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Monkey Business defeated VictoriaMages (108-96)
Despite comfortably losing the boards, the scoring power of Monkey Business was to much in this one. The Mages will need more defense outside to compete with teams of this quality.

3. Gabriele Messineo (MB) 27 points, 7 rebounds
The Monkey Business shooting guard from Italy showed off his skills in this game, shooting an outstanding 11-17, chucking in a couple of threes, and rebounded well for his position. In addition, he kept Mages danger man Forato quiet.

2. Nicola Bandiera (VM) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 4 steals
Bandiera kept the Mages in the game for a large part of the night, by scoring and rebounding well. He was one of the only Mages to actually get going in this game, however.

1. Zoltan Bui (MB) 14 points, 10 assists
Point guards are probably a little under appreciated in the MVP votes, so time to reverse that trend. Bui had a ripper, scoring efficiently, and setting up his teammates all night long. His defense on Venizelos was outstanding.

Billy Hoyles Boys defeated Viral Infections (109-28)
The Boys smashed the Infections in the weekly ritual. Don't worry noodles, you'll get all of the votes on offer in this one, but also a crap(ier) write up.

3. Anselmo Centurion (BHB) 21 points, 19 rebounds, 6 blocks

2. Gianfrancesco Lucia (BHB) 21 points, 15 rebounds, 4 steals

1. Yishai Keinan (BHB) 18 points, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks
Kynlala Knights defeated Baxter Bogans (97-88)
The game of the round probably, and the one that will have the most influence on the standings. The Bogans surrendered top spot in the fishbowl west, due to a poor shooting effort, in particular from Renaud. With a reasonably soft run home for the Society, the Bogans will have a job on their hands to get the top spot back.

3. Eugenio Dell'Asta (KK) 14 points, 18 rebounds
Dell didn't score that much in this one, but his work at the other end of the floor set this game up. He nabbed a game high 18 rebounds, and destroyed Renaud defensively. A couple of steals and block rounds out this game winning defensive effort.

2. Shaun McArthur (KK) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists
If Dell won the game for his defensive efforts, McArhtur did almost as much on offense. While his shooting wasn't as efficent as we are used to, he managed to get to the foul line regularly, and led the game in assists and scoring.

1. Kalle De Man 28 points, 4 rebounds
Kalle was the best shooter on the floor, shooting well on his way to 28 points, including 5 threes.

Last edited by mllama at 6/17/2011 9:20:53 AM

Leaderboard - round 8

With none of the top three managing to poll votes, not much changes at the top. The chasing pack has bunch up, with a large group of players now on 9 votes, eyeing off Wazza's third spot. With 3 round left, only Fatur, Castaldo and Kennerley can mathematically win the fishbowl west MVP.

20 - Grgur Fatur (BLS)

16 - Giovanni Castaldo

11 - Wazza Kennerley (Kp)

10 - Aggelos Panagiotopolous (LW)
10 - Joachim Calzado (WB)

9 - Jean Phillipe Meneau (Zaz)
9 - Plino Couto Costa (PJC)
9 - Mikey Bergman (BHB)
9 - Shaun McArthur (KK)
9 - Gabriele Messineo (MB)
9 - Majek Kuman (PJC)

8 - Marinho Caio (BLS)

7 - Werner Erfinger (PJC)

6 - Ingmar Weichhaus
6 - Eelis Koivumaki (WB)
6 - Tonko Svorinic (Zaz)
6 - Nicola Bandiera (VM)
6 - Donat Lopins
6 - Gianfrancesco Lucia (BHB)
6 - Eugenio Dell'Asta (KK)

5 - Josh Dowd (PJC)
5 - Yishai Keinan (BHB)
5 - Jose Villarreal (Zaz)

4 - Francois Navvaro (VM)
4 - Jarkko Kurola (WB)
4 - Mai Chongzheng (BHB)
4 - Pitama Tau (KK)
4 - Chiu Choong Khan (Zaz)
4 - Algairdas Trimailovas (LW)
4 - Jackson Goodall (LW)


3 - Oli Liniger (WB)
3 - Roberts Vinkelis (PJC)
3 - Zoltan Bui (MB)
3 - Alfred Rooney (Kp)
3 - Duong Ton (KK)
3 - Gary Howarth (BLS)
3 - Gary Lawrence (Zaz)
3 - Jose Garza (BLS)
3 - Anselmo Centurion (BHB)
3 - Sephr Asghari (Kp)

