Zuricalaw.com v. Team Cheese
win
8/25/08
Team members present and grades
Zuricalaw.com (A-) - limited his turnovers and had an efficient game. The quality of some of our offensive sets were a result of the non-turnovers
Joe H (A-) - Played awesome down low and grabbed a ton of boards. .5 grade reduction for not being as aggressive on offense as usual
Noel (A) - hit some dagger threes
Mike B (A) - see above, mike and noey shot the cheese out of the gym
Ahmad (A-) His usual sparkplug self, played some nice d
Naim (A-) - Grabbed a ton of boards, but was triple teamed most of the game and couldnt get his shots off
The End - The Doors
So a very mediocre season comes to an end. Ill do a full season recap soon. But as for mondays game lets just say, we would not be 4-4 if we played like that every week. Team Cheese was a playoff squad and we dismantled them like they were the Swiss.
Noel and Mike B just obliterated three point records monday night. Naim and Joe H patrolled the paint and grabbed more rebounds then the entire Team Swiss. Ahmad and yours truly played solid mistake free ball and it all added up to a huge victory for the lawmakers.
The only downside to the game was the abysmal free throw shooting. We literally went 2 for 30 on free throws and that is a joke. We will never win close games with that shooting. Alas, we built up enough cushion to withstand a late run and pulled out the W to finish the season on a high note and also at .500. Which I'm proud of, for all of us. Between the injuries and missing games by key players, it was a tough year, but I know we'll bounce back.
New member intros and season end recap will follow.
Zurica out
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Season 2, Game 7 recap
Zuricalaw.com v. Eyeblasters
Win
8/19/08
Players present and game grades
Zuricalaw.com - (a) limited his turnovers and scored a season high
Tanzosh - (a) smooth game and did the honorable thing and sat himself to help the other team
ahmad (a) - had more slashes than leatherface
ryan k (a-) - admirable first effort with the lawmakers, but gets a reduction for the 2 nasty airballs..
mike a (a) played his game
joe h (a) also played his game
The true measure of a man is the honor he shows his enemies on the battlefield - anonymous
So this one was a real laugher for the boys in tan. The eyeblasters (i wont say what that means because people like anicito haven't graduated to adult euphemisms yet) only had 4 to start and the legal eagles took great advantage of this in the first half. It got so bad that zuricalaw.com was calling timeouts just hoping a 5th guy would show up for the other team and zosh even removed himself from the game so we could play 4 on 4. Even then the game was lopsided. They really only had one guy that knew what a basketball was and it led us to our biggest and easiest victory of the season. Setting us up for our goal of finishing .500.
Next recap to come soon
Win
8/19/08
Players present and game grades
Zuricalaw.com - (a) limited his turnovers and scored a season high
Tanzosh - (a) smooth game and did the honorable thing and sat himself to help the other team
ahmad (a) - had more slashes than leatherface
ryan k (a-) - admirable first effort with the lawmakers, but gets a reduction for the 2 nasty airballs..
mike a (a) played his game
joe h (a) also played his game
The true measure of a man is the honor he shows his enemies on the battlefield - anonymous
So this one was a real laugher for the boys in tan. The eyeblasters (i wont say what that means because people like anicito haven't graduated to adult euphemisms yet) only had 4 to start and the legal eagles took great advantage of this in the first half. It got so bad that zuricalaw.com was calling timeouts just hoping a 5th guy would show up for the other team and zosh even removed himself from the game so we could play 4 on 4. Even then the game was lopsided. They really only had one guy that knew what a basketball was and it led us to our biggest and easiest victory of the season. Setting us up for our goal of finishing .500.
Next recap to come soon
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Season 2, Game 6 recap
Zuricalaw.com v. Quik Release
8/12/08
Loss
Zuricalaw.com'ers present and game grades
Zosh (B) - Great defensive game against their big man, but couldn't get into the flow of the offense
Zuricalaw.com (D-) - putrid game highlighted by some sloppy lazy passing, only his decent D prevented an F
Betancourt (B) -Mike had a bunch of errant passes of his own but played solid after missing a week and almost single handedly sent the game into overtime.
Ahmad (A+ for softball 4-4 with 2 dingers, B- for basketball) - Wasn't as assertive for 2 full halfs as is his usual M.O.
Anicito (C+) After his career game of a few weeks ago has come back down to earth. The thing that stood out for Mike last night was nothing stood out. Not a bad game, but like ahmad didnt assert himself against the host country as he shouldve.
Joe H (B) - grade gets elevated for the clutch free throw shooting. Joe, like the others, played a steady game and didn't stand out but he gets a B cause he definitely did some things last night to keep us in the game.
Noel (B) - Noey also had a non eventful game but like Joe did more than enough to keep us in the game.
"I've failed and failed which is why I succeed" -Michael Jordan
This season hasn't turned out the way we would've liked but its all a part of the growing pains for the lawmakers.
