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First 2 games up tonight, then hopefully I'll get the remaining 4 done tomorrow. Here we go

Black Label Society defeated Viral Infections (143-67)
The young Viral Infections team (first time you've ever heard those words in the same sentence, right?) were beaten all the way back to kindergarten by the might of the Society. You know a game is one-sided when a team rolls out the full court press. And actually wins.

3. Grgur Fatur (BLS) 44 points, 17 boards, 5 blocks, 5 steals
Grrrr. Grgur score points. Lots of points. Grgur grab ball off glass. Grgur smart. (For some reason, whenever I see this name, I think of a big dopey bastard. Now he's going to come out and drop 50 on me tomorrow night).

Anyway, the Fat(ur) dopey one had a day out. Grr.

2. Martinho Caio (BLS) 26 points, 16 boards, 4 blocks, 4 steals
The other half of the BLS inside tag team wasn't as good as his teammate, but he was still pretty impressive. Scored a few points, grabbed a few boards, and sat on the bench for the fourth quarter. This basketball stuff is easy.

1. Gary Howarth (BLS) 10 points, 6 rebounds, 8 blocks
Howarth, all things considered, had a pretty mediocre offensive game. But his defensive game deserves some attention. His direct oppoenent went 8-28, which is pretty impressive. But the 8 blocks really stands out. The guy is 6"1', what does he do, stand on a step ladder to defend his opponent?


Whitebeard defeated Victoria Mages (89-53)

The second of the ABBL v D2 games was a rather dull affair. 1. Because the result was known by quarter time (or the the cynical in you, after the tip-off). and 2. Because neither team really wanted to score after half time. Expect a big crowd next game at Sidney Deane Memorial Arena. Mostly because the crowd from this game are still there asleep.

3. Eelis Koivumaki (WB) 32 points, 9 boards, 5 assists
The flying Finn earns the big bucks, and he showed why in this game. Nothing the Mages could do could stop him, and he was comfortably the best player on the court.

2. Jose Forastero (WB) 22 points, 19 boards
Not much to say about this effort, solid but unspectacular, enough to get him the two votes.

1. Alexis Asvestas (WB) 9 points, 10 boards, 7 assists, 6 steals.
No other real standouts in this game, so Asvestas picks up a vote for a perfect SF's game. He did it all, including forcing Mage's star Forato into a shocking shooting night (7-27) and picking up 6 steals.

Pancakes with Jam and Cream defeated Kynlala Knights (99-91)
A close game that could have gone either way, but in the end the Pancakes came from behind with just over a minute left with a 10-1 finish to the game, despite and off shooting night from their main man.

3. Josh Dowd (PJC) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists
A nice solid outing from Joshy boy, which will go some way towards shedding his reputation of lacking scoring ability. He obviously enjoyed playing at the best arena in the land.

2. Shaun McArthur (KK) 30 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds
Very close to pinching hte 3 votes here despite the loss, mainly due to his efforts in keeping PCC to 10-31 shooting. Wil be berated by his coach however, for jacking up a mammoth 15 threes, on a night where the Knight's 3 point game was supressed.

1. Werner Erfinger (PJC) 19 points, 13 rebounds
Its not often the Pancakes willwin, and Couto and Kuman don't get votes. But it was the lesser lights who shone, and Erfinger had a very efficient game. His 4 points in the last minute helped to put the game out of reach.


Billy Hoyles Boys defeated Monkey Business (96-76)
The Boys were in cruise control in this one, despite a huge rebounding differential against them, as the inside game of MB failed to fire.

3. Mai Chongzheng (BHB) 35 points, 11 rebounds
Mai played probably his best game for the Boys thus far, with a game high 35 points. The Boys will be hoping that their new SF continues this vein of form.

2. Mikey Bergman (BHB) 26 points, 3 assists
Bergman is arguably the best guard in the ABBL, and he showed that in this game. A nice scoring game, and he kept the opposing PGs quiet. A good game in what could be one of his last for the club, as rumours abound that coachnoodles wishes to trade him to the Lewisham Wombats for a soggy chip.

1. Yakir Elbaz (MB) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists
In a game where he should have been getting the ball to the bigs, Elbaz was forced to shoulder the scoring load as the bigs struggled against the BHB D. a perfect 4-4 from the 3 point line capped his night.


