BuzzerBeater Forums

That's a nice draw

Nice would be Brazil and Colombia at home. ;)

Best game shape I've ever seen.

Wales is screwed!

England vs Wales

Would love to know what the first quarter was like, I haven't been able to watch it yet as there was no link, but it looks like we got off to a good start. Strong shooting and excellent passing throughout the team powered us to a very nice win. The margin is important as there'll be bunches of teams with every possible combination of wins/losses so we need as much PD as possible, and we have to be pleased with a near 50 point win.

I felt with the game shape as it was, every guard in proficient, and Innes and Marshall in the same shape, that Princeton would work well for us in this game. Princeton is generally a slow paced offence, but still we scored 125 points. And I believe I've introduced more doubt if opposing coaches bother to scout us this season.

Elmacca's dynamic duo dominated the scoring. Sharpling on the outside, Simpson on the inside. Marshall and Innes were 1 and 2 in Rebs, and 2 and 3 in assists, so clearly Princeton suited them. 3 blocks from Innes were also a welcome stat.

Again though, it was an excellent team performance. Well done to all the coaches for the superb game shape this week.

Awesome performances all round... A great team effort

Elmacca's dynamic duo dominated the scoring. Sharpling on the outside, Simpson on the inside. Marshall and Innes were 1 and 2 in Rebs, and 2 and 3 in assists, so clearly Princeton suited them. 3 blocks from Innes were also a welcome stat.

If I'm right Marshall is 1 in Rebs and assists

I don't even need to check the box score to know you're absolutely right. Unforgivable error.

Which means Innes is joint 2nd! rofl... let's keep staring at it and see what happens next!

All I can say is my attention to detail is much better before the game than after I've started celebrating.

Jamaica vs England

Yes, I was really watching it at this time. In my defence though, I actually prefer this time of day, I really dislike mornings. But we're not here for that.
We started the game like we were jet lagged, with the Jamaicans gaining an early lead. We started to settle midway through the first and by the end had taken our first lead. Which, of course, we never relinquished.
As the game wore on we seemed to get stronger, peaking in the third quarter in which we scored 33. I felt at the time it was Jamaica tiring but they fought back well in the fourth, cutting into our lead. In the end we ran out winners by 109-87. Credit to Jamaica for holding us to our lowest score of the season, and the lowest gap.
Sharpling top scored and led in assists. Bobby Bucky grabbed 9 rebounds before mysteriously disappearing. Esposto with 4 steals is also worth a mention. (Hope he doesn't do that on thursday.)
Having praised Jamaica it feels slightly churlish to say this but I do feel we didn't see our boys at their best today. I don't want to detract from their fine performance but given the excellent game shape I can only think that I could have done better playing a different style of offence. I'll be looking at that again in the coming week to ensure we do better in the harder games ahead.
We're in a strong position though, and there's a lot to be hopeful about.