Finnegans v Brodies L (3-1)
Players present and game grades
Zupa (C) We all appreciate the passion, but direct your venom at the other team.
Pedro (C) Mr t is notorious for not lettin me get my dimes. Also, he never really found his stroke tonight.
Bugout (C) never found a rhythm
Juan (C) see bugout
Anthony Z (D) I give myself the poor grade because as the "pg" of the team I did a horrible job breaking their press and then settling our O down.
Anthony P (C+) Had some nifty moves around the basket but ultimately needed to shore up the weakside d a little better
Mr. Anderson (C) – The collision in the first half and the refs took him out of his game early and he never really recovered.
Bryant (B-) Scored at will, but negative points for the missed free throws
You guys know how I hate recapping losses so I will keep this one short and to the point.
For the first time all year we just weren't having fun out there. For whatever reason we were flat. They beat us to every loose ball and just wanted it more than us. Obviously they are a good team, but they aren't unbeatable. If we played our game, with heart and passion, we could def take this team out. Luckily we play them 2 more times this year. We will show them a much different Finnegans next time.
Next up is Healys again.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Finnegans 2009 Game 3 Recap
Finnegans v Pepsi W (3-0)
Players present and game grades
Zupa (B) Almost 100% out there
Pedro (B) a little dropoff from his superstar play in games 1 and 2 but still in the lead for Defensive player of the year honors.
Bugout (B) Getting back to his slashing game, but needs to be more confident in both his shot and layups
Juan (B) Also a slight dropoff from his stellar game on tuesday, but played full throttle all game.
Anthony Z (B+) No matter what Zupa and Bugout say, the defensive run was keyed by his substitution into the game (I'm the blogger, so whatever I say goes, sorry boys)
Anthony P (B+) If this guy had a big man coach like Kareem he may be good enough to attend an NBDL game (if he bought some decent tickets).
Mr. Anderson (A-) – Shook off the sickness and came back to hit some dagger threes.
Bryant (B+) Still waiting for him to throw one down
Not much to say about last nights game. When push came to shove we just steamrolled Mountain Dew/Pepsi.
They tried to hang around as Teddy KGB would say, but once Jackie Moon told his squad to kick it into high gear, it was over. The score should have been much worse than what it was but we were saving some stuff for our first place showdown on Tuesday.
Next up is Brodies Pub. It will be a nice test for us.
Players present and game grades
Zupa (B) Almost 100% out there
Pedro (B) a little dropoff from his superstar play in games 1 and 2 but still in the lead for Defensive player of the year honors.
Bugout (B) Getting back to his slashing game, but needs to be more confident in both his shot and layups
Juan (B) Also a slight dropoff from his stellar game on tuesday, but played full throttle all game.
Anthony Z (B+) No matter what Zupa and Bugout say, the defensive run was keyed by his substitution into the game (I'm the blogger, so whatever I say goes, sorry boys)
Anthony P (B+) If this guy had a big man coach like Kareem he may be good enough to attend an NBDL game (if he bought some decent tickets).
Mr. Anderson (A-) – Shook off the sickness and came back to hit some dagger threes.
Bryant (B+) Still waiting for him to throw one down
Not much to say about last nights game. When push came to shove we just steamrolled Mountain Dew/Pepsi.
They tried to hang around as Teddy KGB would say, but once Jackie Moon told his squad to kick it into high gear, it was over. The score should have been much worse than what it was but we were saving some stuff for our first place showdown on Tuesday.
Next up is Brodies Pub. It will be a nice test for us.
Finnegans 2009 Game 2 Recap
Finnegans v Team X W (2-0)
Players present and game grades
Zupa (B) First game back by Zupa and did his normal gritty work
Pedro (A) Pedro thought NBA scouts were in attendance as he played his best game since sophomore year of high school.
Bugout (B) Working his way back
Juan (A) Juan also played his best game since grammar school all stars
Anthony Z (B) Dismissing doctors orders, he took the court and played with reckless abandon.
Anthony P (B) Ant is trying to win Most improved player in the Yorktown Mens league (contrary to popular belief, its a very prestigious award)
Mr. Anderson (DNP-washing his hair) – Dan was having a problem on tuesday, he thought Jersey shore was on, but its actually on Thursdays.
Bryant (A-) – Working his way back to All Star status.
So we had a game against Russos squad on Tuesday, they are as close to a nemesis as we have since Russo is a long time agitator of both Zupa and Bugout. Team X tried to keep it close for a while in the first half, but we started pulling away very methodically. It was turning into a real laugher when Team x's superstar showed up. Unfortunately he ran into the defensive wizardy of Bryant G. He tried to body Bryant, but our pseudo John wall was having none of it.
Zupa made his first appearance of the season, but he has a long way to go to catch up to last seasons 342 charge calls on the defensive end. This game really belonged to our own Rudy Fernandez - Pedro and his fellow sharpshooter Juanito. Pedro was all over the place. I swear the kid has 7 foot long arms. He dropped at least 20 with 19 boards and 6 steals. Next year he wants to be the number one fantasy pick out there. Juan had himself a ridiculous game as well. I think he hit 16 threes. He was trying to imitate his favorite Knick, the Rooster.
