A's (3-0) v Gateway A (1-1-1) - Written by Lachie - Lachie is the Big Gun. Jack would have failed to poll as he only played regular person great and not Jack great, meaning he seemed only normal. However he had a hilarious tech foul for whinging about an out-of-court call which the rest of us (or at least Corey and I) agreed was in fact out off Jack. Short conversation goes, Joel from Gateway: why are you playing with these WORD DELETED? Scott: You mean my friends? SENTENCE DELETED. Mike had a few turnovers. Scotty dropped FOUR points, PB for the birthday boy. Expected pollers: Lachie, Jack, Foo, Birthday Boy. Win 60-45. Jack 18, Big Gun 14, Foo 11.
B's (0-1-2) v SPOC A (2-1) - Written by Jono - Reds started well Phill scoring inside for 2, Tim hit a jumper and Jono a nice bucket also and in d battled hard against Kong with Krantz and Phill battling hard on the defensive boards. Reds down six at the half. Start of second half reds played our tempo and self hit big buckets, Krantz Brendan and Phill fighting hard against much bigger opposition reds cut it to two years 19-21. Unfortunately that would be all the the scoring and reds lost their way in last 5 mins. Lost 19-37. Corbel 6, Jono and Phil 5.
C’s/White (1-2) v E’s/Yellow (3-0) – Written by Palky - White were down their two on court leaders in G and BB (they were at an alphabet party by the looks) and Yellow were trotting out their 5 man line-up. It was a fast start with both teams scoring freely – for Yellow, Madman and Stu were making jumpers, Foo got to the basket for an easy layup and A and Stu were making their FTs. On the other end – Bubs was getting to the basket for his pull up j, Hendo made a jumper and a put back, Goody scored inside and Dillon hit some jumpers, including a 3 – Yellow up 21-20 at half time. The game was turned on its head early in the 2nd half, when Future went down with a bad ankle sprain at the 18 minute mark – with no bench, Yellow had to run out the game with 4. They employed the little known 1-3 zone – with Palky getting out to the first shot and forcing White to get the ball weakside – the D was employed to confuse and make White take outside jumpers. It worked! Yellow were still able to get good looks at the basket by playing one side of the floor and setting on ball picks. Stu was getting to the basket for layups and Madman was getting his open looks in the corner. White were still scoring but were looking shaky – Hendo made a couple of jumpers but with Yellow slowing White’s fast break opportunities, they weren’t getting the easy baskets they needed. With 30 seconds to go and 2 seconds on the shot clock - Palky made a banked 3 to Yellow up 5. Big A fouled 3 times in a row at the end – White didn’t call timeouts to stop the clock. White scored with 5 seconds left and it ended with Yellow pulling out the improbable win by 3 – 34-31. Yellow – Stu had 13, Madman 10, Palky 5 and White – Bubs 10, Hendo 8, Dillon 7. Side note – Yellow 8-10 free throws, White 2-6 free throws … Yellow once again escape with a win cos they shoot free throws good.
D's (1-2) v Knightsbridge A (1-2) - No Report. Win 35-31.Jay and Ned 10, Road Train 6 (he also hit a 3).
F's (3-0) v SPOC C (1-2) - Written by Max - The F’s had just Cam, Darcy and Max from the regular lineup this week, with Jono and Road Train offering to bolster the lineup. Saints were down on numbers too with only 5 players, and only a couple of familiar faces from last year’s epic grand final game. The F’s started strongly with Jono and Road Train scoring around the basket. Max lit up for a pair of 3’s and Jono hit a 3 as well. Saints meanwhile were looking sloppy with the ball, however a short burst of scoring kept them in the game at half time, the F’s leading 17-12. In the second half the F’s took control, Darcy was finding Jono and Max with lots of space to shoot. Cam’s hands were everywhere on defence and he converted on a coast to coast fast break with the sweet give and go to Max. Meanwhile Road Train just kept sucking in the rebounds all game long. Saints frustration boiled over in the dying minutes with a couple of heavy fouls. F’s went out winners 42-21. Looking forward to next week’s clash against the also undefeated Hope Church A. Jono had 15 points and Max had 13.
