Machete Kills took it easy against the Sentinals with a Patient tempo and still racked up nearly 100. The scoring combo at the 2 and 3 proved too much for the Sentinels as Massaccesi and Changming accounted for over half the Machete points. The Machetes also dominated the boards, pulling down nearly 20 more rebounds than the Southsound squad. This game could have been more out of hand had the Machetes shot better than 33% from beyond the arc. Merle Oakley led all scorers with 30 for the Sentinels while Cross, Changming and Parann amassed double-doubles
As predicted the Mad Dogs whalloped the Spartans as all 5 starters scored double digits, along with Sukrimanto off the bench. Not much went right in this one for the Spartans as they were doubled up in points, boards, assists, blocks and turnovers. Virgilio Barao led all scorers with 26 while C Chen Ziquan was 1 dime short of a triple double.
Despite putting more effort into the night, the Generals came up short against the Believers. The game was tight thru 3 quarters but the Believe squad pulled away in the 4th. The Generals 2-3 Zone forced up a few errant shots but wasn’t enough to keep the Believers down. Racking up 30 assists in this contests, the 2-3 was too slow to shift, allowing several inside looks including 9 buckets in the paint from Tony France. The replacement for Mink Lenk showed no weakness putting up 21 and 12 with 7 assists. Andre Luis de Miranda led all scorers with 23 for the Generals but was a sowerful 1-9 from the perimeter.
The Condors 3-2 zone couldn’t slow down the hot shooters of West Palm Beach as they shot 55% from downtown. Giving up nearly a 50% marker from the field the only reason the Condors kept this one as close as it was, was by going 13-14 from the charity stripe. Mike Churchill had an efficient night going 19 and 10 with 4 dimes as well as picking up 2 blocks and steals for the Clairemont club while Mario Chenpicked up a double double for the Beachers. Ball control proved to be a problem for the condors as every player had at least one turnover. Juan Pence led the way with 28 points.
The Poros stifled the Bucks shooters holding them to 25% from the field and an awful 16% from deep. The Poros spread the wealth in this one, as every player entered the scoring column despite less than ¼ of their buckets coming off assists. Tadeu Orbaiz led all scorers on the night with 21 while Valverde and Manzano finished the night with double doubles.
In the matchup of the night, the Green Peppers did enough to outlast a late game surge by Team Turn Up. The Turn Up’s Low Post offense proved challenging for the peppers as their bigs went for 47, but not much came by way of the backcourt. After a 37 point outing by Kasper Loft in game 1, the Veteran 2 guard only picked up 11 points in this one. Looks like foul trouble may be an issue for Loft this season as he’s getting older, it seems he cant get his feet in place quick enough and has already picked up 9 fouls in just 2 games. The guard combo of Leithner and Montalvo was too much for the Turn Up squad as they went 40% from the field and got to the line 19 times where they picked up 15 points. Dimo Genaridis grabbed 10 boards off the bench for the peppers, matching Turn Up’s Bigs Vouk and Dennis. I’d look to see more minutes for Genaridis if he can keep up that type of hustle. Eriq Leon Leithner led the way with 28 as Vouk and Dennis picked up the games only double doubles.
The Buckets showed now Mercy as they went savage on Golden State. Despite accurately game planning the Buckets inside game, their quick pace proved too much for the savages. All starters shot 50% from the field for the Buckets, despite Yuying only getting 12 minutes. Masse did a great job off the bench in his place with 6 points, 3 bourds 5 assists and locked down the Savage backcourt with 4 steals and 2 blocks. The buckets knocked down all 4 of their 3pt attempts as over half their field goals came off assists. Mars