Solrød vs. PIBBK
Author: Matthieu Quéva
Game winner: PIBBK won the game 73 to 68
Game MVP: Jens, for his domination under the basket
.Highlight of the game: Matth, for an amazing (J) in-the-air lay up over one of the opponent.
Summary of the game:After a tough defeat over Brønshøj (-30), the team was facing two games in a row. The first of these games was against Solrød, who held a tournament in the beginning of the year. On the contrary to the Brønshøj game, this time our centers were there (well only Søren was missing). However, we were not coming in Solrød as the favorites, and we were aware that we would have to fight against our own deficiencies if we wanted to do a good result there.The game started slow for us. After 2 minutes, we were already trailing by 5 pts (2-7). Solrød was presenting mostly young and athletic players, and our main options were to play on our centers as well as our driving-in game. So after a first quarter to set us up, we were still trailing, but keeping the pace (19-21), with a relatively widespread scoring board (points from Jens, Brian, Gabi and Matth). The second quarter looks a lot like the first one. Solrød’s guys took their chance at the beginning and provoked several interesting fouls that put them on the free-throw line, which helps them to a 9-4 run, and a -7 deficit for us after the 15th minute (23-30). But again, as our usual comeback spirit is not to be proven anymore, we fought back and got rewarded (30-32 after 17th minute and 34-35 at halftime), thanks especially to a very good quarter of Nicolaï (8 pts out of 16). The game stayed tense in the third quarter, where both team were side by side, and finished the quarter on a tie 52-52, with 8 pts from Matth out of 17. So the fate of the game had to be decided in the last quarter. Despite a nice start from Solrod, we were still catching up, especially thanks to two long-distance shots in a row from “never-let-him-shoot” Gabi, tying the game again at 60-60 after 4 minutes. But this was the time we finally took our chance. We delivered a 8-0 thanks to our three centers (Jan, Jens and Brian), and finished the 37th minute at 68-60 for us. This was the fatal blow for Solrød’s team, and despite some nice attempts to come back, we finally ended up winning by 5 pts (73-68), for our 4th victory of the season.
Scoring board:
1. Matthieu (n°9): 16 pts
2. Brian (n°10): 13 pts
3. Nicolaï B. (n°5): 12 pts
4. Jens (n°11): 11 pts Gabi (n°12):11pts
6. Jan P. (n°13): 7 pts
7. Kim (n° 6): 3 pts
8. Bjørn (n°4): 0 pts Jose (n°4): 0 pts
