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"We welcome our special guest today, Stephen A.," says one of the BBTV anchors.

Stephen A.: "There is jokes running around now. It's unbelievable. The first joke, was Linndale switching around their lineup, running a full court press, against Zubr. But the bigger joke is after being down big, they came back and almost won. But th biggest joke of all had to be from the Rip City coach. The coach sent out this tweet to the Hustlas, 'Congratulations on your 'enthusiastic' victory.'

Rip City just lost to the Hustlas and this is what they sent out. And they ended it with a Smiley face. Talk about showmanship. Rip City used that game as a scouting mission. And boy did they come away with a lot. If they face the Hustlas in the finals, you better believe they will be ready for them. But I have faith in my Hustlas. But faith can only take you so far. I had the Hustlas winning it all, but after that tweet from Rip City, that took the heart out of me and of the Hustlas. That was savage. Here we are, feeling good about our victory over the best, over the best, yes they played TIE, yes they kept it close, until the 4th quarter, even took a lead after being down double digits, but they lost by 26. By 26!!!! And with that, with all of that, they sent out this tweet as if the loss was nothing, meant nothing. I am now worried about the Hustlas. Rip City is playing with them. And there is nothing the Hustlas can do. If they keep winning, maybe they can prove themselves, but Rip City is saying that the win means nothing. At the moment, that's how I feel."

BBTV: "Well, it meant something. And the Hustlas will try to prove it by continuing their winning ways against Lion Pride," said BBTV anchor.

I probably should clarify something here. . .I have massive respect for your victory. Yes, I'm being playful, but not in an attempt to minimize your win. Enthusiastic was meant to be a double entendre. Your writing is enthusiastic, and you played a higher enthusiasm. I tend to be a bit more on the jokey side. . but that's hard to tell from static text. So it could come across as indifferent or arrogant. And true, sometimes I'm those things. But not on purpose this time.

I think you should totally feel great about your victory. A win is something to feel great about and 26 points is a great win. I usually account for 10-15 points for enthusiasm and 10-15 points for homecourt. You also guessed the pace correctly and tactical guesses are impacting too. So my takeaway for this is that I'm not overly concerned, and my position is that I have to bank my enthusiasm because I'm out of the Cup. Probably not a big surprise to the league that I'm going to be playing TIE from here on out regardless of matchup. I'm looking at the playoffs and unless I win the head to head with Philly I'll remain in the 2 seed off of the PD.

So Hustlas, overall you had a great plan and executed it brilliantly. My deepest and sincerest congratulations on your win.

Oh no, we liked the original, something to play with, banter with, as you saw in the BBTV and such. All fun. I thought it was an excellent message and one I could play with and expound upon, as you saw. Hope you liked it. Lol. I had fun writing it.

Loved it. I need to bring back my grisly journalist, Irv Crombie. He’s been retired way too long.

That would be excellent. More reports. Fun to read, and then Baine providing other insight league wide. This league is great.

Day 11 (Saturday 3 September 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)
Loved all the activity in here over the weekend! Good luck in tonight's games!

Night results
Linndale 114 - Żubr Białystok 122
Lion Rebels 105 - Tachenko 118
Rip City Revival 105 - Hustlas 131
The Lone Wolf 70 - The Ashkickers 110
Mighty Moose Rockets 36 - Miami Cleo 94
Carolina Rebels 112 - 2 percent 101
San Dominica Warriors 111 - Is This Heaven? 43
Philly Dribble 128 - The Beer Bellys 25

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 131 : Hustlas
Rebounds : 68 : Żubr Białystok
Assists : 33 : Linndale
Steals : 16 : Linndale
Block Shots : 14 : San Dominica Warriors

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 40 : P. Mari Acuña (2 percent)
Rebounds : 23 : G. Locus (Miami Cleo)
Assists : 10 : S. Rigaux (Philly Dribble), C. Kallay (Tachenko)
Steals : 6 : J. Glicas (Philly Dribble)
Block Shots : 5 : C. Riggins (Żubr Białystok)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : K. Brown (Lion Rebels) (29 Points, 6 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Shooting Guard : T. Begley (Carolina Rebels) (31 Points, 3 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots), F. Carrillo (Lion Rebels) (29 Points, 8 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Small Forward : P. Mari Acuña (2 percent) (40 Points, 9 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Power Forward : G. Pullen (Tachenko) (24 Points, 16 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots), J. Talman (Hustlas) (23 Points, 21 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Center : G. Locus (Miami Cleo) (31 Points, 23 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 51

MVP of the evening
G. Locus (Miami Cleo) (31 Points, 23 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 51

The bad performance of the evening
K. McNulty (Mighty Moose Rockets) (7 Points, 2 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots)B. Piotrkowicz (The Beer Bellys) (3 Points, 2 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -14

