PIIBBK vs Virum, November 24th 2007
Author: Jan
We obviously did not show up to meet the best team in our division from Virum with our strongest line-up: the 7-men unit also included Nik-C ,who thus was noted for his 1st game this season. We were so desperate to add some more bodies, that we even tried to lure Niels, who showed up just for his table duty at a ladies game, into playing. I believe coach offered him his own sneakers!!! in order for Niels to play, but it did not happen. Still, we start the game aiming to play another 40 min of gritty zone-defense and opportune offense and somehow manage to hang in there in the 1st quarter, only falling behind respectable 14 : 23 at the end of 1st Q, upsetting the somewhat ill-tempered Virum coach, almost costing him a T. We even pull a bit closer to them in the 2nd Q, but then the wheels start seriously to fall off the PIIBBK machine: we’re turning it over both bringing it up and on our favourite ‘bit too optimistic’ outlet passes on fastbreaks, we’re not getting out to the guys we know they can stroke it (they get 8 threes for the game), play too much one on five, shoot lousy free throws (that’d be me!), plus Virum eventually figures out ways to score on our indifferent zone which is no wander when a top team plays an undermanned mediocre one. We lose the game 55 : 80, which is by no means good but could’ve been worse, considering everything. So maybe we show up with a couple more pieces to our puzzle in the 2nd half of the season and give them a fight for their money as we used to be able to do the last couple of seasons…
Highlight: Math scoring a tough three, getting fouled in the process and knocking down the free throw.
MVP: Math, for doing a little bit of everything, including getting whacked at the end of the game going for a free lay-up.
Scoring: Math 21, Gabi 13, Jan 11, Brian 6, Kim Emil 4.
