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I really like your analyses/recaps that you do for all the leagues in the last couple of seasons. The effort that you put in is noteable and I appreciate the sense of community you foster here.

(which is also the reason why I prod you from time to time to ellicit a concise response )

Welcome to the start of season 70!

For any passing new managers who didn't already know I believe Game Rating is calculated by BuzzerManager by how many sub-levels above atrocious-low the combination of outside scoring, inside scoring, outside defense, inside defense, rebounding and offensive flow are at the end of the game.

Average player ratings are a bit wonky the 1st game or two as BuzzerManager seems to average each player to the nearest half-point, while BuzzerBeater itself knows the rating to a tenth of a point so there can be discrepancies. BuzzerManager is near enough however to compare like for like stats for the week and against previous seasons and leaves the need for Excel sheets and so on at the workplace where they belong!

Efficiency when that is mentioned is (Points+Rebounds+Assists+Steals+Blocks−Missed shots−Missed Free Throws-Turnovers).

7 teams with 100+ game rating in game 1 which is one lower than last season but Raging Seagull were only 1 point short and I have no doubts a full-strength Revolta Culé, B.C. would put up that game rating too. 9 teams had 10+ average player rating which is 1 up from last season.

Game 1 Game Ratings :-

128 - 12.2 - Glasgow Blue Jays
118 - 10.9 - Chicago Bulbs II
115 - 12.4 - Santa Booker
113 - 12.3 - Skytturnar
111 - 11.4 - Locomotive Edinburgh
110 - 11.4 - Glasgow Raptors
105 - 10.2 - Dropito
099 - 10.7 - Raging Seagull
093 - 10.2 - Revolta Culé, B.C.
062 - 06.0 - Comandaranga
059 - 05.4 - Milsami
049 - 04.5 - CrvJeep
047 - 04.6 - Vella Aloja
045 - 03.6 - Razs Legends BC
042 - 03.7 - Brothers
016 - 04.0 - Bibby Brotherhood

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 169 : Santa Booker
Rebounds : 75 : Santa Booker
Assists : 61 : Santa Booker
Steals : 29 : Skytturnar
Block Shots : 12 : Santa Booker, Locomotive Edinburgh

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 36 : S. Aftenie (CrvJeep)
Rebounds : 21 : R. Setyawan (Santa Booker)
Assists : 24 : F. Monsch (Santa Booker)
Steals : 6 : K. Caruana (Raging Seagull)
Block Shots : 5 : K. Caruana (Raging Seagull)

Best efficiency by main position of the evening

Point Guard : F. Monsch (Santa Booker) (26 Points, 8 Rebounds, 24 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 49 *MVP OF THE NIGHT*
Shooting Guard : F. Pineda (Dropito) (28 Points, 7 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 5 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Small Forward : S. MacNuir (Locomotive Edinburgh) (28 Points, 4 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Power Forward : R. Caverni (Raging Seagull) (30 Points, 14 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39
Center : S. Gray (Glasgow Raptors) (26 Points, 15 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 48

Any time we manage to get a win against Chicago Bulbs, we class that as a good nights work. It was a tough first half but we won comfortably in the end. Good luck to all managers this season.

Last edited by BlueJaysFan at 10/18/2025 4:02:47 PM

Absolutely devastating loss on a buzzerbeater in double overtime after blowing a commanding lead in regulation. This one hurts.

Revolta Cule, take a bow. Your guys were unbelievable tonight and deserved that.

In the match of the night Glasgow Blue Jays put out a concerningly strong for week 2 143 team rating squad and found themselves shocked after a double overtime 138-136 defeat. The Blue Jays had slightly better shooting from both 2 and 3 point distance, and had more assists, steals, and blocks. So how did they lose? Largely because what they lost they lost badly. They were crushed 73-37 in rebounds, Benitez and Detroyer alone at PF and C getting 48 rebounds between them where their Blue Jays equivalents in Luque and Watson got 10, and also as the Blue Jays gave away 11 more fouls to a team shooting 87% fom the charity stripe.

Game 2 Game Ratings :-

*Brothers off below lists as now botified*

143 - 11.8 - Glasgow Blue Jays
124 - 11.2 - Revolta Culé, B.C.
122 - 12.6 - Skytturnar
119 - 11.5 - Locomotive Edinburgh
111 - 10.6 - Santa Booker
103 - 11.4 - Glasgow Raptors
096 - 10.5 - Dropito
095 - 10.8 - Raging Seagull
085 - 09.4 - Chicago Bulbs II
059 - 06.6 - Comandaranga
055 - 05.4 - Milsami
050 - 05.3 - Vella Aloja
049 - 04.3 - Razs Legends
040 - 05.4 - CrvJeep
023 - 04.3 - Bibby Brotherhood

Running Totals of Game Rating this season:

271 - 135.5 - Glasgow Blue Jays
235 - 117.5 - Skytturnar
230 - 115.0 - Locomotive Edinburgh
226 - 113.0 - Santa Booker
217 - 108.5 - Revolta Culé, B.C.
214 - 107.0 - Glasgow Raptors
203 - 101.5 - Chicago Bulbs II
201 - 100.5 - Dropito
197 - 098.5 - Raging Seagull
121 - 060.5 - Comandaranga
114 - 057.0 - Milsami
097 - 048.5 - Vella Aloja
094 - 047.0 - Razs Legends BC
089 - 044.5 - CrvJeep
039 - 019.5 - Bibby Brotherhood