Baxter Bogans defeated the Lewisham Wombats (95-88)
:(

The Wombats werenever really in the hunt in this one. A comeback in the final 2 minutes served only to add some respectabilty to the score.

3. Giovanni Castaldo 22 points, 13 rebounds
Last season's points and rebound champion of the outcasts continues on his merry way. Giovanni looks like the man to take Baxter from a solid-good ABBL team to a legitimate title contender this season. His first private league game for the club was a ripper, and the battle between him and Panagiotopolous will be one to watch in future seasons. 5 TOs marred his game a little, but he was clearly the dominant presence on the court.

2. Aggelos Panagiotopolous (LW) 21 points, 16 rebounds
Aggie reinforced his standing as the Wombat's most important player. A stellar game from the big man, but he lacked support from his teammates, and struggled to shut down Castaldo.

1. Donat Lopins 11 points, 8 rebounds
The Wombats could not stop the Lopins - Castaldo combination, as Lopins continuedto dish the ball off to his teammates for easy buckets. His passing game was topped off with an efficient scoring performance.




Last edited by mllama at 5/4/2011 9:18:51 AM

Zazzocalypse defeated Koopasaurus (100-88)
Koopasaurus was foiled by his inability to crunch time in private league games. Zazzocalypse held a strong lead through the first 3 quarters after a stellar 2nd quarter. However their start to the fourth quarter almost invoked a name change to Zazzocollapse (or Zazzochoke, if you are bryce). They regained their composure, before the FTs at teh end made this game appear more comfortable than it really was.

This game was marred by players from this game and the Pancakes with Jam and Cream v Kynlala Knights game running into each other, as two games were unfortunatly scheduled at the same time in the greatest arena in the country.

3. Tonko Svorinic (Zaz) 30 points, 5 assists
The Tonko Truck was in rare form in this game, scoring points, dishing passes, and completely shutting down former U21 player the Roon-dog.

2. Wazza Kennerley (Koop) 38 points, 5 rebounds
Woulda got the 3 ifhis team got up, but just couldn't bring myself to give the points to the losing team. Had an outstanding game, but missed many crucial shots in the final minutes when his team really needed it.

1. Gary Lawrence (Zaz) 18 points, 17 rebounds, 3 blocks
The former U21 player was easily the best big man on the court, so gets the 1 vote here. Scored efficiently, shut down his opponent, and dominated the glass. Can't ask for much more from your PF.

Round 2 MVPs now, a touch late, but whatever (A little short, cause I'm struggling to find the time to do these at the moment)

Zazzocaplyse defeated Whitebeard (91-79)
Despite a shocking shooting game, Whitebeard was kept in it by winning the boards, and stealing the ball. However, with a couple of players fouled out, they went down in double overtime, as Zazz claims an ABBL scalp. Do to an abysmal shooting game from both teams, really hard to pick votes in this one.

3. Jean Phillipe Meneau (Zaz) - 32 points
This guys name just couldn't get any more French. If they get their Jean-Phillipes where are our Bruces and Franks? A great shooting game, and he kept a much more highly fancied opponent to 9-37 shooting.

2. Jarkko Kurola (WB) - 7 points, 21 boards
Really hard to pick a number 2, with not many standouts. However, the reason Whitebeard remained in the game was due to the boards, and teh reason they won the boards was this bloke, so he fits the definition of MVP better than anyone else. Held his opponent reasonably quiet to.

1. Chiu Choong Khan (Zaz) - 10 points, 24 boards
Picked up a bunch of boards, mainly because Whitebeard missed a shedload of shots. But he also deserves some credit for keeping the Whitebeard bigs pretty quiet.

Pancakes with Jam and Cream defeated Monkey Business (100-82)
Pancakes blew this one out early, but relinquished much of their lead in the third. A big fourth quarter got them over the line, despite being poor from the foul line. For the second time in two weeks, Lewi Arena was double booked, resulting in mass confusion all round (is my arena really popular or something?)

3. Plino Couto Costa (PJC) - 30 points, 5 assists
If Pancakes win, Couto gets the three votes. That really should just be a given by now. Shot well, and blanketed his opponent.