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : P. Alvarado (The Beer Bellys), H. Musayyab (The Beer Bellys) : 7 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : A. Coronado (Linndale), T. Armstead (Lion Rebels), M. Ulevicius (2 percent) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : G. Locus (Miami Cleo), R. Cuberas (Mighty Moose Rockets), J. Cadelago (Mighty Moose Rockets), H. Espinosa (Carolina Rebels), L. Arevalo (Carolina Rebels), D. Harden (Lion Rebels), S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok), W. Huffman (The Beer Bellys), P. Alvarado (The Beer Bellys), D. Villari (The Beer Bellys), B. Piotrkowicz (The Beer Bellys), H. Musayyab (The Beer Bellys), P. Mari Acuña (2 percent), D. Wilmink (2 percent) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : P. Fasselli (Philly Dribble), P. Mari Acuña (2 percent) : 7 Three points

The best performer : G. Pullen (Tachenko) : Rating : 18.5

The worst performer : O. Oynak (Mighty Moose Rockets) : Rating : 2.0

"Happy Ourer on WINO radio here talking Linndale basketball with the one and only, Air Allnite of the Supreme Court Basketball Network! Glad to have you, Air!"

Air: Thanks for having me! You folks in Linndale have a mighty fine basketball team there; be a shame if something happened to it.

Happy: What do you mean by that? There's no trouble in paradise!

Air: That's your first problem; you thinking this is paradise. Look around and tell me how many D3 titles you have. Ya got NOTHING! NOTHING! A BIG FAT ZERO! It's like the media and the fanbase are content to live off of D4 titles! You don't get to be legendary by settling for what ya got when you have a chance to do better!

Happy: Point made, Air. Tell us, what's the national perception of the recent goings on with the Linndale basketball squad.

Air: You've been called a joke. Your coach was called drunk. No one respects your team. You've got to understand, the people talking like that don't see the problem the way you might see it. For me, and I'm guessing for you, you've got access to the players and coaches. You can talk to them and get their mindset. You can see what they're trying to do. The same people calling you a joke thought it was an even bigger joke that your team nearly pulled the win out of that.

Happy: Your take, Air. Is there a split on the team? And are the coaches drunk?

Air: Yeah, there's a split, but not like you think. The guys grumbling are the guys who can't get on the court in their preferred roles.

Happy: That sounds like Joe Brown.

Air: Yeah and the younger guys too. That new center you guys picked up is still learning his way around the locker room culture. Brown isn't; he knows who's buttons to push and how. He's been pissed off ever since you picked Musa Ozol; he felt he had earned that spot and it was unceremoniously ripped away from him. He saw every point guard on the team sold off except Lutz. He thinks he's entitled.

Happy: I know others have told him if he could shoot there likely wouldn't have been an issue with giving him a spot. I also know that he's been getting time as the backup PG as the team's attempts to complete the overhaul of the position has been frustrating.

Air: Defensively, he can handle it. Somebody's gonna have to talk to him about his game and mindset. If he gets his head right and embraces the role, he could be a nice weapon off the bench. I've heard Lutz and Nick Guevara have been bending his ear a bit and he's been open to what they have to say.

Happy: Coach says he lets the players handle player business until it becomes team business. I imagine Coach will have a word with him.

Air: Or bench him for good and shorten the rotation at guard. He does have that option among others.

Happy: We have to go to break Air; can you staick around a while longer and continue this discussion?

Air: Sure; I'd be happy to.

Happy: Air allnite with the Supreme Court Basketball Network talking Linndale basketball, and we'll be back after the break on WINO radio!

560 AM Hustlas Radio station. "Mac Sigh with Abe Lowe here on Hustlas Radio 560AM. The Hustlas come away with a victory against Lion Rebels today. The team fought hard to win this game, and finally, in the 4th quarter, they were able to pull away," says Mac.

"The Hustlas really came through. Lion Rebels took it to them on the inside, but eventually the Hustlas were able to get their act together," says Abe. "But it doesn't get any easier. The Hustlas has their BBM match, then a cup match, and after that, they will be at home to face Linndale."

"We like what Linndale is doing with their lineup, though some do not. I think it would give Hustlas fits. In the end, I think Hustlas would still pull it out," says Mac.

"I hope so. They just jumped to first in their conference and 3rd overall in their league with the latest win. Will they continue their momentum into the upcoming matches going into the all-star break?" Abe looks st Mac expecting an answer. None comes. "And that's it on Hustlas Radio. Till next time, we'll see you when we do."

Day 12 (Tuesday 6 September 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Tachenko 95 - Linndale 112
Hustlas 109 - Lion Rebels 92
The Ashkickers 78 - Rip City Revival 95
Miami Cleo 82 - The Lone Wolf 63
2 percent 130 - Mighty Moose Rockets 127
Is This Heaven? 60 - Carolina Rebels 97
The Beer Bellys 87 - San Dominica Warriors 105
Żubr Białystok 82 - Philly Dribble 111

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 130 : 2 percent
Rebounds : 70 : Tachenko
Assists : 29 : Mighty Moose Rockets
Steals : 17 : Linndale
Block Shots : 11 : Tachenko