Huge victory for team Finnegans. Next up is an adversary from last season - Pepsi
Players present and game grades
Zupa (B) First game back by Zupa and did his normal gritty work
Pedro (A) Pedro thought NBA scouts were in attendance as he played his best game since sophomore year of high school.
Bugout (B) Working his way back
Juan (A) Juan also played his best game since grammar school all stars
Anthony Z (B) Dismissing doctors orders, he took the court and played with reckless abandon.
Anthony P (B) Ant is trying to win Most improved player in the Yorktown Mens league (contrary to popular belief, its a very prestigious award)
Mr. Anderson (DNP-washing his hair) – Dan was having a problem on tuesday, he thought Jersey shore was on, but its actually on Thursdays.
Bryant (A-) – Working his way back to All Star status.
So we had a game against Russos squad on Tuesday, they are as close to a nemesis as we have since Russo is a long time agitator of both Zupa and Bugout. Team X tried to keep it close for a while in the first half, but we started pulling away very methodically. It was turning into a real laugher when Team x's superstar showed up. Unfortunately he ran into the defensive wizardy of Bryant G. He tried to body Bryant, but our pseudo John wall was having none of it.
Zupa made his first appearance of the season, but he has a long way to go to catch up to last seasons 342 charge calls on the defensive end. This game really belonged to our own Rudy Fernandez - Pedro and his fellow sharpshooter Juanito. Pedro was all over the place. I swear the kid has 7 foot long arms. He dropped at least 20 with 19 boards and 6 steals. Next year he wants to be the number one fantasy pick out there. Juan had himself a ridiculous game as well. I think he hit 16 threes. He was trying to imitate his favorite Knick, the Rooster.
Huge victory for team Finnegans. Next up is an adversary from last season - Pepsi
Finnegans 2009 Game 1 Recap
Finnegans v Healys Comets W (1-0)
Players present and game grades
Zupa (A+) Great coaching job by Zupa
Pedro (B+) Came back strong after his yearlong travel in the arctic
Bugout (B) Coming off an injury, played his usual gutsy game.
Juan (B) A little tentative at first, but played hard as well
Anthony Z (B) showed some guts by coming out with one ankle in the second half
Anthony P (B+) Dwight Howardesque on the block, hit 2 huge free throws
Mr. Anderson (said that in my Mr. Smith voice from the Matrix) (B) – This newcomer fit in nicely with the team
Bryant (B) – Acknowledged his rustiness but had a solid game nonetheless
The boys in Green came out looking for revenge. Lamars shot is still seared into everyones brain. Being one inch away from the chip is a tough place to be for this long.
Luckily the schedule gods gave us this rematch right off the bat so we could pull it off quick like a band-aid.
While we never really hit our stride it was more than obvious that Anthony P and Zup did a great job with our free agent signings. Bryant and Mr. Anderson both bring different things to the squad and these are things that will hopefully lead us to what we missed out on last year.
Healys played their usual game which is – give it to Dunleavy and get out of the way. He did his best to singlehandedly keep them in the game.
It looked like the game was headed to overtime when the 8’9” guy on their team thought we were inbounding on the sidelines with one second left, however we were under the basket and Anthony P threw a lob alley-oop to Mr. Anderson from out of bounds and we won (ok the lob alley oop didn’t happen, but it was still a cool play).
Game 2 against Russo and Team x coming up
Players present and game grades
Zupa (A+) Great coaching job by Zupa
Pedro (B+) Came back strong after his yearlong travel in the arctic
Bugout (B) Coming off an injury, played his usual gutsy game.
Juan (B) A little tentative at first, but played hard as well
Anthony Z (B) showed some guts by coming out with one ankle in the second half
Anthony P (B+) Dwight Howardesque on the block, hit 2 huge free throws
Mr. Anderson (said that in my Mr. Smith voice from the Matrix) (B) – This newcomer fit in nicely with the team
Bryant (B) – Acknowledged his rustiness but had a solid game nonetheless
The boys in Green came out looking for revenge. Lamars shot is still seared into everyones brain. Being one inch away from the chip is a tough place to be for this long.
Luckily the schedule gods gave us this rematch right off the bat so we could pull it off quick like a band-aid.
While we never really hit our stride it was more than obvious that Anthony P and Zup did a great job with our free agent signings. Bryant and Mr. Anderson both bring different things to the squad and these are things that will hopefully lead us to what we missed out on last year.
Healys played their usual game which is – give it to Dunleavy and get out of the way. He did his best to singlehandedly keep them in the game.
It looked like the game was headed to overtime when the 8’9” guy on their team thought we were inbounding on the sidelines with one second left, however we were under the basket and Anthony P threw a lob alley-oop to Mr. Anderson from out of bounds and we won (ok the lob alley oop didn’t happen, but it was still a cool play).
Game 2 against Russo and Team x coming up
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