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Ecuador straddles the equator, just like our balls are going to straddle their chins when we dunk all over them.

United States 102-32 Ecuador

Defensive masterclass today from the team, only allowing 32 total points and holding our opponents to 9-80 (11%) shooting. Ecuador only ended up playing 5 players in the game, with one of them fouling out in the final minutes of the game so a Lucky Fan got some playing time. It seemed pretty clear that Ecuador was simply conceding their season so we cruised to an easy victory today.

That concludes the regular season, where we finish the second group 5-0 and complete the season on an 11-0 undefeated record! Playoffs is up next, with semis finals happening Friday night. We will be playing the 2 seed from the other group, which is Canada. Canada has a well rounded roster, with a solid group of bigs at the top followed by some good guard pieces. They went 5-1 in their first group, 3-2 in their current group losing to Argentina and Chile on less enth.

This semi final matchup has a qualification for worlds on the line, so we are going to come out with the fire and execute the gameplan. Lets win!

Go USA!

United States 92-69 Canada

Worlds has been secured! Our number 1 goal for the season was to make it into Worlds competition and this victory does just that. The team put together a complete game today and pulled away with a convincing win over Canada. Defense was on point holding them to just 31% shooting from the field. Every player who touched the floor tonight had important contributions to win so good all around team performance. Our free throw shooting was very off today, however, and we will definitely be hitting the line in practice before the finals.

Speaking of the finals, we are up against Argentina. The 2 Americas powerhouses meet in the final as it was destined from the start of the season. They dismantled Brazil in their semi final matchup, after Brazil's interesting choice of outside isolation offense. Argentina has a complete roster, ranging from top quality bigs down to their complete group of guards. Gameplanning and practice for this game will be a fun one for sure.

We completed our first goal at securing Worlds, now lets go complete our next goal and get that gold trophy!

Go USA!

United States 67-52 Argentina

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!. Americas gold is ours in probably the ugliest game I have ever watched on BB. 30 minutes before the game all game shapes were reset, completely wiping away our advantage we had. Despite this hurdle we fought and fought well. In a completely dominant performance, the team held Argentina to only 52(!!!!) points. That is an unheard of number, and couldn't be more thrilled with how the team performed on defense. The offensive side of the ball was super ugly for both sides, but we were the better ugly.

MVP: Joseph Hobbs, without question. He led the team in scoring with 17 points and snagged a whopping 21 rebounds, making the Argentinian bigs look like ants. He was stellar on defense, being a heavy contributor to their starting bigs shooting a combined 4/18. He even hit a 3 on offense, the same amount as any of Argentina's guards despite them running an outside offense. A complete performance from Hobbs.

And that's it! That concludes my first season as coach with a 13-0 undefeated record and a gold trophy. Couldn't be happier with how the team played and thank you to all managers who contributed to the team this season. We have only just begun, as we will try to run back our success in Worlds competition next season.

Go USA!!

Congratulations to Antwon and the entire USAmerican bb-nation for this score. It was for me and Lonnie Miller a great pleaure to be a part of this project!

Last edited by da_masta at 04/19/2022 02:25:42

You did a great job with Miller! He was awesome in the 2nd half of the final! Definitely appreciate the great training plan you had.

GG Ant !

Proud for Polk

Thank you and thanks for Miller! He was a critical piece to the roster all season long and I appreciate your training!

GG! I know we have spoken already but thanks for all of the cooperation this season with Polk. He ended up making a surprise start in the final and had the paint on lockdown so thanks for that!