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 48 : H. Griffin (2 percent)
Rebounds : 24 : R. Mason (Tachenko)
Assists : 8 : D. Santana (Miami Cleo)
Steals : 4 : M. Klimenkov (Linndale), H. Griffin (2 percent), M. Rubin (2 percent)
Block Shots : 6 : G. Pullen (Tachenko)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : J. Gołas (2 percent) (27 Points, 7 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28
Shooting Guard : K. McNulty (Mighty Moose Rockets) (35 Points, 4 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Small Forward : H. Griffin (2 percent) (48 Points, 9 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 4 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 46
Power Forward : G. Pullen (Tachenko) (24 Points, 16 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 6 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Center : R. Heard (Mighty Moose Rockets) (26 Points, 15 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35

MVP of the evening
H. Griffin (2 percent) (48 Points, 9 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 4 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 46

The bad performance of the evening
R. Tobin (Tachenko) (5 Points, 6 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -8

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : R. Mason (Tachenko) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : T. Ogata (2 percent) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo), R. Heard (Mighty Moose Rockets), E. Albright (Mighty Moose Rockets), B. George (Carolina Rebels), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), M. Carrillo (Lion Rebels), H. Quindós (Żubr Białystok), H. Griffin (2 percent), J. Gołas (2 percent) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : H. Griffin (2 percent) : 9 Three points

The best performer : D. Wilmink (2 percent) : Rating : 18.0

The worst performer : M. Özol (Linndale) : Rating : 5.0

inside the locker room after Linndale's latest BBM tournament loss

Mikhail Klimenkov: Boys, it's time to have a chat.

Paul Lutz: Hold on a sec, MK; let 's let the coaches leave. Players only.

Arley Coronado: Cool. Anybody got a problem with that? *pauses* Didn't think so. MK, let's do this. Paulie,we clear?

Lutz: All out. We clear.

Klimenkov: We just lost a tough one. We got media talking about us. We got media calling our coach drunk. We got people openly disrespecting Linndale basketball, and I CAN'T HAVE THAT!!! PAULIE CAN'T HAVE THAT!!! ARLEY CAN'T HAVE THAT!!! THE BULL STOPS NOW!!!

Lutz: I don't know what ya'll think is going on here, but this ain't what Linndale basketball is. 7 games on the season where we gave up 100 or more points and we ain't even hit All Star Week. Ya'll got no pride, and I can't take it anymore.

Coronado: Ya'll look at the stat sheet and scoreboard and see a 2 point loss at the buzzer. Brownie, you know what we see? Nicky? Kev? Shots? Ya'll know what we see?

Klimenkov, Lutz, and Coronado in unison: NOTHING BUT A LOSS!!!

Lutz: We lost the boards, and that's not something I've EVER been accustomed to seeing here. Look at what happened today!

Coronado: We made progress, but we gotta be better. I gotta be better.

Klimenkov: Me and Arley can't be expected to do it all by ourselves. Who's gonna step up if we have an off night? Today it was the guards; Coenen and Paulie had 8, Knowles had 6. Kev, you had NOTHING. 0!!! in what, 10 minutes? Nicky, you 1 in the same amount of time!!! Brownie had 1 in 6 minutes!!! HE'S A GUARD!!! YOU PLAY UP FRONT!!! IT'S EMBARRASSING!!!

Coronado: Datler and Gale, you're young, but we need you to hit the ground running soon. If Nicky and Kev can only manage 1 rebound, maybe Coach needs to make a change in the rotations.

Lutz: Shots, where's your confidence, man? 1 for 7? You're better than that! Musa, this was a great game out of you today. That's what we need from you. Keep it up! Coenen, your had a rough game with the turnovers but you've pretty good since you got here. Keep doing what you do. Knowles, tough game. Figure out what you need to help us help you get easier shots, but don't be afraid to pass either. We move the ball we score. It don't matter who scores as long as we get the win.

Coronado: Brownie and Shots, Datler and Gale, you guys belong to me and Paulie now. Brownie, get your shot right. Up your game on D. Get your passing game right. Make yourself the weapon we know you can be. Shots, get your inside game together first, then get your range right. You do that, we can do more things and be more unpredictable offensively. Gale. you are a work in progress, but keep working. You have a unique set of skills that if you keep developing will be important in the future. Datler, me and MK are gonna take you to school. Kev too. We schooling both of you in the dark arts of the paint.

Klimenkov: Ya'll don't see it but we do. Ya'll don't understand it, but we do. Ya'll like running up and down the court? Ya'll like that press? Then get your defense right and crash the boards. Guards. make your layups. THAT IS LINNDALE BASKETBALL! WE PLAY DEFENSE! WE REBOUND! WE TAKE CARE OF THE BALL! WE TAKE THE BALL FROM THE OTHER TEAM! THAT'S WHAT WE DO!

Lutz: But ya'll ain't earned the right to have that kind of fun, yet. Get you right. MK?

Klimenkov: Shooting, range, and passing. I know. Knowles and Coenen, ya'll got me?

Knowles and Coenen (in unison): We got you big man!

Lutz: Arley?

Coronado: Ball skills and range. Yo Knowles and Coenen, got room for one more?

Knowles: Yep. Let's go!

Lutz: I'll be in everybody's sessions. I got to work on that rebounding, but I got get my other skills leveled up. Team game right? We all in?

Everybody: LET'S GO!!!

Lutz: Allright; go let the coaches in.

Klimenkov: We're calling a practice tomorrow. 7AM sharp. Coaches too.