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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.

Eggplantpopolopolous (82) v Mangoloids (67) (35545875)

OK, so the only thing tougher than writing a MVP is actually pronouncing Eggplants team name, it took me 5 minutes to make sure I got the letters in the right order. Anyway, lets shorten it to Eggplant for the moment! This was the battle of the Fruit vs Vegies and was the first match this round that actually resembled a competition. Both teams played Push the Ball, but mango went the 3-2 zone. This was the right idea, because Pisanu was the danger man, it didn't stop him though, and it possibly allowed the Eggplant bigs to get in there and control the inside. Mango started well and kept with the Eggplant until the final period, where it became the Pisanu and Arranz show, the Eggplants dishing out 33 points to 16.

3 votes – Nicola Pisanu - Eggplantpopolopolous
This guys name means he needs to be bloody good to avoid cyber ballyard bullying, and instead of getting pissed on, he does piss on u. The start of the 4th he hit a 3 point 9 seconds in, if Mango was watching he must have known that was it.

2 votes – Igotz Arranz - Eggplantpopolopolous
Any shot Nic missed in the 4th, the cry from the court was 'Igotz the rebound' and he did - pulling down offensive boards and defensive ones when it counted, totalling 22.

1 vote – Sofronio Mabutol - Mangoloids
The big main Mango man kept his team in it with 16 boards and 20 points shooting at just less than 50%, but where was he in the 4th? Actually, he was there but perhaps the frustration of the game getting away from his team was to much, and he lashed out, his only personal foul being a flagrant in the final minutes.

amos rogues (0) v Brisbane Thunder (25)

Umm, damn you Zyler and your day trading ways!? This one is a wipe out, a forfeit, an epic failure to put even 3 $1K scrubs on the court to give the Thunder the chance at some MVP votes. Let the disrespect flow people!

(Makes the MVP write up a little faster though...)

Maggots (56) v Bainsynators plebs (87) (35545876)

The Maggots actually left the arena during the second period, preferring to go and feast on the rotting flesh of a dead possum (slaughtered by Home Axis). They did manage to get 4 points somehow though while isolated outside by Bainsy. The next period after the half they were new Maggots, and came back to win that period 23 -17. It didn't last, and Bainsynators players held a plebiscite, and voted they were better than the average plebeian – bringing it home strongly for the win.

3 votes – Xavier Suelves – Bainsynators plebs
Bainsy's no1 Spanish pleb - the X-box - hit 6-6 FT, shot 9-14 FG, took 16 boards and 2 steals. He intimidated every maggot on the court with his giant stature of 7'5” and 3 inches of afro this guy is a man mountain.

2 votes - Antonio Terroso – Bainsynator plebs
Tough call here for the 2 votes, the 14 boards seals it though. He wasn't particularly active in the 4th, but
it was garbage time after all.

1 vote - Christian Brakenhoff - Maggots
Playing at small forward is a tough gig, but this young Aussie did it well. Top scoring for the Maggots, he was also their top rebounder and assister, and had 3 steals and 3 threes. And he top rated. Man, he is the best Maggot by far.

OK finally a match worthy (just) of the title: MATCH OF THE ROUND!
Geelong Vipers (76) v Shepparton Shooters (67) (35545879)

It was like these teams realised they needed to put on a good show, playing inside 'the guild' – the amos rogues massive home court. Although with 12410 attending It was still only just over half full – still that's a bigger crowd than both these teams are used to. Shep took the first period by a point, and if I hadn't used my dead possum pun in the previous write up I would use it again – maybe something about people from the country and collecting roadkill? Because in the second period the Shooters just weren't there, scoring just 5 points to the Vipers 24. The shooters came back hard though maybe pushing a little too hard, with both Junel Viojan and Prelazzi fouling out, in fact the question was asked later if the Shep Boys thought it was actually a pre-aranged punch up with the Geelong boys (the rivalry runs deep for biggest country city in Vic), 20 fouls to 11 showed Geelong came there to play ball, not fight.

3 votes – Francois Cartier Geelong Vipers
This match was won in the 2nd period, and it is clear to see that this is when Francois Frenchy stepped up. Getting board after board, and even pulling off the offensive rebound from his own missed freethrow, and scoring the two. 3 assists and 3 blocks and 3 votes.

2 votes - Makarios Gkonias Geelong Vipers
The MG cruised with 15 boards completing the Vipers dominance of the inside court. Playing at PF should have been harder against Junel...

1 vote – Benjamin Journet Shepparton Shooters
When his teammates were fouling left right and centre, Benny kept his cool only dropping the 1 foul (he didn't want to be left out of the fun entirely). Top scoring for the Shooters and doing it pretty efficiently too.

MVP Leaderboard (after round 6)

Great work by PP for catching up on the write-ups from last week. some great stuff to read and have a chuckle at in there. i recommend you read them if you havent already.

So the cream is beginning to rise to the top. the two undefeated teams have the two leaders. The big man Samdup and Stancu have skipped a little away from the other contenders with TT and Suelves in hot pursuit.

