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Match of the Round

Whompas Donkeys vs. Possum Chasers 93 - 95

This was the match of the round in the South with as you can see Possum Chasers holding on to a narrow victory. To be honest the possums deserved to win this one seeing as they held control of the match for a majority. The lead by a max of 17 pts during the 3rd qtr however a late push saw the lead cut to 9 with one qtr to go. PC still retained that 9 point lead with only 3 minutes on the clock. looking set to break their fishbowl slide PC dropped their guard and allowed Bowers to take over for 3 minutes. hitting 3 threes in those 3 minutes it looked as if the Donkeys were going to take the momentum into OT after he hit his third with 2 seconds on the clock to make it 93-93. TT was locked and loaded and made the inside shot count. BUZZERBEATER!! His clutch rating has got to be up near Legen... dary after that one.

3 votes - Whompas Donkeys - Dewey Bowers - 46 points 6 rebs

On appeal Dewey is awarded the 3 votes.
46 points... did he need to do anything else. his 50% shooting from 3 and the field was what got the Donkeys so close to the 'W'. Plus those 3 3's in the last few minutes were huge to force TT's magic. Great game Dewey.

2 votes - Possum Chasers - Trinh Trinh - 26 pts 19 rebs 1 BB

On appeal TT drops down to 2 votes due to Bowers amazing last quartersurge. The composure was amazing and im sorry to say for Cacho, the only way you were getting the 2 is if he had taken that shot himself.

1 vote - Possum Chasers - Simeón Cacho - 34 pts 20 rebs

34-20 is a double double worthy of getting 3 votes in almost any game. Extremely unlucky to get the 1 but the other two players where there when the game came to a close for their sides

Last edited by MrGoodKat at 5/26/2011 10:01:22 PM

amos rogues vs. Home Axis 52 - 66

Well this was a competitive match for the most part with the rogues being unable to keep up with the old Axis outfit. The rogues possibly struggle because of the 1-3-1 against the Low post offense of their opponent. The two teams filled out the Plebisite Arena which is a magnificant place to play ball

3 votes - Home Axis - Irinel Stancu - 15 pts 22 rebs

Irinel had another great game shooting 7-13 for his 15 points and helping his team to a rebound differential of +9 and probably the victory. The big Romanian is looking likely to be a frontrunner in the MVP stakes after back to back solid performances.

2 votes - Amos Rogues - Dimitris Miriounis - 28 pts 12.5 rating

Dimitris scored 13 more points than any other player despite shooting only 33% from the field. His 28 points is over half of his teams points for the night... i cant imagine if he wasnt playing.

1 vote - Home Axis - Ignacio Sánchez - 13 pts 16 rebs 4 blks

You cant go past Ignacio for a vote in this one with a double double and 4 blocks he was influential alongside Stancu. The 5-19 shooting is the only blemish on his game

MVP Leaderboard (after round 4)

There is a logjam at 6 votes with only a couple of players able to jump out the front. Home Axis lead the South and now lead the MVP voting with Irinel Stancu. Gorka, Bento and Trinh all picked up Player of the Game performances and are in hot pursuit of Stancu. News just in... the appeal from Whompa against TT picking up the 3 is succesful, moving Bowers to 3 votes and Trinh back into the logjam

9 votes - Irinel Stancu (home axis)

8 votes - Gorka Baztarrika (eggplantpopolopolous)

7 votes - Bento Filho (western titans)
7 votes - Xavier Suelves (bainsynators plebs)

6 votes - Luke McCaskie (mangoloids)
6 votes - Uditi Samdup (western titans)
6 votes - Jordi Monroig (whompas donkeys)
6 votes - Sofronio Mabutol (mangoloids)
6 votes - Junel Viojan (sheppartion shooters)
6 votes - Igotz Arranz (eggplantpopolopolous)
6 votes - Trinh Trinh (possum chasers)

5 votes - Cristian Prelazzi (shepparton shooters)
5 votes - Li Runkang (amos rogues)

4 votes - Ignacio Santana (whompas donkeys)
4 votes - Ace Dispo (geelong vipers)
4 votes - Christian Brakenhoff (maggots)
4 votes - Dimitris Miriounis (amos rouges)

3 votes - Patryk Urbanowicz (home Axis)
3 votes - Hélder Amatriain (home axis)
3 votes - Angelo Ciceri (amos rogues)
3 votes - Helmuts Paluka (eggplantpopolopolous)
3 votes - François Cartier (geelong vipers)
3 votes - Ignacio Sánchez (home axis)
3 votes - Dewey Bowers (whompas donkeys)