G's (3-0) v Spicer A (1-2) - Written by Phil - The “G’s” this week unleashed their man-o-man menace onto the hapless souls of Spicer A. It was effective. Focused on a little individual accountability, defending and picking of the pass rather than fouling the man and fast offensive transition, our ascendancy was quickly establish and never relinquished. We saw the first of the Hanzalik Drive, The Charlie Bake (n- shake) and The Two Tone Two-Step as all players contributed to the score-line which read 17-6 at the half and 43-15 at full time. Jimmi hit a few three’s, Morgan some from under the rim and Pritch cleaned up on the break. Yours truly even got one in from the foul line (must of deflected off a dread). Overall, Jimmi 11, Charlie 9, Tone 6 (or 8) Pritch 6, Hanzo 5 and a few to Morgan and Phil saw a pretty awesome spread of scoring. Note too that Tone had his highest scoring game for the club to date and was possibly/possibly not robbed of 2x3 pointers which may/may not have been recorded incorrectly depending on whether he did/did not have a foot over the line. (I’d have given him at least one). Regardless, thanks to Troy and Willevation for working the pen.
To the credits:
THE SHORT AND TALL PLAY(ER) OF THE DAY: Pregame Charlie was asked to do a number on their 6’5” centre who we knew was the key to their otherwise scattered offensive. To his credit Charlie was in like Flynn and proceeded to hand out a defensive shellacking to the long limbed lad. Scoreless after 40min and I can’t remember a single pass getting to him inside the key. Well done Charlie. Matched with some points at the other end hopefully a few players’ player votes coming your way.
THE CHURCHILL PRIZE FOR STAYING CALM AND CARRYING ON: After a somewhat frayed performance in round 2, full credit to all the lads who this week showed far greater composure in the glare of the referee spotlight. Special mention to Morgan who this week contributed the consummate team game at the expensive of some personal baskets. Not a single travel called either!!!!
COACH’S COACHING CONTRADICTION COMMENDATION: With 5 minutes left with 5 fouls to our name and having so far amassing more than 7 fouls in 5 from 5 halves of basketball, the call was to back off and make sure we got through a half without going into the penalty. All for naught it would seem as first play back Phil creamed a guy under the ring for #6, scorched a guy seconds later for #7 and fouls #8,9,10&11 followed in even distribution and quick succession. A small case of do as I say and not as I do??
H's (0-3) v Knightsbridge B (2-1) - Written by Hitman - This week the H-Bombs faced the White Knights of Knightsbridge, whose fifth player arrived literally as the teams walked out for tip-off. In the early part of the game, both teams also had an invisible sixth player on court who was the target of so many passes that a possession ending in a shot by either team was a rarity, and a score even more so. As the half wore on there was a marginal improvement in the quality of play, although the White Knights settled more quickly than the Redmen, who still had problems directing the ball to a team-mate. At the long break the Reds were down 16-8. The second half began with Troy nailing consecutive triples to almost bridge the gap, unfortunately we weren’t able to bring the margin back completely and spent most of the half 3-5 points down. Although not as bad as the first half, our propensity for untimely turnovers proved our undoing. A late drought on our part and a scoring surge from them blew out the final margin, the final 33-24 scoreline not a reflection of how well we played in the second half. Reid led the way with 10 points and Troy added 6. Thanks to Morgan for scoring.
Lady Reds (3-0) v Unley A (1-2) – Written by Palky - Unley A have won the last 2 A Grade titles but look to have lost their 5 best players (much like their male counterparts). The game plan was to get the ball inside and get out on the break … and that is exactly how that went down. Reds were running at every opportunity with Alicia, Megan and Rachel all scoring on the break. In the half court, Georgie was rolling low and getting inside for easy baskets. Reds up 26-11 at halftime. More of the same was called for in the 2nd half as Unley struggled with Reds speed and ball movement and their height on the glass. ClaireO and Georgie were causing trouble inside, scoring on every possession. With the Reds controlling the defensive glass, they were able to run and score on the break. ClaireO hit a nice hook inside, Alicia hit a crafty runner and Clare R hit a nice 3. The big scorer for the game was Georgie – she was cutting through the high post and she just couldn’t miss. It was the best game she has played for the Lady Reds – it was quite a sight to see. Reds won 54-15 – Georgie had 22, Megan and ClaireO 8 and Alicia 7. +
Palky's Player of the Week 3 - Georgie Silz
Week 4 Game Times - Adelaide Arena
PAOCBC A vs PAOCBC B - Court 1 - 2:40pm
PAOCBC C vs Knightsbridge Baptist A - Court 1 - 5:10pm
PAOCBC D vs Influencers Pioneers A - Court 1 - 3:30pm
PAOCBC E vs SPOC B - Court 1 - 1:50pm
PAOCBC F vs Hope Church A - Court 2 - 4:20pm
PAOCBC G vs SPOC E - Court 3 - 3:30pm
PAOCBC H vs BYE
PAOCBC Ladies A - Court 3 - 2:40pm
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