2. Josh Dowd (PJC) - 25 points, 6 assists, 6 rebounds
Joshy boy seems to the Pancakes Mr. do it all nowadays. Scores a few points, gets some boards, dishes some passes, and does enough of all three to pick up the two votes here.

1. Stephane Chaudier (MB) - 24 points
Chaudier may have a girls name, but he was comfortably the best Monkey player out there tonight, despite receive taunts about his name all night long from Pancakes nasty boy and all round bad bloke Jack Long.


Lewisham Wombats defeated Billy Hoyles Boys (105-87)
Some Kevin on Kevin action at the other Kevin's arena made this a suitable Kevin affair. The Wombats kick started their Fishbowl season with a big final quarter. Not quite 51 points, but we'll take it.

3. Aggelos Panagiotopolous (WOM) - 27 points, 20 rebounds
Big Aggie continued his rich vein of form this season, dominating the glass with 9 offensive boards, and scoring a team high 27 points.

2. Jackson Goodall (WOM) - 24 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals
Little Jackson was All-Good in this game, doing a bit of everything, a draining an impressive 6 three pointers. Also forced Edwards into numerous turnovers.

1. Mikey Bergman (BHB) - 28 points, 6 boards, 5 assists
Mikey didn't quite have the defensive game that is expected of him, but he was the shining light for the the Boys on offense. Took the points in a good battle with Trimailovas.

Baxter Bogans defeated Black Label Society (95-92)
Baxter continued a great start to the season taking down the reigning Big 8 champs without one of their star players in Renaud. BLS were missing a starter as well, and had a player foul out (and a coach who didn't want ot use substitutions. At all). But still a very nice win, and Baxter are maybe looking at very early favouritism for the Fishbowl title.

3. Grgur Fatur (BLS) - 40 points, 18 rebounds
I'm loathe to give the three votes to the losing team, but Fatur was by far and away the best player on the court, and kept his team in the game. Just couldn't quite get them over the line, and as such he is very angry. Grr.

2. Ingmar Weichhaus - 28 points, 14 rebounds
Weichaus scored well, and kept Caio relatively quiet, which is no mean feat. Also swatted away three shots.

1. Giovanni Castaldo - 16 points, 9 rebounds
Tough call for the one vote, but Castaldo just beats out Dordevic because a) he fouled out his opponent, b) he was slightly more efficient, and c) he didn't let his opponent score 40 points on him...


Victoria Mages defeated Kynlala Knights (92-88)
The second ABBL team to go down to a D2er in OT this round. Let's face it, either the refs like the underdogs, or they were paid off in this one. Kynlala shot better, but 29 fouls to 13 in favour of the Mages, and fouling out 3 Knights was the difference in this one.

3. The Referee (VM) - 29 fouls given
The best player on the court in this game, helped the Mages to a handy win.

(OK, I kid...)

3. Francois Navvaro (VM) - 21 points, 17 boards
Scored efficently, was dominant on the boards, and kept his opponent pretty quiet. Navvaro was influential, and continues the Frenchie dominance of this round.

2. Eugenio Dell'Asta (KK) - 30 points, 12 rebounds
Put in a mountain of work, playing all 53 minutes, but couldn't drag his team over the line. Needs more support from his teammates (or less of them to foul out), but seems to enjoy the Princeton offense.

1. Mierko Garcia (VM) 27 points
Is no longer a Mage, but contributed nicely and helped them to a win in one of his last games for the club. Made the most of his opportunities at the foul line, and picked up 4 steals as well.


Koopasaurus defeated Viral Infections (102 - 87)
This one appeared to be somewhat of a tank-off. The Infections are apparently better at tanking.

3. Wazza Kennerley (KP) - 26 points, 13 rebounds
Wazzzzaaaa showed again why he is one of the best SFs in Australia. Barely missed a shot, grabbed a heap of boards, and swatted some shots for good measure. Very good all round game.

2. Tory Kelley (VI) - 26 points 14 rebounds
See write-up for Wazza. Except this guy is NOT one of the best SFs in Australia. Replace best with worst.

1. Adriano Bassi (KP) - 22 points, 16 rebounds
This guy was the dominant big man on the court, didn't let anything by him on defense, and was a monster on the boards.