The game started out ok for the lawmakers and then quickly disintegrated once your fearless captain zuricalaw.com himself entered the game. That was the story throughout. Go on a nice run and then Zurica comes in to screw it up. Now I know I was atrocious but alas there was still blame to go around. A few of the paralegals also had their share of turnovers. Ill try to highlight the pros and cons of this one in the next few paragraphs.
So it was the redeem team vs Beijing (plus Samuel dalembert). Average height of the Olympic hosts was 5'5" but with dalembert it jumped to around 6'2". Sporting their very own bobby Schroeder aka the backboard breaker the quik releasers played a great first to keep it close. Sporting our first full squad all season I felt all first half that we were just going to go on an old school husky run and take the game over. But for some reason that run never came. Probably mostly due to the horrid play of yours truly, the alleged point guard, we just were never able to get into any flow. Big Sam just played havoc with the middle even as zosh and Joe played some great d against him.
The second half had more of the same as the lawmakers played well enough to hold a slight edge for most of the half and then just played ridiculously sloppy to let the host country team to take a decent sized lead. At that point the crap (point) guard yanked himself and once again the paralegals went on a nice run.
It was a run that helped them almost pull off an amazing and dramatic victory. Some clutch fouls and some clutch plays gave us the opportunity to tie with 5 seconds left. We put the ball in the hands of our best shooter and made him go to work. He pulled a three from midcourt and miraculously got fouled in the process. While I had both sneakers off ready to go home and watch I Love Money for the 4th time mike was calmly sinking the first two shots. At that point I was retying my kicks and 100% ready to go out there and redeem myself in overtime. Unfortunately the last shot rimmed out and we went home losers by the final of 72 - 71.
I know this recap seemed bleak but on top of all the bad play we did sprinkle in a few highlights. First and foremost we doubled our point total from last week which is a perfect indication of how needed noey and mike b are. Also we played some decent half court d. A lot of their buckets came on fast breaks and our loss of concentration at times. Also we hit a huge number of free throws today with Joe h hitting a flurry of them in the second half.
While the playoffs may be out of reach let's try to finish strong and get back to .500. Next season we really will be the redeem team and we will rise like a phoenix.
Zurica out.
8/12/08
Loss
Zuricalaw.com'ers present and game grades
Zosh (B) - Great defensive game against their big man, but couldn't get into the flow of the offense
Zuricalaw.com (D-) - putrid game highlighted by some sloppy lazy passing, only his decent D prevented an F
Betancourt (B) -Mike had a bunch of errant passes of his own but played solid after missing a week and almost single handedly sent the game into overtime.
Ahmad (A+ for softball 4-4 with 2 dingers, B- for basketball) - Wasn't as assertive for 2 full halfs as is his usual M.O.
Anicito (C+) After his career game of a few weeks ago has come back down to earth. The thing that stood out for Mike last night was nothing stood out. Not a bad game, but like ahmad didnt assert himself against the host country as he shouldve.
Joe H (B) - grade gets elevated for the clutch free throw shooting. Joe, like the others, played a steady game and didn't stand out but he gets a B cause he definitely did some things last night to keep us in the game.
Noel (B) - Noey also had a non eventful game but like Joe did more than enough to keep us in the game.
"I've failed and failed which is why I succeed" -Michael Jordan
This season hasn't turned out the way we would've liked but its all a part of the growing pains for the lawmakers.
The game started out ok for the lawmakers and then quickly disintegrated once your fearless captain zuricalaw.com himself entered the game. That was the story throughout. Go on a nice run and then Zurica comes in to screw it up. Now I know I was atrocious but alas there was still blame to go around. A few of the paralegals also had their share of turnovers. Ill try to highlight the pros and cons of this one in the next few paragraphs.
So it was the redeem team vs Beijing (plus Samuel dalembert). Average height of the Olympic hosts was 5'5" but with dalembert it jumped to around 6'2". Sporting their very own bobby Schroeder aka the backboard breaker the quik releasers played a great first to keep it close. Sporting our first full squad all season I felt all first half that we were just going to go on an old school husky run and take the game over. But for some reason that run never came. Probably mostly due to the horrid play of yours truly, the alleged point guard, we just were never able to get into any flow. Big Sam just played havoc with the middle even as zosh and Joe played some great d against him.
The second half had more of the same as the lawmakers played well enough to hold a slight edge for most of the half and then just played ridiculously sloppy to let the host country team to take a decent sized lead. At that point the crap (point) guard yanked himself and once again the paralegals went on a nice run.