2 votes - Benjamin Journet (shepparton shooters)
2 votes - Gniewosz Sznajder (bainsynators plebs)
2 votes - Garrie Addison (bainsynators plebs)
2 votes - Eder Arbizu (mangoloids)
2 votes - Norbert Carey (western titans)
2 votes - Paco Garrido (home axis)
2 votes - António Terroso (bainsynators plebs)
2 votes - Ng Ting Yu (brisbane thunder)
2 votes - Simeon Cacho (possum chasers)

1 vote - Amadeusz Rempała (western titans)
1 vote - Petar Zahariev (amos rouges)
1 vote - Arturo Capriolo (amos rogues)
1 vote - Shad Crous (amos rogues)
1 vote - Máximo Sáenz Aragón (shepparton shooters)
1 vote - Konstantine Shavgulidze (western titans)

Last edited by MrGoodKat at 6/12/2011 10:43:25 AM

Round 5

Possum Chasers vs. Geelong Vipers 101 - 88

This one was closer than many would of thought with the Vipers playing some very competitive basketball and their inside game wasn’t far off the game of TT and his pals.

3 votes – Possum Chasers – Trinh Trinh – 26 points 19 rebounds 6 OR 7 assists

TT may be able to hold onto the 3 votes this week with 3 assists short of a triple double. No buzzerebeater this weak but a hulleva game. TT shot a very nice 12-19 from the field.

2 votes – Possum Chasers – Simeon Cacho – 29 points 24 rebounds 9 OR 4 blocks

A real big game for Cacho again this week with 12-20 shooting and 5-6 from the line for his 29 points. His 4 blocks was some good defensive hustle meaning the possums were +13 when he was on the court.

1 vote – Geelong Vipers - François Cartier – 15 points 10 rebounds 7 assists

The Frenchman had a nice game at C grabbing 4 offensive rebounds to go with his 6 defensive rebounds and also dishing out 7 handsome dimes.



Eggplantpopolopolous vs. Western Titans 78 – 100

Titans keep the pressure up on Axis with their push the ball offence being rewarded with a 22 point win over another of the south’s div II teams.

3 votes – Western Titans - Uditi Samdup – 27 points 24 rebounds 8 OR 3 steals

The aussie big guy stands up game after game shooting over 50% and 7-8 from the line. Taking the orange away 3 times along with a remarkable 27-24 double double.

2 votes – Eggplantpopolopolous - Nicola Pisanu – 31 points 8 assists

Nicola was quite stunning from downtown scoring 24 of his points from behind that arc off 50% shooting. Adding 8 assists he had a hand in plenty of the eggplant scoring trips.

1 vote – Western Titans - Konstantine Shavgulidze – 16 points 6 rebounds 7 assists

‘Shavvy’ I’ve got to say I have no idea where you are from but I like your game. An all-round performance from ‘Shavvy’ also saw him hit 3 tre’s and pick up a vote in this one.

Amos rogues vs. Bainsynators plebs 103 – 90

The plebs full court press wasn’t nearly enough to steal this one against the rogues. The impressive performance by Rogues shooting guard Capriolo saw the strong first half efforts of his team hold on to a fast finishing Plebs.

3 votes – Amos Rogues - Arturo Capriolo – 36 points 8-10 FT

Arturo shot very well for his game high 36 hitting 6-10 from long and then being efficient at the line making 8-10. Arturo did a couple of other nice things in only 36 minutes of play.

2 votes – Bainsynators Plebs - Antonio Terroso – 27 points 11 rebounds 5 blocks

Antonio ‘The Terror’ Terroso was a major part of why the plebs were as close as they were in this one. Terrorising the rogues on defense with 5 big blocks. Plebs manager Bainsynator88 was asked after the game if he taught Antonio his defensive blocking ability, his reply was ‘I taught him nothing he just loves orange juice so much, why else would he work so hard to smack that orange all over the place.’

1 vote – Amos Rogues - Cipriano Corda – 14 points 10 rebounds 6 assists

Corda was fierce on the boards for a 10 at point guard with 5-13 shooting while also throwing out 6 assists. To cap off his night he was perfect from the line 4-4.