And so the leaderboard after round 2 - Fatur is leading the back with two best on court performances. Dowd, Kennerley and Panagiotopolous are right on his heels.

6 - Grgur Fatur (BLS)
5 - Josh Dowd (PJC)
5 - Wazza Kennerley (Kp)
5 - Aggelos Panagiotopolous (LW)
4 - Giovanni Castaldo
3 - Eelis Koivumaki (WB)
3 - Mai Chongzheng (BHB)
3 - Tonko Svorinic (Zaz)
3 - Jean Phillipe Meneau (Zaz)
3 - Plino Couto Costa (PJC)
3 - Francois Navvaro (VM)
3 - Mikey Bergman (BHB)
2 - Eugenio Dell'Asta (KK)
2 - Jarkko Kurola (WB)
2 - Jose Forastero (WB)
2 - Marinho Caio (BLS)
2 - Shaun McArthur (KK)
2 - Jackson Goodall (LW)
2 - Ingmar Weichhaus
2 - Tory Kelley (VI)
1 - Gary Howarth (BLS)
1 - Alexis Asvestas (WB)
1 - Werner Erfinger (PJC)
1 - Yakir Elbaz (MB)
1 - Donat Lopins
1 - Gary Lawrence (Zaz)
1 - Chiu Choong Khan (Zaz)
1 - Stephane Chaudier (MB)
1 - Mierko Garcia (VM)
1 - Adriano Bassi (Kp)

With mllama finding less and less time on BB I thought I'd help this lad for one week and one week only on the MVP write ups.
Here goes..

Whitebeard defeated Viral Infections (119-42)

Nothing has changed with Naker. Half of his players are up for sale and he continues to field a 5 man roster for the PL games. As the saying goes "why fix it if it ain't broken", Naker is true to those words and he is adamant that his choice of play style works and will go to great lengths to prove it (as seen in recent forums posts about baksetball 101 and '0-8 > 1-17 FGA'). Meanwhile whitebeard has been getting along quite well in the PL and in the ABBL with a formidable squad.

3. O. Liniger (WB) 31 pts, 12 rebs 17-17 FG
This guy can't miss, simply amazing. A performance even Naker can't argue against.

2. J. Kurola (WB) 24 pts, 22 rebs
A rare 20/20 game for this Finnish center, even if it was against weaker opponents.

1. E. Koivumäki (WB) 28 pts, 7 reb, 4 ast
A solid performance for a solid SG. Expect more results like this from this Finnish SG though out the season.

Lewisham Wombats defeats Pancakes with Jam and Cream (114-91)

Even if he is AWOL, the wombats remain vigilant. Right from the get go it was always going to be a competitive game until P. Couto Costa (PAN) got injured in 6 mins of play, the wombats took control of the game and never gave c-cat a chance. Dubbed the game of the week for the West PL, this game turned into a one sided affair towards the end of the game. Even L. Gafa (LW) got a chance to shine and show the whole PL how it use to be done, going for 10-15 FG and 5-5 from long range.

3. R. Vinkelis (PAN) 36 pts, 11 rebs
This bigman from Latvia picked up the slack when his team mate Costa went down injured. He tried his best to keep his team in it and single handedly dominated the paint with 15 trips to the foul line and going for 13-16 FG. For such a relentless effort he is rewarded the maximum points.

2. L. Gafa (LW) 27 pts, 2 blks
Even though he logged most of his minutes in garbage time when the game was well and truly over, there is no denying this vintage performance. 10-15 FG and 5-5 from three point range was all that was needed from this one trick pony.

1. B. Yalduz (LW) 14 pts, 4 rebs 3 ast
It was difficult to determine where the final point would go, but ultimately went to Yulduz for his balanced stat sheet as well playing good defense on J. Dowd.

Black Label Society defeated Billy Hoyles Boys (90-61)

Either BLS was trying to show why he is still the best team in Australia (sorry WA is a dump and all the other top ABBL teams =p) or 2-3 zone is utterly broken. This game turned out to be a drubbing in the end. Or maybe BLS brang out the whip this time round after a surprising loss to Baxter Bogans last week.

