Selcuk 89 Banvit 86

Lost a tough one last night on the road.  We were up two with a minute left and ended up losing it.  Definitely not a fun way to lose.  But then again, there is no fun way to lose.

Our team as a whole didn’t play well and I led the way.  Just didn’t play smart basketball, allowing the other team to take me out of my rhythm.  I also wasn’t aggressive enough attacking the defense.  Yet another lesson to learn the hard way.

It was a big game for us.  If we had won, we would have been in eighth place.  Now, we are in 10th and still fighting for the last playoff spot.  Still nine more games to go, but they will all be wars.  For in this league, when you play the teams at the bottom of the league, you often have a harder match, because they are playing to remain in the league itself.  The last two teams are demoted to the second division.  The team we played yesterday was in that position.  That is why they played so tough.

So I play and learn, learn and play.  But as we all know, the learning process isn’t easy–for individuals and a team.  As for the stats, here is the box score.  I ended up with 11 points, but shot way to many threes and made only 1.  Terrible.  It is still very frustrating to think about.  But as I said to one of my teammates last night, it is only a complete loss if I fail to learn from it.
Looking forward to the game next week and learning from this one,

Joe