Match of the round

Whompas Donkeys vs. Shepparton shooters 105 – 101

Shooters took the lead early and led by 8 at HT. A strong 3rd quarter to surge 27-12 brought the donkeys back into the game and they were able to hold onto a narrow win in the last. The match statistics tell the story of the game. All stats were extremely close and then there is the Donkeys 10 more free-throws for 5 more points which was all that was separating these two.

3 votes – Whompas Donkeys – Dewey Bowers – 36 points 15-21 FG

Dewey has made a big impact on the South since arriving at the Donkeys. He appears to be a pure point scoring machine, winning the shootout with Journet shooting an outstanding 15-21 field goals and 6-9 from three. Dewey said after the game ‘you better be bringing some serious OD to stop Dewey!’

2 votes – Shepparton Shooters – Benjamin Journet – 35 points 5-13 3pt FG

Another Frenchman that is impressing in the Fishbowl, Journet coulding go the journey with Dewey failing to get his side over the line shooting only 13-31 and 5-13 from downtown.

1 vote – Shepparton Shooters – Junel Viojan – 19 points 18 rebounds 5 OR

Junel shot 9-15 to go with his game high 18 rebounds. He added 2 blocks on the night for a pretty efficient effort to help Journet to get the Shooters so close.

Brisbane Thunder vs. Mangoloids 56 – 97

This was ugly for the Thunder as the rejuvenated Mangoloids were boosted before this game with the return of their homegrown stars from injury and they beat the thunder like it was their job. It was more like Brisbane clouds for the first three quarters as the Mango’s put it beyond doubt.

3 votes – Mangoloids – Luke McCaskie – 20 points 9 rebounds 7 assists

Luke is in the hunt for the South MVP title and continues to impress with another all-round performance from the future U21 hopeful. Shooting 9-14 along with his 9 rebounds and 7 dimes he will be throwing is hat into the ring as a serious favourite for the title if he can remain fit.

2 votes – Mangoloids – Wazza Tickle – 19 points 5-8 3pt FG

Wazza didn’t score the most or shoot the best but he did hit five 3 pointers which was a key part of the Mango’s outside attack that crushed the Thunder who shot a dismal 0-15 from long.

1 vote – Brisbane Thunder – He Anfu – 18 points 10 rebounds 4 assists

‘He’ was the best Thunder player on the night chiming in with an 18-10 double double and finding his way to the line for 7 FT’s


Maggots vs. Home Axis 66 – 96

Axis just rolls on against the hapless Maggots who remain winless after the 30 point blowout. Axis confident enough to play full court press squashed the maggots over three quarters.

3 votes – Home Axis - Hélder Amatriain – 17 points 7 assists 3 steals

The Spaniard had a nice game hitting 3-8 from three and throwing 7 assists to his teammates who lapped it up while flogging their Maggots opponents.

2 votes – Home Axis - Paco Garrido – 27 points 4 steals

Axis were led by another Spaniard, with Paco hitting a game high 27 points and taking a couple of steals away with him aswell.

1 vote – Maggots - Christian Brakenhoff – 20 points 7 rebounds 5 assists

Brak is still the only Maggot to fire shots at his opponents leading his team with an all-round performance along with a couple of steals and a block on defense.

MVP Leaderboard(after round 5)

The South MVP is still wide open with no clear favourite with the 4 leaders holding the field at bay on 9 votes. They better look over their shoulders because Dewey Bowers since joining Whompas Donkeys has been unstoppable on offense picking up two Player of the game performances.

We are a bit behind, but we will catch up with round 6 hopefully soon. If anyone wants to help out by doing a round send Leeroy or myself a bbmail and we will be thankful for your help

9 votes - Irinel Stancu (home axis)
9 votes - Trinh Trinh (possum chasers)
9 votes - Uditi Samdup (western titans)
9 votes - Luke McCaskie (mangoloids)

8 votes - Gorka Baztarrika (eggplantpopolopolous)

7 votes - Bento Filho (western titans)
7 votes - Junel Viojan (sheppartion shooters)
7 votes - Xavier Suelves (bainsynators plebs)

6 votes - Jordi Monroig (whompas donkeys)
6 votes - Sofronio Mabutol (mangoloids)
6 votes - Igotz Arranz (eggplantpopolopolous)
6 votes - Dewey Bowers (whompas donkeys)
6 votes - Hélder Amatriain (home axis)

5 votes - Cristian Prelazzi (shepparton shooters)
5 votes - Li Runkang (amos rogues)
5 votes - Christian Brakenhoff (maggots)

