Hope the new uniforms were to people's liking. I think they looked pretty good. From all reports some guys need bigger shorts and jerseys. If you can message me (Facebook, text, email) if you need a different size can you let me know - I will being them to training tomorrow.
So - I think we are going to move the Beer Bus Pub Crawl. There are too many guys going to be away and 3 of the main brewhouses we wanted to go to that will be closed. Let's go in summer when the weather is better, hope that's ok.
Before we start massive thanks to Jimmy "JT Townie" Townsend for scoring so much over the weekend - think he ended up doing 5 games. That is in an insane effort - thanks mate. If you are hanging around after your games, helping out is always appreciated.
To the reports:
A's v Oakden A - Written by Liam - The A's returned from their annual unscheduled mid-season hiatus itching to play and Oakden found themselves in the path of the Reds. It was six on six early with Hobbs and Tauney out injured. About five minutes in one of the Oakden players got down low from behind trying, I guess, to steal the ball ending with, I think, a heel in the nose. And so five on six from here on. The lack of subs meant Oakden used all four timeouts through the game. About ten minutes of clock time in it was 12-6 (losing about 5 min through late start, injury, timeout and foul shots). Josh, a glistening nubile in the centre court showtime lights overcame a knock to the throat* and powered back some work inside and Jack had made a finish and got to the line. We were in a full court press and they were struggling to control the ball up the court. When they did, they were able to scrap some baskets with their big guy finishing well. Phil splashed from downtown and the defensive pressure continued to generate steals and easy finishes. As it turned out, our D was so good we could have stopped scoring about 15 min in and still won. At half-time it was 31-12 and we'd gone 6-6 from the foul line. The second half was more of the same. Phil got two more threes and Jack and Josh continued to finish well. Josh found some space and got a nice two-hand flush. The game had a good energy from the Reds in spite of the game situation and the time understandably used up in timeouts and the like. Keeping up that energy will be important in the coming months and to drop 66 points was a solid result. Everyone scored in an even team performance in the second half. Reds win 66-20. Orks 21, Jack 18, Phil 13.
* Apparently he later reported on facebook that he had a bruised throat from getting hit in the windpipe. Much like this ... Actually no link, this is a family website.
B's v Knightsbridge A - Written by Mike -Both teams rocked up to the shops that should have been
open, but due to management and staffing the trolleys started getting pushed
down the isles 2 minutes late. Lachy was first past gate heading straight for
isle 3, finding it without issue. Kartik headed for the confectionary isle, for a break and
a Kit Kat. Phil and Tommo attended to a clean up in isle 7. Knightsbridge
seemed to head straight to the freezer section coming out cold. One of their
new players didn't agree with any of the shops sales and after arguing with
security, was asked to leave. Mike then went through his trolley, adding three
of the four items to his basket. Manners blocked a Knightsbridge trolley and
despite knightsbridge's attempt to detour around him, simply ended in frustrated
shopper. Despite Kb's attempt to slow the check out line using out dated
payment methods, B's used self service to make their purchases and concluded
their shopping experience ahead.
Won by 29. Jono 14, Lachy 9, Kartik 8. C's v Unley Park - NO REPORT. Lost by 13. Good 9, Kirkham 7.
D's v Southwest A - Written by Sime - The big billing was Reds v Seahawks on the Arena centre court, the D’s with a full complement of 8 for the game. We knew the Southwest offensive plan was to feed their centre at the foul line every time down the court and he would then kick it to the wing if his shot wasn’t there. While we played ok to contain their game, we unfortunately had another slow first half – we restricted them to 7 but only scored 13 ourselves. Early on we were a little selfish, everyone was looking for their own shot, cutting short our offensive set and not necessarily choosing the best shot. That and the fact we went 4 from 11 from the stripe (and 5 from 15 for the game) was disappointing. Josh was busy early, Palky came on & dropped a triple, B-Frangers hit a nice baby hook and Kobe finished a beautiful spin move between 2 defenders on the post for a 3 point play. We addressed our weaknesses at half time and came out looking a lot better, sharing the ball, passing quicker and looking for the extra pass for our teammates. And of those passes, Josh laid off 2 of the best assists I’ve seen this year. And he had a big block – he played pretty well despite going scoreless! Ned was slicing through the key and dropped a trey as well, Brendon dropped one too, and Stu, Reggie and Palk briefly ran a little 3 man game to get some good outside looks, Reggie the beneficiary with 2 triples. Despite still having back issues, Jon still (importantly) lifted the esky high into the back of the Range Rover and hit the boards hard on the court, as well as finishing a couple of his patented baseline drives. We showed some good D again this week, keeping the Seahawks out of the paint, leaving them just holding the ball waiting for movement – and our guards’ quick hands to steal it away. Final score was 32-13, Ned with 7, Reg with 6, Brendon with 5. A good spread in the scoring though and a solid game by the team – votes will be hard.
