Another Tough Loss

Aliaga was missing their best player, but they still beat us at their place 88-82. A big bummer for our team.

We are just not playing with the same confidence we had when we won seven straight. Feeling the pressure to win probably a bit right now as well. You lose a tough one like we did a few weeks ago and it can start a difficult stretch. Now we head back to our place next week to play a good team one place ahead of us in the standings. We were hoping to be equal to them, but it was not to be. I am hopeful, however, that we can learn and turn things around.

This season, like all others, will not be an easy one, but I am hopeful it can end well as we reach for our team goals. The coming weeks will play a big part in our being able to reach them.

I ended the game with 28 points, but didn’t do a good job getting our team in a sound offensive rhythm (though defense was our real problem). Shot well from 2 point range (8-11), but was terrible from three for the third straight game (2-10). Not sure what is going on there, but I am confident it will not last much longer. After a dry stretch like this, I am due for a very good shooting night. Hopefully it comes next week. I will work to that end.

Getting Stomped On

I can’t remember the last time I was on a team that got beat as bad as we did today. Final score: Fenerbache 112 Banvit 79. Yea, it was that bad. We started well, but after the first quarter, it was all downhill. They actually shot 15-20 from three. That is difficulty to do even in practice.

That drops us down to fifth place. We have a very big game on the road this weekend against a team that is right behind us in the standings. I am hopeful we can turn things around and get on a good streak again!

I ended the game with 21, but didn’t shoot well from the three. I am hopeful of better things to come and plan on working for them this week.

Banvit 84 Besiktas 85 OT

Yea…it was a tough loss yesterday and definitely not one of my better games. Actually one of my worse. But I continue to live and learn and lose and live again. We probably should have won the game. More than a few calls didn’t go our way, but besides that, we still had the game. They hit a 3 pointer with 7 seconds left to put it into overtime and I fouled a guy on a three with one second left (a legitimate, but quite a weak foul that is not often called during the game, let alone with 1 second left in OT). We were up 1 point at the time.

One second left and I probably got fouled on my final attempt, but no call. That’s how it rolls until the New Heavens and New Earth I suppose. No perfect justice on this side of the grave. I ended with 22, but took 23 shots to get there. Entirely too much of course. But as I said, living and learning all the time.

We play a good team next week at home. I am hopeful we can get back on track.

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