GAME 1 Orange vs Grey
The 2nd week of Basic Ball’s inaugural season did not disappoint. Orange and Grey started Monday night’s action off with a close, fast tempo game as both teams battled for their 1st win. The Grey team’s Reggie Strickland seemed to be a one- man-scoring machine on his way to a game high 22 points. Despite Strickland’s efforts, Grey dropped their second straight in as many games. Grey’s Shawon Watson grabbed everything that came near him and finished with a game high 15 boards, but even with both game leaders in points and boards on the Grey team , they could not keep pace with the fast, speedy tempo style of the Orange team.
After Orange’s first lost, they wisely made some additions to their roster. The most notable was Antonie “Doo Dirt” Brown, he lead them in both scoring and rebounds, with 19 points and 7 boards in their 51-46 victory to capture their 1st win of the season moving to 1-1.
GAME 2 Royal Blue vs Yellow
The 2nd game of the night featured the Royal Blue team vs the Yellow team. The Yellow team was without their leading scorer, Phil Robinson, yet they managed to get the ‘W” due in part to the superb and sometimes selfish play of Jermaine Higgins who scored a team high 27 points and pulled down 16 boards to grab his 2nd double-double of the season. Darrell Reed of the Yellow Team had a solid game with 13 points and 5 rebounds while Kesh Spencer scored 15 points and grabbed 4 boards for them
Yellow jumped out early with a 17-3 lead and all signs pointed to a blowout. But yellow began to get sloppy and cocky and Blue capitalized on it. By the end of the half, Blue had fought back to bring this game within 6 at 28-22 due in large part to their agile big man Al “Hollywood” Cole. The Yellow team seem to have no answer for Mr Cole as he went “hollywood” on them on his way to a game and league high 30 points!
The only answer Yellow could come up with was to turn the game into a sprint and with the speed and stamina of Yellow’s Jermain Higgins, that was enough. For all things that the Blue team are, one thing they are not is fast. Built more like an offensive line than a basketball team, they could not keep up with Yellow eventually losing 60-54.
Despite their lost, Blue has a really good team, especially in Hollywood Cole, John Adderly who pulled an astonishing game high 18 boards and Tyreik Harrison who scored 13 points and grabbed 7 boards. We look for “Big Blue” to be a team to be reckoned with in this league.
Game 3 Red vs Black
This game started out close (0-0), but after a few minutes into the game, it was evident that Black was out matched. Even though Red started out flat, they quickly got it going and it was all down hill from there for the Black team. Red were just too fast, too aggressive and just plain ole too good for Black. Not one player on the Black team scored in double figures. Their leading scorer, Kenneth Orange was held to just 7 points. This game was stopped at the 2 minute mark before Black lost any more self-esteem in this brutal 74-38 massacre.
By the end of the 1st half, the score was 36-21 with Red in the lead. Mustafa Sulliman, the Black team’s former player turned coach, lit into his team with a expletive- loaded “pep talk” about the lack of defense and poor effort displayed in the 1st half. But when you’re playing a team that is that much better than you, sometimes you need more than just defense and a dream.
Red was lead by the Maurice Wood who scored a game high 23 points and Nicholas King who scored 20 points. Both players combined, scored more than Black’s entire team! And if that wasn’t enough Andre “Dre” Frazier added17 points and had a game high 5 blocks as well.
But the thing that impressed us most about Red wasn’t their sharp shooting, or how well they ran the floor or even their, athleticism. The thing that impressed us most was their passion. Late in the second half, with the Red well out front, we watched as they continued to play aggressive on “D”, take and make good shots and complain about foul calls as if they were losing! Add their passion for the game combined with their sheer talent and what you have is a red hot problem for the rest of the league. Stayed tuned. They should be fun to watch.
Written By,
Ballers4Life
A recap of Wednesday's night action soon to follow
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