12 votes - Uditi Samdup (western titans)

11 votes - Irinel Stancu (home axis)

10 votes - Trinh Trinh (possum chasers)
10 votes - Xavier Suelves (bainsynators plebs)

9 votes - Luke McCaskie (mangoloids)
9 votes - Hélder Amatriain (home axis)

8 votes - Gorka Baztarrika (eggplantpopolopolous)
8 votes - Igotz Arranz (eggplantpopolopolous)

7 votes - Bento Filho (western titans)
7 votes - Junel Viojan (sheppartion shooters)
7 votes - Dewey Bowers (whompas donkeys)
7 votes - Sofronio Mabutol (mangoloids)
7 votes - François Cartier (geelong vipers)

6 votes - Jordi Monroig (whompas donkeys)
6 votes - António Terroso (bainsynators plebs)
6 votes - Christian Brakenhoff (maggots)

5 votes - Cristian Prelazzi (shepparton shooters)
5 votes - Li Runkang (amos rogues)
5 votes - Nicola Pisanu (eggplantpopolopolous)
5 votes - Benjamin Journet (shepparton shooters)

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 - Arturo Capriolo (amos rogues)
4 votes - Paco Garrido (home axis)
4 votes - Norbert Carey (western titans)

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 - Ng Ting Yu (brisbane thunder)
2 votes - Konstantine Shavgulidze (western titans)
2 votes - Wazza Tickle (mangoloids)
2 votes - Makarios Gkonias (geelong vipers)

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 10:46:00 AM

Votes by team

Home Axis - 30
Western Titans - 26
Eggplantpopolopolous - 24
Mangoloids - 20
Bainsynators Plebs - 20
Amos Rogues - 19
Shepparton Shooters - 18
Whompas Donkeys - 17
Possum Chasers - 14
Geelong Vipers - 13
Maggots - 6
Brisbane Thunder - 3

Last edited by MrGoodKat at 6/12/2011 10:46:24 AM

Round 7

Geelong Vipers vs. Western Titans 53 - 98

The Titans were never in doubt in this game. They won all quarters pretty comprehensively against the hapless Vipers who managed only 8 assists to the titans 30. Vipers shooting a pitiful 22% and a wildly mediocre 2-32 from 3pt land. While the titans were completely opposite, being efficient in all aspects of the game.

3 votes - Western Titans - Uditi Samdup - 18 points 15 rebs

Efficient 18 points, Efficient 15 rebounds, Efficient 8-9 shooting and a little bit sloppy with 4 turnovers. It was a very clean performance from the big guy also playing tight defense on Cartier keeping him to 5-18.

2 votes - Western Titans - Konstantine Shavgulidze - 17 points 4 assists 3 steals

Shavvy wasn't as efficient as some of his teammates on the offensive end, only shooting 8-16... but hey 50% is efficient enough if you ask me. His defensive work is what impressed me, keeping his opposing player to 2-14. He set the example for the rest of his teammates leading to the complete shutdown of the vipers attack. Great work.

1 vote - Western Titans - Juho Alakärppä - 11 points 6 assists

The Finn finishes off the votes with a few nice dimes to go along with his 5-7 shooting. His defensive work, limiting his opponent to 1-8 sets himself apart from the other players on the court.

Possum Chasers vs. Bainsynators plebs 96 - 82

Looked tighter early, but the fouling out of Pleb's Center Suelves in only 17 minutes the Possums took the ascendency in the 2nd quarter. Too add insult to the Plebs TT took it upon himself to then foul out the Plebs backup C in a further 28 minutes. without a designated center the Possum were able to keep the Plebs out of the contest.

3 votes - Possum Chasers - Carl Halliday - 32 points

Carl was the gamebreaker in the first half and the most valuable player when the game was in dispute early. With 15-26 for his 32 points. He also kept 'snotman' to a mediocre shooting night of 5-21.

2 votes - Possum Chasers - Trinh Trinh - 28 points 16 rebounds

TT was a menace for the defense playing a role in fouling out both his opponents in 45 minutes, of course with help from his teammates but it is no mean feat, and just shows how much of a problem he was to the defense on route to his 28 points.

1 vote - Bainsynators Plebs - Paolo De Filippo - 17 points

The Italian usually disappears when the going gets tough, so i was good to see him hang around when some of his teammates were struggling to contain their composure and fouling out. Shooting 58% and limiting his opponent to 22% he was about the only Pleb to beat his opponent.

Match of the round

Whompas Donkeys vs. Mangoloids 94 - 91

This one was an overtime cracker... tightly fought, the Donkeys looked to have it in the bag until a 4th quarter rally saw the mango trio, Tickle, McCaskie and Bains wipe the deficit in only 4 minutes of play. The donkeys stayed with it just to have the regulation win snatched away with 0.4 left. Mangoloids had the momentum but the Donkeys were stubborn as mules to hold on for the close win.

3 votes - Whompas Donkeys - Ignacio Santana - 24 points 16 rebounds 4 assists 3 steals 3 blocks

A very solid statline explains Santana's night. Showing he is just as good with the orange as he is with a guitar. He went head to head with Arbizu and despite shooting less efficiently went to the line and shot 8-11 compared to Arbizu's zero trips to the line.

2 votes - Mangoloids - Eder Arbizu - 22 points 11 rebounds 3 blocks

Eder lost the head to head battle after also fouling out near the end. Many of those fouls sent Santana to the line which may have lost them the game, but they wouldnt have been there without his 11-13 shooting

1 votes - Whompas Donkeys - Feliks Cichoński - 11 points 5 rebounds 8 assists

In his limited 29 minutes of gametime he post some very nice stats, with the Donkeys being 18 points better than the Mango's while he was on the court.