4 votes - Ignacio Santana (whompas donkeys)
4 votes - Ace Dispo (geelong vipers)
4 votes - Dimitris Miriounis (amos rouges)
4 votes - Simeon Cacho (possum chasers)
4 votes - François Cartier (geelong vipers)
4 votes - Arturo Capriolo (amos rogues)
4 votes - António Terroso (bainsynators plebs)
4 votes - Benjamin Journet (shepparton shooters)
4 votes - Paco Garrido (home axis)

3 votes - Patryk Urbanowicz (home Axis)
3 votes - Angelo Ciceri (amos rogues)
3 votes - Helmuts Paluka (eggplantpopolopolous)
3 votes - Ignacio Sánchez (home axis)

2 votes - Gniewosz Sznajder (bainsynators plebs)
2 votes - Garrie Addison (bainsynators plebs)
2 votes - Eder Arbizu (mangoloids)
2 votes - Norbert Carey (western titans)
2 votes - Ng Ting Yu (brisbane thunder)
2 votes - Nicola Pisanu (eggplantpopolopolous)
2 votes - Konstantine Shavgulidze (western titans)
2 votes - Wazza Tickle (mangoloids)

1 vote - Amadeusz Rempała (western titans)
1 vote - Petar Zahariev (amos rouges)
1 vote - Shad Crous (amos rogues)
1 vote - Máximo Sáenz Aragón (shepparton shooters)
1 vote - Cipriano Corda (amos rogues)
1 vote - He Anfu (brisbane thunder)

Last edited by MrGoodKat at 6/12/2011 10:44:43 AM

Round 6

Getting towards the business end of the season there were some tough matchups this round. Lets start with the game between the two league rivals, both competing for promotion in the challenging III.6 league. What sucks the most is this is PP's first attempt at the MVP write ups, and the first match to write up is the demoralising loss to said rival, Home Axis.

Home Axis v Possum Chasers(35545878)

Home axis has done nothing but impress the first half of season 16. Coming from nowhere (literally, he tanked last season), this is a man with a plan. He hammered home another big victory, 34 points over PP's chasers, who in their defence had two starters out with injury. Spectators would have been able to predict the result of this match in the first 30 seconds, with Sanchez winning the jump, and Amatrian assisting Urbanowicz' first of 27 points in 9 seconds, closely followed up by the Chasers star, TT, whistled for a travelling violation. The writing was on the backboard...

3 votes – Helder Amatrian (SG) - Home Axis
Really tough call for the three votes but this guy played great, with 21 points, 3-5 from outside, 5 assists, a few boards and an equal game high rating all in a shorter time than his teammates.

2 votes – Irinel Stancu (PF) – Home Axis
When you take the game high 21 boards, score 20 points shooting at 50%, block 5 shots and throw in 3 assists as a cherry on top, it is no wonder Irinel is on top of the MVP leaderboard.

1 vote – Trinh Trinh (C) - Possum Chasers
'Bias' I hear the crowd calling, and this is a tough call to give TT a vote when his team was hammered. And I had actually written up a vote for Paco here, but when looking at the matchup ratings TT did dominate the C position and kept the high waged Sanchez to just 6 points. 17 boards, 3 assists and a couple of steals ain't bad too, right?

Whompas Donkeys v Western Titans (35545877)

Well, the donkeys had the right idea, trying to slow down the pace of this match with a Patient offence. Unfortunately for them there is no slowing down the Titans, who Pushed the Ball to a 34 point victory. The donkeys Dewey Bowers did his best, and high scored 40 points (the next best was 9) but it was costly, only hitting 14-40.

3 votes - Uditi Samdup - Western Titans
He high scored for the Titans, hitting 9-12 FG, he took 9 boards and kept the opposing Centres to 4 and 2 points respectively. Rated 16, this guy is for mature audiences only.

2 votes – Norbert Carey – Western Titans
Another really tough decision. The Titans are so well rounded now that there are 7 players getting similar ratings, and 4 could have laid claim to the two points. I think Norb deserves them though, for shooting 5-9, getting 11 boards and 4 assists and 3 swats. Plus he is an Aussie, and that deserves encouragement!

1 vote – Dewey Bowers – Whompas Donkeys
If this was a league game, then the comment at the bottom night have been “Dewey looked like the only one playing out there!”. This guy was undoubtedly the Donkeys MVP, shooting 40 points to the next best of 9. But patient offence tends to do that, and he wasn't exactly economical. 1 point to you, Dewmeister.