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 172 : Raging Seagull
Rebounds : 73 : Revolta Culé, B.C.
Assists : 68 : Raging Seagull
Steals : 18 : Skytturnar
Block Shots : 15 : Milsami

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 50 : S. Aftenie (CrvJeep)
Rebounds : 26 : C. Benítez (Revolta Culé, B.C.)
Assists : 14 : T. Bonavia (Raging Seagull), K. Caruana (Raging Seagull)
Steals : 4 : F. Elvarsson (Skytturnar), A. Marra (Raging Seagull)
Block Shots : 6 : G. Melnic (Milsami)

Best efficiency by main position of the evening

Point Guard : T. Bonavia (Raging Seagull) (36 Points, 5 Rebounds, 14 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 52
Shooting Guard : A. Petrescu (Glasgow Blue Jays) (34 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots), J. Torné (Revolta Culé, B.C.) (36 Points, 5 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Small Forward : E. Pessach (dropito) (19 Points, 12 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Power Forward : C. Benítez (Revolta Culé, B.C.) (41 Points, 26 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 52
Center : F. Dillet (Comandaranga) (45 Points, 19 Rebounds, 12 Assists, 2 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 72 *MVP OF THE NIGHT*

See you soon guys. A new rebuild has started in Chicago ;)

Bibby Brotherhood's 3 man starting line-up gave up 189 to a Glasgow Raptors team who were in no mood to go easy on them. Stat highlights are efficiency of +331 to -16, 92 rebounds to 15, and 17 blocks to 0! If Bibby continue this then further in the season when both enthusiasm rises and cross-conference play starts somebody may hang a 200 point game on them. Fortunato Monsch and his 24 assist game might not be the only all-time divisional record we see this season!

Elsewhere in the Great 8, Locomotive Edinburgh beat Raging Seagull in a game where the home team seemed to play the Edinburgh style of winning rebounding & blocking battles, while the Scots played the Seagull style of sharpshooting. In the end Štolba & Dougall combining for only 6pts in 48 mins at SF may have been the difference between 2 teams at an otherwise similar level.

Locomotive & the Raptors face each other in Edinburgh on Tuesday to keep their unbeaten records.

In the Big 8, Glasgow Blue Jays hit a 150 team game rating in game 3 although were given a fight by Dropito who I suspect went crunch-time like last year's game 6 but did not get the same results losing 99-85. The Dropito starting 5 matched up very well to the Blue Jays' starters but the 2nd unit were bulldozed 26-6 in scoring and +36 to -6 in efficiency.

Skytturnar are the other unbeaten team left after beating Revolta Culé, B.C 116-98. Revolta shot well against a quality Skytturnar defence, but in the end it was 27 free throws to Skytturner against their 6, so when Skytturnar scored 26 of them, they were all but doomed to a defeat.

Game 3 Game Ratings :-

150 - 14.9 - Glasgow Blue Jays
139 - 13.7 - Skytturnar
137 - 11.4 - Dropito
121 - 13.7 - Glasgow Raptors
121 - 12.8 - Santa Booker
120 - 11.4 - Raging Seagull
119 - 11.6 - Revolta Culé, B.C.
118 - 11.4 - Locomotive Edinburgh
108 - 11.5 - Chicago Bulbs II
057 - 05.4 - Comandaranga
055 - 05.7 - Milsami
046 - 04.6 - Crv Jeep
045 - 05.3 - Vella Aloja
045 - 03.6 - Razs Legends
020 - 03.0 - Bibby Brotherhood

Running Totals of Game Rating this season:

421 - 140.3 - Glasgow Blue Jays
374 - 124.6 - Skytturnar
348 - 116.0 - Locomotive Edinburgh
347 - 115.6 - Santa Booker
338 - 112.6 - Dropito
336 - 112.0 - Revolta Culé, B.C.
335 - 111.6 - Glasgow Raptors
317 - 105.6 - Raging Seagull
311 - 103.3 - Chicago Bulbs II
178 - 059.3 - Comandaranga
169 - 056.3 - Milsami
142 - 047.3 - Vella Aloja
139 - 046.3 - Razs Legends BC
135 - 045.0 - CrvJeep
059 - 019.6 - Bibby Brotherhood

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 189 : Glasgow Raptors
Rebounds : 92 : Glasgow Raptors
Assists : 65 : Glasgow Raptors
Steals : 20 : Santa Booker
Block Shots : 17 : Glasgow Raptors

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 40 : S. Aftenie (CrvJeep)
Rebounds : 20 : S. Gray (Glasgow Raptors)
Assists : 16 : D. Maruschak (Santa Booker)
Steals : 7 : M. Auðunsson (chicago bulbs II)
Block Shots : 4 : M. Auðunsson (chicago bulbs II), P. Will (Glasgow Raptors)

Best efficiency by main position of the evening

Point Guard : D. Maruschak (Santa Booker) (27 Points, 6 Rebounds, 16 Assists, 5 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 48
Shooting Guard : M. Martínez (Santa Booker) (19 Points, 8 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 4 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Small Forward : B. Neil (Glasgow Raptors) (30 Points, 9 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42
Power Forward : V. Krasnoslobodtsev (Skytturnar) (22 Points, 19 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 3 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42
Center : S. Gray (Glasgow Raptors) (22 Points, 20 Rebounds, 11 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 51 *MVP OF THE NIGHT*

I will keeping rebuild but more in harmony as usual. I so used to have last places about money that it is not so much problem