E’s v St Peter’s Anglican A - Written by Max - The ‘E’s played St Peter’s Anglican this week for the first time. Offensively we started slowly, a little surprised by their height and shot blocking ability around the basket. Defensively our pressure on their guards punished them for a lot of sloppy passing which created transition opportunities. Some sloppy play of our own and sometimes one cute pass too many meant we failed to capitalise, only leading 18-6 at halftime. Sensing Saints vulnerability to on ball pressure and their tiring 5 man roster, we came out of the half time break in a full court man. It worked and we spent 20 mins totally demoralising the opposition. In the end I think Saints scored most of their points by catching us off guard with put backs of their own airballs. The ‘E’s were run away victors in the end 46-17. Bub’s dominated the scoring again with 24 points, Brad had 11, and everyone scored. Thanks to Flair for filling in again and Townsend for looking after the scoresheet for us.
F's v Hope A - Written by Mark - Once again the shorthanded reds were without their big (Bjork) and their small (Tone) so Jay stepped into the breach again. Reds went out in a man D and once again got instant results. Tim was on fire with 2 big threes and an inside runner for 8 points within 5 minutes. Hope were energetic and they had a couple of ball handlers and a few weight throw arounders. Toma, Trimmy, Hanzo and Jay all contributed in the half with Phil and Tim pulling in big boards given their height advantage. Scores ratcheted up 8-3; 10 - 5; we went on a run, they came back; Tim finished the half with another sweet 3 for 13 for the half and we went to the long break 23 - 15. Second half got ugly; our defence was great and our offence was non-existent. Meanwhile the umps went on a pea fest and 24 fouls were called for us for the game. Reds scored 1 point in 12 minutes and the niggling blue boys were coming back to 24 - 20. Hanzo made 2 huge swats for the game (one in the first half was probably a foul but the second half one looked absolutely clean). Even Lenny got incredibly frustrated with a straight up block that was called against him - but we kept our mouths shut (mostly) and played ball. Jay stepped up for a steal, the lay-in. fouled from behind called intentional + 2 and possession and he swished both (28-20). Tim
finished with a final cameo 3 and the game was done. Reds 31 - 21. An 8 - 6 second half is not memorable and none of us want to see it repeated. Once again, never headed, never hugely threatened but didn't put the game away as we should have. Still work in progress. Tim - 16; Jay 8
G's v SPOC E - Written by Hitman - This week G-Force faced The Olde Enemy, this time the E-type. Our pre-game plan was to continue our fine form from last week, and we also engaged in some wild speculation on what the SPOC game-plan would be, deciding that it was within the bounds of possibility that they might potentially chuck up rubbish and crash the boards. From the tip-off, the Redmen passed the ball around crisply, but too often tried cross-court passes that were easily picked off. At the other end there was more rubbish being thrown up than on a windy day at Wingfield tip, and the Saints crashed the boards like alcoholics at an open bar. G-force regrouped at a time-out and stopped throwing cross-court passes, and were rewarded with good open looks, but unfortunately weren’t rewarded with baskets. Saint’s robotic approach and their sheer weight of possession resulted in baskets and at half-time they led 11-5. At the start of the second half, G-Force’s ability to play basketball quickly narrowed the gap but in a second half marred by creative refereeing* (e.g. Dillon gets hammered by three defenders going for a lay-up – no foul; Dillon goes in for uncontested fast-break lay-up – foul called on defender three feet away) it was difficult to maintain any momentum. G-Force got the score close but with the game in the balance in the waning minutes, Saints scored a couple of absolute fluke baskets, proving that sometimes it is better to be lucky than good, and they held on to win 18-13. G-Force did themselves no favors going 2 from 9 from the line, but they were still better than Saints’ Moorfootesq 2 from 19. Dillon top-scored with 8 points, Sam scored 3 and Will 2. Many thanks to Phil Harford for his coaching efforts, and Ben Palk for doing the scoring.
Lady Reds v Adelaide A - The Lady Reds were up against old foe Adelaide. The Reds started well Megan and Alicia hitting 3's and Jordy getting to the basket. Adelaide were scoring through #34 and #4 who are both very handy players. Reds down 9-16 at halftime. Palk decided that the Reds needed to up the aggressiveness - Palky was asking this to be done not in a manner that was conducive to women's basketball - Megan disagreed ... argument ensued ... uncomfortable for all concerned - expect maybe Palk and Megan. Alicia, Jordy and Megan all hit 3's and Jordy was getting to the basket but the D was a tad too porous and Adelaide were getting to the basket for layups. Reds lost 25-38 but it was a massive improvement on the first time they played them. With Georgie back the team is heading in the right direction with ball movement and gelling together and should be around the mark come finals time. Jordy 10, Alicia 8 and Megan 6.
Palky's Super Top Trio - Week 7
3rd - Jack Harford
2nd - Josh Orken
1st - Alex Bubner - back to back - HE CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL!
Week 8 Game Times
NOTE THAT THE C's HAVE 2 GAMES
A's v B's - 1.50 @ Hillcrest
C's v D's - 1.00 @ Hillcrest
C's v Southwest A - 3.30 @ Hillcrest
E's v F's - 3.30 @ Marion
G's v SPOC D - 1.50 @ Marion
Lady Reds A v St Casmir WA @ Marion
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