Tough Home Loss
October 31, 2008
We lost 95-86 to a very strong Galatasary team tonight. I didn’t play particularly well. They wore me out with a strong defensive scheme. Got me out of my rhythm. The game was tight throughout. We even had a chance to tie it or go up one with 3 or 4 minutes left. But they gained control at the end and finished us off. They also outrebounded us by 20. In fact, they had as many offensive rebounds as we had total rebounds. It’s tough to win games like that.
Next Tuesday we play at home against a team from Cyprus. It’s another play-in game for the Fiba Eurocup.
Playing and learning,
Joe
Tough Road Loss
October 26, 2008
Well, last week we won one that no one really expected us to win. And this week we lost won we certainly should not have lost. It hurt. 84-82 after we were in control the entire contest. A couple bad calls definitely hurt at the end, but we still should have won the game because we were the better team and controlled the entire game save the last 4 minutes. Playing and learning all the time.
I played alright, ended with 27 points. Shot 6-14 from three point land, but only 2-7 from two. Played a lot of minutes though. That usually leads to settling for too many threes and a failure to finish around the rim. Another lesson learned that hopefully helps throughout the coming games and rest of the year.
We play a big game Friday night at home vs. a strong Galatarsary team. Hopefully we can turn things around after a tough loss!
Fiba Win
October 21, 2008
We played against a Romanian team tonight at our place. It was a six-point game at half time (53-47), but we ended up winning by 35. 112-77. We were obviously the superior team and thankfully showed that in the second half. We now move on to play another ‘play-in’ series against a team from either Ukraine or Cyprus. I’ll find out tomorrow.
It’s never easy playing a game like we did tonight (one we were obviously supposed to win) after such an intense game on Sunday evening, but our team did a good job focusing in and getting the job done. Hopefully we can keep things going. We play on the road this coming Saturday for the Turkish League. It will by no means be an easy game, but I am hopeful we can play well.
Oh yea, I ended the game with 16 points and a good share of assists (I believe).
Thankful for the game,
Joe
