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"Sir, we are fielding a very weak team," says Bobby Sparks to the owner. "And your point?" says the owner. "That we won't be very competitive, though we did get Denkovic back."

"GOOD, I LIKED DENKOVIC."

"Yes, but sir, I don't think we will win any games. At the moment, one win keeps us out of the relegation series. One win gives us a good shot at making the playoffs, though The Beer Belly's seems to be striving for that final position," says coach John Walton.

"John, go out there, do your job. And Bobby, the moment you get more capital, find another good player. Maybe that person can help us in our final match. But I see an 11-11 season. And with the teams under us losing games, we have a good shot at making the playoffs, say 50-50? The Beer Belly's will lose at least one game and have 11 loses. Tachenko will lose at least one game and have 10 losses. Miami Cleo will lose at least two games. So Beer Bellys at best will tie us, but they will be handed the tiebreaker due to our money struggles this season. But, if we win one game, just one game, then we are in. If we beat Tachenko, we will place third. And that's the final game of the season."

"You heard him John. Get the guy's ready. We are not going to do anything in the playoffs. The objective is to stick around this league for at least another season, see if we can build back up our roster. So we need one win."

"This team is the third worst overall team in this league. But I will try Bobby."

"Good," says the owner. "That's all we ask, win or lose, just try. And Bobby, look for another player after the game against The Ashkickers. We should hopefully have enough funds and fortune to find a player that can turn the tables in the last game. Work some magic Bobby, if possible."



Last edited by Reece at 10/5/2022 4:40:16 AM

Day 19 (Tuesday 4 October 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Philly Dribble 118 - Linndale 125
Mighty Moose Rockets 50 - Lion Rebels 117
Carolina Rebels 62 - Rip City Revival 110
San Dominica Warriors 119 - The Lone Wolf 94
Miami Cleo 102 - 2 percent 109
Tachenko 122 - Is This Heaven? 45
Hustlas 76 - The Beer Bellys 117
The Ashkickers 108 - Żubr Białystok 93

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 125 : Linndale
Rebounds : 61 : Rip City Revival
Assists : 36 : Tachenko
Steals : 19 : Tachenko
Block Shots : 13 : Lion Rebels

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 43 : M. Maurin (Miami Cleo)
Rebounds : 27 : D. Wilmink (2 percent)
Assists : 13 : B. Coenen (Linndale)
Steals : 6 : C. Hampton (Tachenko)
Block Shots : 4 : R. Singh (Lion Rebels), C. Riggins (Żubr Białystok), D. Wilmink (2 percent)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : M. Velasco (Philly Dribble) (12 Points, 6 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots), H. Griffin (2 percent) (17 Points, 14 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 25
Shooting Guard : K. Knowles (Linndale) (24 Points, 3 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots), N. Neochoritis (Rip City Revival) (16 Points, 13 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 25
Small Forward : B. Aviles (Tachenko) (28 Points, 9 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 4 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Power Forward : I. Homs (The Beer Bellys) (22 Points, 10 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33
Center : D. Wilmink (2 percent) (23 Points, 27 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45

MVP of the evening
D. Wilmink (2 percent) (23 Points, 27 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45

The bad performance of the evening
K. McNulty (Mighty Moose Rockets) (11 Points, 1 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -14

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : B. Ross (Is This Heaven?) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : N. Guevara (Linndale) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo), J. Cadelago (Mighty Moose Rockets), B. George (Carolina Rebels), T. Plummer (Carolina Rebels), J. Cantrell (Is This Heaven?), B. Ross (Is This Heaven?), S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok), D. Wilmink (2 percent) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : M. Tercero (San Dominica Warriors) : 6 Three points

The best performer : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) : Rating : 18.0

The worst performer : B. Ross (Is This Heaven?) : Rating : 0.5

Shout out to Ray guiding the 2 Percenters for impressive wins in 3 of the past 4 league games. Big wins over Miami Cleo and Tachenko to make the race for Great 8 relegation seeding and final playoff spots very interesting. Here are my predictions for the final 3 season games and final placement for the 4th thru 7th spots.

Place Team Next 3 Final Record
3rd Tachenko 2-1 (12-10)
4th Hustlas 0-3 (11-11)
5th Beer Bellys 2-1 (11-11)
6th Miami Cleo 2-1 (10-12)
7th 2 Percent 1-2* (8-14)

Bellys and Miami beat Big 8 regulation opponents Lion Rebels and Lone Wolf, Carolina Rebels beats 2 Percent in 3 games.

*65% chance 2 Percent beats Beer Bellys this Saturday, in which Da Bellys slide to 6th.

Last edited by thatguy at 10/5/2022 2:32:46 PM

ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports entertainment. "I'm your host, Jack Moss, and I am here to give my 2-percent, lol. You like that? I liked that. Anyway, the race for the 4th through 7th seeds in the great 8 is heating up thanks to the complete disbanding of the Hustlas, who, before disbanding, had the best chance to win the league. And to 2 Percent, who as of last had put together their best stretch of the season. Zubr is another that has done really well. With the fall of the Hustlas, Zubr really took over. The Hustlas reassembled a new team, but this team is sad, very sad to look at. I guess if you're going to have to pay money anyway, might as well have some players. They assembled this roster on 120k in funds. Now that was impressive, but it's just not a good team. Now, they are trying to still beat out relegation and make the playoffs. Why? Who knows. But they have been getting help. 2 Percent has been their best friends and if 2 Percent defeat Beer Bellys, then the Hustlas may just make it, as Beer Bellys was not slated to lose to them in our predictions. If they do, then they may lose 2 out of three, giving that 4th seed to the Hustlas, without the Hustlas winning a single game down the stretch. And that would be thanks to 2 Percent. And Hustlas would have to thank them for it. I'm guessing the owner may give them something, but who knows.