2 - Jose Forastero (WB)
2 - Tory Kelley (VI)
2 - Les Gafa (LW)
2 - Jonas Poppenbuttel (BLS)
2 - Peter Still (VM)
2 - Michelangelo Forato (VM)
2 - Roberto Jauregui (LW)
2 - Dimitris Patziaras (MB)
2 - Zvezdan Dordevic
2 - Shi Deguang (MB)
2 - Radoine Guilleux (VI)

1 - Alexis Asvestas (WB)
1 - Yakir Elbaz (MB)
1 - Stephane Chaudier (MB)
1 - Mierko Garcia (VM)
1 - Adriano Bassi (Kp)
2 - Birol Yalduz (LW)
1 - Marco Manara (MB)
1 - Wiktor Kuznicki (LW)
1 - Rony Borrel (BLS)
1 - Durk Renaud
1 - Roman Jaanus (PJC)
1 - Silvjus Zuras (BLS)
1 - Zoltan Bui (MB)
1 - Kalle De Man

Fishbowl West MVPs Week 9 Part One

Billy Hoyles Boys vs. Baxter Bogans 75 - 90

In this battle between two of the leagues power teams there were contrasting styles as BHB went for the ultra safe base/man to man combo and the Bogans tried out the newisf outside isolation. This did allow their SF Durk Renaud to go off for 31 points but strangely their most efficient scorer was their PF Giovanni Castaldo. BHB won the rebounding battle clearly, had more assists and even one more point of free throws but their poor shooting such as 2-10 and 0-5 (which is better Naker?) meant that the Bogans could take 7 less shot and still win by 15.

3 Durk Renaud Baxter Bogans 31 PTS 6/6 FTS. Durk took advantage of the outside isolation to diggle around and penetrate at will, he scored often but did blow a few open ones.

2 Giovanni Castaldo Baxter Bogans 17 PTS 8/15 FGS. Giovanni could have taken the three points with a little more effort on the boards but 6 rebounds from a PF left the judging panel unimpressed.

1 Yishai Keinan Billy Hoyles Boys 18 PTS 15 REB. When no-one else could score his 5/12 FGs was actually not that bad but his repeated trips to the line where he was 8/10 was an important source of points for the Boys.

Pancakes with Jam and Cream vs. Viral Infections 135 - 27

A 108 point win is impressive, not much else to say except to note Naker couldn't even afford a $1,000 player so he would have 5.

3 Maciej Kuman Pancakes with Jam and Cream 26 PTS 17 REB 11/14 FGS 16.0 rating. In 30 minutes!

2 Roberts Vinkelis Pancakes with Jam and Cream 25 PTS 17 REB 12/16 FGS 16.0 rating. He used his Inside Shot: phenomenal to show the lucky fan that was guarding him who was the boss.

1 Plínio Couto Costa Pancakes with Jam and Cream 31 PTS 16.0 rating. Top scored but needed nearly double the shots.

WRONG MATCH - I HATE DOING THESE TWO WEEKS LATE

But just for interest here was my take, very different from mllama, I guess he is right and I am wrong.

Koopasaurus vs. Black Label Society 72 - 87

Only 6 days before the Society would take the National Cup Koopasaurus put up an excellent effort to keep this one fairly close, with only an 8 point margin coming into the 4th it was anyone's game but then the superior star power and depth of the Society led as usual by Garza and Fatur both playing heavy minutes brought them home. One surprising feature was Koopasaurus playing patient and only getting 12 assists while the Society just chucked the ball inside for 25! Votes are very hard in this one as there are four VERY worthy candidates.

3 José Garza Black Label Society 26 PTS 13 RE 13/20 FGS 15.0 rating. This one is easy, he shot well, top scored and was 1 off the top rebounds.

2 Grgur Fatur Black Label Society 21 PTS 14 REB 16.0 rating. This one is also easy, MVP favorite did not disappoint his fans with another commanding effort, he also had the best +/- in the match.

1 Sepehr Asghari Koopasaurus 34 PTS. This is where I will get in trouble and may make some work for C-Cat. Sepehr single handedly kept Koopasaurus in this game with his scoring and dominated this game for 3/4 (although he threw the ball away a lot), but then he committed a costly offensive foul with 25 seconds to go in the 3rd, was fouled out of the game and sat on the bench the entire 4th while the game was lost. Silvijus Žuras of the Society who was 1 assist off a triple double is contacting his lawyers even as we speak.

Last edited by yodabig at 7/7/2011 12:32:14 AM

Fishbowl West MVPs Week 9 Part Two

VictoriaMages vs. Lewisham Wombats 93 - 113

The Mages tried to trick the Wombats with some outside isolation but the Wombats stayed true and did the right thing playing man to man. The Mages tried to play dirty sending in assassin Enrick Lefèvre swinging but when he fouled out after just 11 minutes the Mages had to face the truth.

