We lost...to a pretty good team.
We'll see them in the championship game.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
More candids
Top Row - Mike Betancourt, Joe Heron, Mike Tanzosh, Ryan Kalleberg
Bottom Row - Anthony Zurica, Ahmad Oloumi, Josh Scher
Bottom Row - Anthony Zurica, Ahmad Oloumi, Josh Scher
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Some pics
Three of the Lawmakers finest.
There are honestly no words in the English language to explain this picture. Ahmad, you must destroy its existence.
Ahmad and Joe having a grand old time at Joes 20 week early Halloween party.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Season 3, Game 6 Recap
Zuricalaw.com v. Ball Above All
Tue 10/14
Players present and Game grades
Ahmad (A) - Scoring machine. Just has a talent for getting to the basket and finishing...on the left side, of course.
Mike B (DNP) - Coaches decision to keep him out of the game because it was old fashioned basketball with no three point arch.
Zosh (A) - another great rebounding game. Because of the small court he ran the floor with the guards and got a shit load of easy layups.
Josh (B) - Keeps the opposition on their heels. He moves the ball and is not afraid to shoot.
Bergs (B+) - Ran the floor nicely and made the open jumper.
Joe H (A-) - What can you say about a guy who grabs defensive rebounds and cleans the offensive glass? i say its imperitive to have someone on the team like that!!
Anicito (B) - special assignment game. Filled the gaps defensively.
"Now we know the key to winning; No Zurica" - J. Herron
It was a beautiful Tuesday night on the lower east side of Manhattan as the Lawmakers took the court against the undefeated Ball Before All. The Lawmakers were missing two key players in their pointguard Anthony Zurica and killer outside shooter Mike B. On call was Mike Anicito as he made his debut with the old team as a fill in. Anicito went on file to say this: "It was nice to see all the guys again. Allan Houston is getting his chance with the Knicks, the Lawmakers gave me mine tonight". As teams filled the gym all realized that it was going to be a throwback to the early 60's as there were no three point field goals posted since the arch was not on the court. Just weird.
After trailing 2-0 because of the shirt technical, the Lawmakers opened up strong. They immediately attacked the basket. The charge led by Ahmad who bulldozed his way to the basket and finished nicely. The team also fed the big men inside as Zosh and Joe H. had their way in the post. More importantly both team members ate up most rebounds and had a bunch of put backs. Ball Above All (BAA) was a team that was small but scrappy. After the Lawmakers had a 15 point lead in the first half, BAA came whirling back and had a bunch of open looks that they made and the Lawmakers went on a small scoring drought. The game was actually tied at one point 28-28. That was when Bergs started making his jumpers to give the Lawmakers a bit of breathing room. The first half ended with Ahmad making a half court shot with the clock running down. But after the refs reviewed it on instant replay, the basket was disallowed.
In the second half the Lawmakers put on the man-to-man defense. It was Ahmad, Bergs', and Josh's defense that held their shooters at bay. It was also Zosh who ran the floor on the fastbreaks and received open looks when the defense collapsed. Zosh finished with 24, 12, and 1 scuffle with another player.
It was a good win for the Lawmakers as they shed any type of let-up or blown leads. It was a good night.
Tue 10/14
Players present and Game grades
Ahmad (A) - Scoring machine. Just has a talent for getting to the basket and finishing...on the left side, of course.
Mike B (DNP) - Coaches decision to keep him out of the game because it was old fashioned basketball with no three point arch.
Zosh (A) - another great rebounding game. Because of the small court he ran the floor with the guards and got a shit load of easy layups.
Josh (B) - Keeps the opposition on their heels. He moves the ball and is not afraid to shoot.
Bergs (B+) - Ran the floor nicely and made the open jumper.
Joe H (A-) - What can you say about a guy who grabs defensive rebounds and cleans the offensive glass? i say its imperitive to have someone on the team like that!!
Anicito (B) - special assignment game. Filled the gaps defensively.
Zuricalaw.com (DNP but earned an A+) - First ever recap player to earn a grade when not at the game. Zurica had his best game of the season by not being there. Stat line: 0pts, 0rebounds, 0turnovers = 1 assist in the win.
"Now we know the key to winning; No Zurica" - J. Herron
It was a beautiful Tuesday night on the lower east side of Manhattan as the Lawmakers took the court against the undefeated Ball Before All. The Lawmakers were missing two key players in their pointguard Anthony Zurica and killer outside shooter Mike B. On call was Mike Anicito as he made his debut with the old team as a fill in. Anicito went on file to say this: "It was nice to see all the guys again. Allan Houston is getting his chance with the Knicks, the Lawmakers gave me mine tonight". As teams filled the gym all realized that it was going to be a throwback to the early 60's as there were no three point field goals posted since the arch was not on the court. Just weird.
