With two minutes to play Joe H made a tip in and then the Lawmakers got a stop on the defensive end. Getting tripled teamed on the post, Anicito kicked the ball out to a wide open Mike B and he knocked it down. The Cheetahs made one last run but couldnt hold off the conversion of free throws in the bonus. The Lawmakers narrowly escaped a terrible Cheetah team. Personally, it was one of the ugliest games I've been a part of but I am very proud that the Lawmakers pulled it out to and are still undefeated at 3-0. Seriously!! Someone bring a quality ball so that we never have that problem again.