But that Hustlas team. Who knew they could fall so low with this team that's assembled? I don't see them losing by less than 20 in any game the rest of the season. If they do, I'll eat an alligator. For real. And 2 Percent, who knew they had a team assembled??? Zubr, only the Hustlas people saw their worth, and now they are proving them right and everyone else wrong. Beer Bellys? Well, they may still that 4th spot. We will have to wait and see. Tachenko is probably playing possum right now. Hard to read, hard to say. All I know is that 3rd and 4th seed is up for grabs. It's anyone's guess who will take it. And the Big 8? Seeds 2, 3 and 4 are fighting for positioning. Philly Dribble is playing possum but will finish with the 2 seed. Linndale is really coming along, and San Dominican is as well. It's a toss up to see who will get those final seeding spots. Relegation we may talk about at a later time. This is Jack Moss, Signing off."

Last edited by Reece at 10/5/2022 3:49:44 PM

If Hustlas is involved in a tie they’ll automatically lose the tiebreaker because of the asterisk from a forfeit loss.

Good to know, I didn't realize that. I assumed it was point diff and I blew some games huge in favor of training minutes, which is coming back to haunt me now lol.

Either which way, I kind of hope your prediction is wrong, though maybe a season or two in DIV IV would do me good with my minor rebuild. Though I don't want to waste Terry Armstead's final productive years at that level. Ah well.

Good luck!

Yes, the Hustla's do not want a tie with 4th and 5th. They will be fifth. Hopefully ESPN is right and the Hustlas finish 4th, and 5th is 10-12 or 11-11 if Hustlas get lucky and win one to be 12-10.

Last edited by Reece at 10/8/2022 1:39:41 AM

It is going to a fun end of the season no matter what. I expected to relegate when I did a partial rebuild early season, so I'm just happy to be in the hunt lol

Sorry for no power rankings from last week; just didn't have time to write up a synopsis and honestly, as is usual for these rankings, by this point in the season things are pretty well set how they're going to be. There were a couple of shifts, but nothing consequential. Here's the order, with no synopsis...hopefully I'll have time to get to the final rankings this week with some commentary. Thanks for a fun season everyone!

1. Rip City Revival
2. Philly Dribble
3. The Ashkickers
4. Linndale
5. San Dominica Warriors
6. Tachenko (ouch, that loss on Saturday, tho)
7. Hustlas (will they fall even farther, even though they're fielding a team?)
8. Żubr Białystok
9. Miami Cleo
10. Lion Rebels
11. The Beer Bellys
12. Carolina Rebels
13. 2 percent
14. The Lone Wolf
15. Mighty Moose Rockets
16. Is This Heaven?

OK, I lied - some commentary. Good luck tonight!

Last edited by Baine at 10/11/2022 10:07:51 AM

Day 20 (Saturday 8 October 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Linndale 100 - Rip City Revival 115
Lion Rebels 125 - The Lone Wolf 101
Mighty Moose Rockets 42 - San Dominica Warriors 147
Carolina Rebels 75 - Philly Dribble 106
2 percent 104 - The Beer Bellys 122
Is This Heaven? 44 - Żubr Białystok 149
Tachenko 50 - The Ashkickers 95
Hustlas 64 - Miami Cleo 113

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 149 : Żubr Białystok
Rebounds : 80 : San Dominica Warriors
Assists : 46 : San Dominica Warriors
Steals : 12 : Miami Cleo, Żubr Białystok
Block Shots : 14 : Miami Cleo, San Dominica Warriors

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 44 : J. Segovia (The Beer Bellys)
Rebounds : 20 : C. Riggins (Żubr Białystok)
Assists : 13 : C. McNutt (Żubr Białystok)
Steals : 4 : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo), M. Maurin (Miami Cleo), R. Kelchtermans (The Lone Wolf)
Block Shots : 5 : V. Valladares (San Dominica Warriors)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok) (42 Points, 5 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45
Shooting Guard : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo) (23 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 4 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Small Forward : L. Baião (San Dominica Warriors) (28 Points, 12 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Power Forward : F. Fornels (Rip City Revival) (30 Points, 16 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Center : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) (28 Points, 10 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39

MVP of the evening
S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok) (42 Points, 5 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45

The bad performance of the evening
E. Kljajević (Mighty Moose Rockets) (3 Points, 3 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots)H. Villa (Is This Heaven?) (1 Points, 2 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -8

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : G. Pullen (Tachenko), R. Newman (Is This Heaven?) : 7 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : W. Johnson (Mighty Moose Rockets), A. Coronado (Linndale) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : G. Locus (Miami Cleo), R. Cuberas (Mighty Moose Rockets), E. Albright (Mighty Moose Rockets), E. Kljajević (Mighty Moose Rockets), T. Plummer (Carolina Rebels), B. George (Carolina Rebels), J. Cantrell (Is This Heaven?), S. Hollins (Lion Rebels), S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok), K. Park (2 percent), J. Gołas (2 percent), H. Griffin (2 percent) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : P. Lutz (Linndale) : 7 Three points

The best performer : D. Wilmink (2 percent) : Rating : 19.0

The worst performer : W. Johnson (Mighty Moose Rockets) : Rating : 0.0