Game#3.....13 point winners against a team that has no business competing on this level of basketball. It was apparent from the start that we were going to cruise in this one so as usual the lead fluctuated up and down between 10 and 20 the entire game with us giving a few points back near the end when the final outcome had already been determined. Two straight weeks now without J.A., (is he even a part of this team?) Financially I would say an emphatic no of course since nobody rides for free..on partial scholarship yeah that happens all too often but no 100% free rides allowed in this organization. No sign of A.J. either and D.H. apparently has suffered a season ending ankle injury that will require surgery and two months of rehabbing. Good thing we only signed him to a one year deal with a team option for a second. I highly doubt we will see him anytime soon even after the rehab is complete unless he gets himself back into game shape. There really is not a market for an overweight, height challenged point guard who has seen better days but you never know I guess!
Game#4....Unfortunately, I did not witness this game from the sidelines since I had another obligation to tend to but I heard about the game from my teammates. Several key words were tossed around like no bench, being forced to play with only 5 players. One of which tweaked a knee , the other had a tender ankle, foul trouble by J.D. leading to an eventual foul out forcing us to play the final minute or so shorthanded. A buzzer beater that should not have counted, a controversial re-start...blah blah blah...bottom line we lost our first game by 1 point and it never should have gone down like that to begin with. What can you do?
Game #5....highly anticipated match-up against the best team in the league and we blow a 9 point lead with 10 minutes to go and lose our second straight game. I make a brief appearance for 2 minutes in the first half since we were a bit short to start the game. I did make a steal, then missed a three pointer then got pulled from the game. Yeah it happened that quickly for me in my first game action in nearly 6 weeks. When I mean first game action I am also referring to the first action physically of any kind. Other than some light jogging on the treadmill I had done nothing remotely active since the surgery per the good doctor. Needless to say J.A. made an appearance and started off solidly until the second half when he basically fell apart on the defensive end. I guess foul trouble will do that to you, just ask J.D. who for the second straight game was battling his own foul problems again. No A.J. and that left us in quite the quandry. We let this one get away when we should have easily cruised to the win. Now we are in a hole that is probably too deep to get out of. Until next time....
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