It was a run that helped them almost pull off an amazing and dramatic victory. Some clutch fouls and some clutch plays gave us the opportunity to tie with 5 seconds left. We put the ball in the hands of our best shooter and made him go to work. He pulled a three from midcourt and miraculously got fouled in the process. While I had both sneakers off ready to go home and watch I Love Money for the 4th time mike was calmly sinking the first two shots. At that point I was retying my kicks and 100% ready to go out there and redeem myself in overtime. Unfortunately the last shot rimmed out and we went home losers by the final of 72 - 71.
I know this recap seemed bleak but on top of all the bad play we did sprinkle in a few highlights. First and foremost we doubled our point total from last week which is a perfect indication of how needed noey and mike b are. Also we played some decent half court d. A lot of their buckets came on fast breaks and our loss of concentration at times. Also we hit a huge number of free throws today with Joe h hitting a flurry of them in the second half.
While the playoffs may be out of reach let's try to finish strong and get back to .500. Next season we really will be the redeem team and we will rise like a phoenix.
Zurica out.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Special Tourney recap
5th Annual New Springville Basketball Tournament
Just wanted to give a quick recap on this weekends tournament. I figured since everyone on our squad had a team, I would write something up.
Zuricalaw.com teams :
Noey, Zosh, Joe (+ jimmy v) - This squad, with the help of a former husky (jimmy v), did a tremendous job in their inaugural entry into the Anicito/Zurica yearly tourney. They went 2-1 in the round robin and lost a hard fought battle to the tournament founders in the playoffs.
Ahmad (+ 2 buddies) - Ahmad is a former champion of the tourney and by the luck of the draw, he had probably the hardest road to another championship. Without the all out play of his brother and lack of height, Ahmads team finished a disappointing 0-3 in round robin and lost a tough one to Betancourts squad in the playoffs.
Betancourt (+ 3 buddies) - Mike B vowed that this was going to be the year his team won it all. He even recruited a stud PG for the occasion. Dressed in their UNC blues, Mikes team fought hard to finish 3-0 in the round robin and secure the 2nd seed for the playoffs. They made it all the way to the championship round and played an amazing game against the eventual champions. Back and forth all game, Olsens team eked out a win in overtime 15-14. Mikey B had the potential game winner rim out and he goes back to jersey again realizing that Staten Island Basketball is just too good for out-of-towners.
Zurica/Anicito (+ Bobby s) - Our squad finished 1-2 in round robin play and then made a valiant effort to reach the semifinals of the playoffs. We lost a close one to the eventual champions. Their centers height was just too much for us to handle.
Congrats again to Olsen who has now won our tourney 3 out of 5 years. Thought the day went especially well and thanks to all who participated.
Zurica out
Just wanted to give a quick recap on this weekends tournament. I figured since everyone on our squad had a team, I would write something up.
Zuricalaw.com teams :
Noey, Zosh, Joe (+ jimmy v) - This squad, with the help of a former husky (jimmy v), did a tremendous job in their inaugural entry into the Anicito/Zurica yearly tourney. They went 2-1 in the round robin and lost a hard fought battle to the tournament founders in the playoffs.
Ahmad (+ 2 buddies) - Ahmad is a former champion of the tourney and by the luck of the draw, he had probably the hardest road to another championship. Without the all out play of his brother and lack of height, Ahmads team finished a disappointing 0-3 in round robin and lost a tough one to Betancourts squad in the playoffs.
Betancourt (+ 3 buddies) - Mike B vowed that this was going to be the year his team won it all. He even recruited a stud PG for the occasion. Dressed in their UNC blues, Mikes team fought hard to finish 3-0 in the round robin and secure the 2nd seed for the playoffs. They made it all the way to the championship round and played an amazing game against the eventual champions. Back and forth all game, Olsens team eked out a win in overtime 15-14. Mikey B had the potential game winner rim out and he goes back to jersey again realizing that Staten Island Basketball is just too good for out-of-towners.
Zurica/Anicito (+ Bobby s) - Our squad finished 1-2 in round robin play and then made a valiant effort to reach the semifinals of the playoffs. We lost a close one to the eventual champions. Their centers height was just too much for us to handle.
Congrats again to Olsen who has now won our tourney 3 out of 5 years. Thought the day went especially well and thanks to all who participated.
Zurica out
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Season 2, Game 5 recap
From Anicito
im too depressed to do it. the game sucked. heres the recap: we lost. we needed fresh legs. we needed shooters. thanks noey and mike b
added by AZ - If we dont win out, the playoffs are out.
added by JH - Very Close game and had tons of chances to win but we didn't score thelast 4 minutes of the game if I remember correctly.They had some size at every position except the 1 guard and had a guywho could score.
im too depressed to do it. the game sucked. heres the recap: we lost. we needed fresh legs. we needed shooters. thanks noey and mike b
added by AZ - If we dont win out, the playoffs are out.
added by JH - Very Close game and had tons of chances to win but we didn't score thelast 4 minutes of the game if I remember correctly.They had some size at every position except the 1 guard and had a guywho could score.
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