3 Aggelos Panagiotopoulos Lewisham Wombats 26 PTS 14 REB. 7 turnovers and 0 assists was the downside but another strong performance by Aggie was highlighted by his 3 spectacular blocks.

2 Birol Yalduz Lewisham Wombats 21 PTS 7 AST 6 REB. The score line was nice but what was better was his control under duress. After "The Assassin" Enrick Lefèvre had hit him 6 times in 11 minutes and fouled out, then it was the turn of "The Apprentice Killer" Wilson Dapula who continued the pain and committed another 6 fouls before fouling out in just 26 minutes. The SF position was a warzone!

1 Michelangelo Forato VictoriaMages 18 PTS 8 AST 5 REB. Forato had a solid all around contribution, most notable in the context of this match for just 1 foul in 42 minutes.

Monkey Business vs. Zazzocalypse 96 - 80

The big battle of the best friends and fellow Guppies had contrasting styles. Monkey went a fast pace and had his usual even contributions while Zazzocalypse went for a slow pace and relied mainly on Jean-Philippe Meneau to get the job done.

3 Marco Manara Monkey Business. Nice.

2 Jean-Philippe Meneau Zazzocalypse. Cool.

1 Eduard Deltell Monkey Business. Great.

Kynlala Knights vs. Koopasaurus 110 - 98

It was the battle of the NT players as Wazza had to face Dell'asta, Ton, Tau and McArthur. He wasn't alone though he has the Prince of Persia, Sepehr Asghari by his side who had another prolific outburst with 54 points.

3 Pitama Tau Kynlala Knights 36 PTS 13 REB 17.5 rating. What can possibly top 54 points? How about 17/19 FGS? Against a 2/3 zone. On the winning team. Incredible!

2 Sepehr Asghari Koopasaurus 54 PTS 17.0 rating. Wow. They really know how to put up shots fast in Iran, 48 shots in 41 minutes, he was lucky he didn't get RSI.

1 Shaun McArthur Kynlala Knights 29 PTS 9 AST. While he was humiliated in defence a little by Asghari he got revenge in offence where Ashhari had better things to do than D up.

Whitebeard vs. Black Label Society 67 - 103

Once again the Society showed how easily they can dominate anyone whose team doesn't have $1.7 million in wages as they scuttled Whitebeard and turned his beard grey. They won the battle of the boards by 64-40, they hit an impressive 23 3 pointers and they left the Buccaneers playing with a lucky fan by the end of the match as three of the shipmates fouled out. Whitebeard scored just 7 in the 2nd and that was game over.

3 Anton Chmelár Black Label Society 26 PTS 14 REB. Normally backing up Grgur Fatur doesn't give you much chance to stand out but in just 19 minutes he poured it on scoring more than a point a minute and grabbing every rebound available. It was the minutes when he was on and not Fatur that the Society pulled away (+/- of +29 to Fatur +/- of +7).

2 Silvijus Žuras Black Label Society 17 PTS 6 REB. His stats were good but even better he kept his man to 2 points for the game and fouled him out.

1 Joachim Calzado Whitebeard 40 PTS. Great performance but with the team getting smashed he has to settle for the 1.

Last edited by yodabig at 7/7/2011 12:55:29 AM

Apologies, but I just don't have the tiem to do writeups for the final two weeks. So, in the interest of getting these done, here we go:

Round 10

Baxter Bogans defeated Pancakes with Jam and Cream
3. Giovanni Castaldo
2. Plino Couto Costa (PJC)
1. Durk Renaud

VictoriaMages defeated Black Label Society
3. Francois Navvaro (VM)
2. Nicola Bandiera (VM)
1. Propikos Venizelos (VM)

Lewisham Wombats defeated Zazzocalpse
3. Jackson Goodall (LW)
2. Jean Phillipe Meneau (Zazz)
1. Aggelos Panagiotopolus (LW)

Monkey Business defeated Viral Infections
3. Shi Deguang (MB)
2. Dimitris Patziaras (MB)
1. Gabriele Messineo (MB)

Kynlala Knights defeated Billy Hoyles Boys
3. Silvestro Suggarotti (KK)
2. Shaun McArthur (KK)
1. Eugenio Dell Asta (KK)

Koopasaurus defeated Whitebeard
3. Wazza Kennerley (Koop)
2. Beranbe da Gudina (Koop)
1. Joachim Calzado (WB)

