There were two games tonight between teams that were both likely to be play-off qualifiers with Glasgow Blue Jays at Raging Seagull, and Dropito at Locomotive Edinburgh. In the former, Raging Seagull burnt off some of their enthusiasm with extra effort but the difference in perimeter defence rating (prolific vs. average) meant that the Blue Jays shot 20-37 from 3 while Raging Seagull countered with 2-22 3 point shooting. Under-21 international point guard for the Maltese team Kris Caruana had a particularly torrid time with a 9-1-4-0-0 stat line in 48 minutes while Steve O'Connor in the same position for the Blue Jays went 33-10-4-1-1 despite more commonly playing SF. 78-39 was the score at the half with a slight recovery to 142-89 at game end.
Dropito has all the rest of the top 4 of the Great 8 conference in a row after tonight's game and played Take It Easy to likely save enthusiasm for the those games. Despite this they still put out what looked like a full-strength side (143 game rating despite a Take It Easy) so likely didn't expect any defeat to be by as much as the 104-78 they got in Edinburgh. Last year's divisional MVP Shaun MacNuir went for 36 pts in 31 mins (including 6-6 from 3), William Buchan added 21 & 14 to that, and Dropito were beaten by 12 in rebounds, by 31-17 in assists, 144-82 in efficiency, and by 1.9 in average player ratings in their heaviest league defeat of the season.
Game 9 Game Ratings :-
146 - 12.9 - Locomotive Edinburgh
143 - 11.0 - Dropito
138 - 13.9 - Santa Booker
134 - 14.6 - Skytturnar
133 - 13.7 - Glasgow Blue Jays
119 - 12.0 - Revolta Culé, B.C.
119 - 11.1 - Raging Seagull
106 - 11.2 - Glasgow Raptors
077 - 09.1 - Chicago Bulbs II
053 - 05.4 - Milsami
051 - 04.8 - Vella Aloja
051 - 04.1 - Razs Legends BC
042 - 05.1 - Comandaranga
032 - 03.6 - CrvJeep
020 - 03.7 - Bibby Brotherhood
Running Totals of Game Rating this season:
1201 - 133.4 - Glasgow Blue Jays
1194 - 132.7 - Skytturnar
1148 - 127.6 - Locomotive Edinburgh
1113 - 123.7 - Santa Booker
1089 - 121.0 - Dropito
1040 - 115.6 - Glasgow Raptors
1012 - 112.4 - Revolta Culé, B.C.
0997 - 110.8 - Raging Seagull
0884 - 098.2 - Chicago Bulbs II
0482 - 053.6 - Comandaranga
0476 - 052.9 - Milsami
0439 - 048.8 - Vella Aloja
0414 - 046.0 - Razs Legends BC
0377 - 041.9 - Crv Jeep
0298 - 033.1 - Bibby Brotherhood
Best team stats of the evening
Points : 154 : Revolta Culé, B.C.
Rebounds : 72 : Glasgow Raptors
Assists : 56 : Revolta Culé, B.C.
Steals : 17 : chicago bulbs II
Block Shots : 13 : Skytturnar, chicago bulbs II
Best individual stats of the evening
Points : 51 : N. Bodet (Comandaranga)
Rebounds : 26 : C. Veiguela (chicago bulbs II)
Assists : 16 : O. Tarapčík (Santa Booker)
Steals : 4 : N. Ásgeirsson (Skytturnar), M. Þórólfsson (chicago bulbs II), G. Melnic (Milsami), S. Kennedy (Locomotive Edinburgh)
Block Shots : 5 : J. Iragorria (chicago bulbs II)
Best efficiency by main position of the evening
Point Guard : S. O'Connor (Glasgow Blue Jays) (33 Points, 10 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Shooting Guard : C. Veiguela (chicago bulbs II) (34 Points, 26 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 56
Small Forward : S. MacNuir (Locomotive Edinburgh) (36 Points, 7 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 45
Power Forward : M. Hutchenson (Glasgow Raptors) (27 Points, 22 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 44
Center : S. Óðinsson (chicago bulbs II) (41 Points, 12 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 58 *MVP OF THE NIGHT*
Last edited by StrategicHamlets at 11/15/2025 4:55:32 PM