3. G. Fatur (BLS) 17 pts, 8 rebs
This beast from the east (eastern europe) ignited a mini run in the 2nd quarter with amazing passes and crazy defensive rebounds. He capped it off with another mini run in the 3rd quarter when he scored "5 in a row!" and pulled some defensive rebounds.

2. J. Poppenbüttel (BLS) 19 pts, 3 rebs, 2 ast
Did a great job defensively on his SG counterparts and scored the most points in the match. On top of hittin 50% of his shots, it came from a look inside offense which makes it even more impressive.

1. Y. Keinan (BHB) 17 points, 20 rebs
Tried to match it pound for pound with Direwolf's big boys, this fella game it all he could with terrific inside play. On top of his 20 rebs he went for 10-10 from the charity as well as registering a trey, a steal and a block. The only donut he got was the zero assists, but that was because his team mates failed to score everytime he passed it to them.

Last edited by Managed by a computerised player at 5/16/2011 5:41:32 AM

Monkey Business defeated Kynlala Knights (95-83)

This game was more then just another PL game, it was an important benchmark for both monkeybiz and iwen. It marked the debut for P Tau, a strong prospect for the senior NT squad. It also set a gauge on how strong these conference rivals are. Kynlala Knights fielded only 5 players on the court and consequently paid the price for it, having lost the 4th quarter and hence the game. With a long season left, expect iwen's team to improve vastly by the end of the season likewise with monkeybiz who has already raced out of the blocks in the ABBL.

3. Z. Bui (MB) 19pts, 3 rebs, 3ast
Performed well with decent stats across the board and kept D. Ton to one field goal. He even put up decent FG% along with 3 treys against a 3-2 zone.

2. P. Tau (KK) 19 pts, 22 rebs
Nearly got a 20/20 with 2 blocks to boot. Those are bread and butter numbers for a superstar bigmen like Tau. With improved gameshape he will prove to be a handfull for many of the teams in the West PL as well as the ABBL.

1. S. Deguang (MB) 10 pts, 18 rebs
Scored a double double and his 18 rebounds was an enormous yet important figure. It kept monkeybiz in game where he was out rebounded 60 to 47. He also kept Tau to repectable levels.

Baxter Bogans beat Koopasaurus (100-86)

The ever consistent Trixster pulled out the unproven Inside Iso tactic. That move totally baffled Koops players as they did not prepare well for that type of offense and hence they got smashed in the 1st quarter. However after a bewildered start they steadied ship and kept the next 3 quarters close. The rebound count was also 63-34 and with that baxter bogans remains undefeated in the West PL with 3-0.

3. I. Weichhaus (BB) 30 points, 15 rebs
Impressive numbers for this young german. What a great find for baxter bogans got got him for 1.4mil.

2. A. Rooney (KS) 14 pts, 6 rebs, 7 ast
When things were beginning to go pear shaped, he slapped some sense into his boys and steered them in the right direction. Rooney did a bit of everything to keep his side in the hunt.

3. G. Castaldo 19 pts, 16 rebs
Good FG%, good points total and good rebounding, not bad for a big guys playing in the SF position. Even gave Wazza a ru n for his money with a steal and a block and more importantly kept Wazza to 10-26 FG.

Zazzocalypse defeated VictoriaMages 108-76

This was the battle of the div 2 teams or is it? With results like this sometimes it is hard to contemplate whether Zazz is a div2 or ABBL team. Sitting pretty on top of the West PL standings and having beaten some "cough* quality *cough* ABBL teams thus far, Zazz looks set to promote to the ABBL. Splitj on the other hand is still trying to unload Peter Still who was kept in check by J. Villarreal. he also seems to be going for promotion to the ABBL and is only a few purchases away from it.

3. J. Meneau (ZA) 37 pts, 5 rebs, 4 ast
This French sensation was wreaking havoc. The 5 treys and 3 steals was icing on the cake.

2. J. Villarreal (ZA) 27 pts, 5 rebs, 3 ast
This Venusian did a bit of everything, he pretty much had a perfect game only marred by his 6 fouls. I wonder if he has a supermodel sister in the Miss Universe pageant?

1. F. Navarro (VM) 19 pts, 14 rebs, 4 ast
Another French who rebounded and scored well this game. When he couldn't score he passed the ball pretty well.