Round 11

Black Label Society defeated Zazzocalpse
3. Grgur Fatur (BLS)
2. Silvjus Zuras (BLS)
1. Tonko Svorinic (Zaz)

Kynlala Knights defeated Whitebeard
3. Pitama Tau (KK)
2. Eugenio Dell Asta (KK)
1. Jose Forastereo (WB)

Pancakes with Jam and Cream defeated Billy Hoyles Boys
3. Plino Couto Costa (PJC)
2. Mikey Bergman (BHB)
1. Werner Efinger (PJC)

Baxter Bogans defeated Monkey Business
3. Donat Lopins
2. Kalle de Man
1. Zvezdan Dordevic

Lewisham Wombats defeated Viral Infections
3. Wiktor Kuznicki (LW)
2. Aggelos Panagiotopolus (LW)
1. Leslie Gafa (LW)

Koopasarus defeated VictoriaMages
3. Wazza Kennerley (Koop)
2. Francois Navvaro (VM)
1. Nicola Bandiera (VM)

FINAL RESULTS

Well, Grgur Fatur led this one throughout much of the season. However, heading into the final round, it was Giovanni Castaldo of the Baxter Bogans who had a slender 1 point lead over Fatur. However, Castaldo picked up early fouls in his game, and sat out a large chunk of the game (teh coach would seem to be a tad overcautious). Fatur was his usual self. And therefore, congratulations to Grgur Fatur, the Fishbowl West MVP!*

Castaldo and Wazza Kennerley round out the top 3.

23 - Grgur Fatur (BLS)

21 - Giovanni Castaldo

17 - Wazza Kennerley (Kp)

16 - Aggelos Panagiotopolous (LW)

15 - Plino Couto Costa (PJC)

13 - Jean Phillipe Meneau (Zaz)

12 - Joachim Calzado (WB)
12 - Shaun McArthur (KK)
12 - Majek Kuman (PJC)

11 - Mikey Bergman (BHB)

10 - Gabriele Messineo (MB)
10 - Pitama Tau (KK)

9 - Nicola Bandiera (VM)
9 - Donat Lopins
9 - Eugenio Dell'Asta (KK)
9 - Francois Navvaro (VM)

8 - Marinho Caio (BLS)
8 - Werner Erfinger (PJC)

7 - Tonko Svorinic (Zaz)
7 - Jackson Goodall (LW)

6 - Ingmar Weichhaus
6 - Eelis Koivumaki (WB)
6 - Gianfrancesco Lucia (BHB)
6 - Yishai Keinan (BHB)


5 - Josh Dowd (PJC)
5 - Jose Villarreal (Zaz)
5 - Roberts Vinkelis (PJC)
5 - Sephr Asghari (Kp)
5 - Shi Deguang (MB)
5 - Durk Renaud
5 - Silvjus Zuras (BLS)

4 - Jarkko Kurola (WB)
4 - Mai Chongzheng (BHB)
4 - Chiu Choong Khan (Zaz)
4 - Algairdas Trimailovas (LW)
4 - Zoltan Bui (MB)
4 - Dimitris Patziaras (MB)
4 - Birol Yalduz (LW)
4 - Marco Manara (MB)
4 - Wiktor Kuznicki (LW)

3 - Oli Liniger (WB)
3 - Alfred Rooney (Kp)
3 - Duong Ton (KK)
3 - Gary Howarth (BLS)
3 - Gary Lawrence (Zaz)
3 - Jose Garza (BLS)
3 - Anselmo Centurion (BHB)
3 - Anton Chemlar (BLS)
3 - Silvestro Sugarotti (KK)
3 - Kalle De Man
3 - Jose Forastero (WB)
3 - Les Gafa (LW)
3 - Michelangelo Forato (VM)

2 - Tory Kelley (VI)
2 - Jonas Poppenbuttel (BLS)
2 - Peter Still (VM)
2 - Roberto Jauregui (LW)
2 - Zvezdan Dordevic
2 - Radoine Guilleux (VI)
2 - Bernabe da Gudina (Kp)

1 - Alexis Asvestas (WB)
1 - Yakir Elbaz (MB)
1 - Stephane Chaudier (MB)
1 - Mierko Garcia (VM)
1 - Adriano Bassi (Kp)
1 - Eduard Deltell (MB)
1 - Rony Borrel (BLS)
1 - Zvezdan Dordevic
1 - Roman Jaanus (PJC)
1 - Propikos Venizelos (VM)

*barring any challenges or errors in yours truely's calculations

GRGUR SMASH!