After trailing 2-0 because of the shirt technical, the Lawmakers opened up strong. They immediately attacked the basket. The charge led by Ahmad who bulldozed his way to the basket and finished nicely. The team also fed the big men inside as Zosh and Joe H. had their way in the post. More importantly both team members ate up most rebounds and had a bunch of put backs. Ball Above All (BAA) was a team that was small but scrappy. After the Lawmakers had a 15 point lead in the first half, BAA came whirling back and had a bunch of open looks that they made and the Lawmakers went on a small scoring drought. The game was actually tied at one point 28-28. That was when Bergs started making his jumpers to give the Lawmakers a bit of breathing room. The first half ended with Ahmad making a half court shot with the clock running down. But after the refs reviewed it on instant replay, the basket was disallowed.
In the second half the Lawmakers put on the man-to-man defense. It was Ahmad, Bergs', and Josh's defense that held their shooters at bay. It was also Zosh who ran the floor on the fastbreaks and received open looks when the defense collapsed. Zosh finished with 24, 12, and 1 scuffle with another player.
It was a good win for the Lawmakers as they shed any type of let-up or blown leads. It was a good night.
Friday, October 10, 2008
For all us Knick fans.
Josh and I can attest that this was one of the better Knick memories of all time.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Season 3 , Game 5 Recap
Zuricalaw.com v. Killer Comedians
Win
Tue 10/7
Players present and Game grades
Zuricalaw.com (A-) - Good decision making, limited his turnovers and hit some shots
Ahmad (B+) - Obviously we are a much better team when Ahmad is on the court, we win when he's there and lose when he isn't, period.
Mike B (A-) - Grade this week is solely based on initiating layup lines
Zosh (DNP) Didn't want to miss last nights 90210
Josh (B) - When he doesn't hesitate can stick the mid range jumper with the best of em.
Bergs (A-) - Huge three point play highlighted a solid game from this soldier
Joe H (B) - Would have liked Joe more involved in the O, but the game wasn't going his way last night, however grabbed enough boards to build a house.
"Keep on with the force don't stop" - M. Jackson
Game got off to a late start since the Comedians showed up about 15 minutes late. But it was no bother to the lawmakers since they instituted their new pre-game ritual of that crazy invention, the layup line. This helped catapult them to a strong opening half. Mike B came out raining shots, Ahmad attacked the basket and the rest of the squad played with the fire that was sorely missing last week.
The Burgundy Attorneys built up a nice 20 pt lead in the second half only to see it get chopped down to 6 due to lackadaisical play. However, Bergs wasn't about to let last week repeat itself and he came back in the game and calmly brought some much needed stability to the court. The boys in red wound up winning by about 10 and these are the types of victories we need in order to show this league who's boss.
Major negative of last night was our free throw shooting. I've seen better free throw shooting from the 3rd graders I used to coach at Our Lady of Pity. This needs to be corrected or the only thing we're winning is a one way ticket out of the playoffs. Also, were those 2 refs last night especially bad, or was it just me?
Next week, we play one of the only 2 undefeated teams left, so I'm sure we're all gonna need our A games.
Also, I'll see everyone on Sunday for the big 2-9!
Zurica out
Win
Tue 10/7
Players present and Game grades
Zuricalaw.com (A-) - Good decision making, limited his turnovers and hit some shots
Ahmad (B+) - Obviously we are a much better team when Ahmad is on the court, we win when he's there and lose when he isn't, period.
Mike B (A-) - Grade this week is solely based on initiating layup lines
Zosh (DNP) Didn't want to miss last nights 90210
Josh (B) - When he doesn't hesitate can stick the mid range jumper with the best of em.
Bergs (A-) - Huge three point play highlighted a solid game from this soldier
Joe H (B) - Would have liked Joe more involved in the O, but the game wasn't going his way last night, however grabbed enough boards to build a house.
"Keep on with the force don't stop" - M. Jackson
Game got off to a late start since the Comedians showed up about 15 minutes late. But it was no bother to the lawmakers since they instituted their new pre-game ritual of that crazy invention, the layup line. This helped catapult them to a strong opening half. Mike B came out raining shots, Ahmad attacked the basket and the rest of the squad played with the fire that was sorely missing last week.
The Burgundy Attorneys built up a nice 20 pt lead in the second half only to see it get chopped down to 6 due to lackadaisical play. However, Bergs wasn't about to let last week repeat itself and he came back in the game and calmly brought some much needed stability to the court. The boys in red wound up winning by about 10 and these are the types of victories we need in order to show this league who's boss.
Major negative of last night was our free throw shooting. I've seen better free throw shooting from the 3rd graders I used to coach at Our Lady of Pity. This needs to be corrected or the only thing we're winning is a one way ticket out of the playoffs. Also, were those 2 refs last night especially bad, or was it just me?
Next week, we play one of the only 2 undefeated teams left, so I'm sure we're all gonna need our A games.
Also, I'll see everyone on Sunday for the big 2-9!
Zurica out
Friday, October 3, 2008
Season 3, Game 4 Recap
Sorry guys but I'm super busy this week. Heres the recap: we played down to the level of the comp, didn't take them seriously in the second half and somehow they came back to beat us. Everyone gets a default D, except Bergs gets a D- cause some skinny indian kid ran by him like he was a statue. (sorry bergs)
Ok fine, i get a D- also for blowing 2 layups after 2 great passes by Bergs and Josh.
Ok fine, i get a D- also for blowing 2 layups after 2 great passes by Bergs and Josh.
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