Season 3, Game 1 Recap

Zuricalaw.com v. TAKIN' YOU TO SCHOOL
Win
Tuesday 9/9/08

Players present and Game grades

Zuricalaw.com (A-) - played suffocating D and limited his mistakes

Ahmad (A-) - They had no answer when he drove the lane

Mike B (A-) - Had a quiet night, but played very steady

Zosh (A-) Was a little rusty but played very tall last night

Josh (A) - showed crazy hustle and basketball instincts

Bergs (A) - Also brought a new dimension and energy to the squad

Joe H (DNP) - Finished his first dualathalon on Sunday (on the Wii console)


“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” - anonymous

The first game of the new season for the lawmakers and we are now the
burgundy team. As most of the Staten islanders on the team know that
was the color of the only non-heterosexual high school on Staten
island (apologies Ahmad and Joe). I tried getting us black but there
seems to be a waiting list for that color so burgundy it is.

The game was very close at the beginning as the hockey team we played
against subbed in and out like Wayne Gretzky was their coach. Funniest
comment of the night goes to newbie Ryan who said "they found 20 guys
to play on a team but they couldn't find one over 5'5"" they literally
has 12 guys on the team that looked like the exact same player.

The 2 new lawmakers paid huge dividends in their debut performance,
really helping me look like Donnie Walsh and not Isiah Thomas. Josh and Ryan
as expected brought a significant and much needed intensity the whole
time they were on the court. The alley oop play between myself and
Ryan will work this year, I guarantee it. I didn't want to mention this
but Ryan had to keep his airball streak alive. Let's hope he breaks it
next week. As for josh, other than a few small miscues, I thought he
played a tremendous game and fit in seamlessly with his enormous
hustle and fine play. My only critique is that he look for his shot
more but that will definitely come with time.

The legal holdovers also played really well tonight. Your fearless
leader and turnover prone point guard actually had a minimum amount of
miscues tonight and 2 will be attributed to the wet ball. Ahmad
attacked the lane as usual and the hockey team really had no answer
for him. He dictated play most of the night. Tanzosh was a little
rusty from the field but dominated the boards against his hobbit like
opponents. Betancourt really wasn't asked to carry us offensively
tonight but he hit a few big shots in the first half that set the
tone.

The Boston bruins never really challenged us at all in the second half
and we coasted to our largest victory in a while


All in all it was a great win for zuricalaw.com and I hope it spurs is
on for a great season and that elusive championship