Pibbk vs BMS
We didn’t have the best of preparation for this match. No practise during the week and nobody really knew before the game who would show up or whether we would have a coach or not. Anyway, 8 people and a coach (with a whiplash from fishing???) came ready to play, but we must admit that the Extremely loud warm up music caught us off guard and it took us a quarter to be able to hear our own thoughts (guess we are getting old, huh).
In the first quarter bms came out shooting and especially jonas stormly was on fire.
We got caught on the screens and he made 7 points in the quarter and jakob højland did some damage in the paint with 6.
For us it was mainly math’s and jan’s points along with nik’s energy that kept us in first quarter which we lose 19-24
Second quarter belongs to nik. He scores 7, brian adds 4 and math drains a 3-ball. Gabi enters the game shooting and makes the last shot of the half. This quarter bms scores half their points from the line and it seems our defense is picking up a bit. By halftime we are down 41-42
During the break coach explains that it might be to our advantage if we get ahead and try to hold the lead. That might make the young guys nervousJ
Third quarter we do as the doctor ordered. We score the first 8 points behind fastbreaks by math and although bms ties up the game at 51-51 we definitely feel the game is there for the taking
. Math and jan score the majority of the points, but bjørn should also be recognized for his good defense and great energy of the bench. He gets to the stripe a couple of times as well and comes away with 3 points.
Martin brandt stands out this quarter for bms with 6 points. Fourth quarter we just try to protect the lead and bms among other things try a zone and some full court to get back.
We do not always make the right decision, but math and jan keep scoring and bms panic a bit because we succeed in taking away the shots they are used to getting.
In the end we win 85-73 and for the first time in many years we do not have a losing record. Good work guys.
Bonus info: as a team we shoot 25/29 from the stripe. That has to be a record
Scorers for piibbk: math 26, jan 25 nik 12, brian 8, steen 7, gabi 4, bjørn 3
Scorers for bms: jonas 20, jakob og martin b 13, Thomas 11
Co-mvp’s: math and bjørn
Highlight: steen for his not-in-my-house rejections in the fourth
