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What do you think is worth more: HCA or an enthusiasm advantage?

I've always felt that two teams playing an equal effort of ENT (TIE, Normal, CT) with slightly higher/lower enthusiasm did not provide a crazy boost. Only when CTing or in playoffs I find it really useful. I feel that HCA has become really important, but that could be just me

We let a big opportunity slip away in game 1. Scoring 38 first quarter points. But give our opponent credit, they deserved the win. Were look to bounce back at home against PV.

Day 2 (Tuesday 30 October 2018) : Performances by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
UofDallas 100 - Deportivo Saprissa 115
Missouri City Sounders 94 - GoZags 93
Florida Champs 104 - Swamp People 83
Georgia Heat 132 - Diamantes 136
burlington orbitals 81 - Mighty Spartans 105
Sandy Springs Basketball Club 61 - D-City Smokers 107
Blood Kings 87 - Tallahassee Trees 93
PV Pride 123 - Fair Where Foes 121

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 136 : Diamantes
Rebounds : 66 : PV Pride
Assists : 29 : PV Pride
Steals : 11 : D-City Smokers, burlington orbitals
Block Shots : 9 : Deportivo Saprissa

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 56 : M. Taylor (Georgia Heat)
Rebounds : 24 : R. Ruiz Vadillo (Florida Champs)
Assists : 10 : A. Meul (Diamantes)
Steals : 3 : M. Antić (D-City Smokers), S. Bredell (D-City Smokers), J. Hardison (GoZags), L. Bouteiller (GoZags), K. Spatanopoulos (Tallahassee Trees), H. Erqing (Tallahassee Trees)
Block Shots : 5 : J. Cole (D-City Smokers), D. Albanese-Rizzo (Missouri City Sounders)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : A. Meul (Diamantes) (35 Points, 4 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 30
Shooting Guard : M. Taylor (Georgia Heat) (56 Points, 4 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 51
Small Forward : I. Farruggia (Fair Where Foes) (54 Points, 5 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39
Power Forward : T. Kuanzhong (Mighty Spartans) (17 Points, 13 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Center : G. Linder (PV Pride) (17 Points, 23 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 43

MVP of the evening
M. Taylor (Georgia Heat) (56 Points, 4 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 51

The bad performance of the evening
W. Haipeng (Blood Kings) (4 Points, 1 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -6

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : C. Helton (PV Pride) : 9 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : J. Grochociński (Georgia Heat), G. Naldi (Tallahassee Trees), J. Keresztély (Tallahassee Trees), K. Spatanopoulos (Tallahassee Trees), L. Quick (Fair Where Foes), D. Loftus (Diamantes) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : B. Jackson (PV Pride) : 57 Minutes

The shooter : M. Taylor (Georgia Heat) : 10 Three points

The best performer : D. Whitley (GoZags) : Rating : 15.5

The worst performer : A. Klevickas (Florida Champs) : Rating : 3.0

This two position training is going to be the end of any kind of playoff hopes that I had, I think. It's gonna be a long year

Stinking double overtime. Screwed up my minutes distribution. Good game, Timberwolfs.

goodgame PV. Tough lose for us. 0-2 -10 point difference to start the season. Not where we wanted to be at this point, but only the ppl in this locker room, can turn things around, and it starts this weekend.

forgot to set my lineup tuesday, that was rough. and I am now losing money due to a rough turnout at my first home game. hoping for a nice turn around with training results tomorrow

Day 3 (Saturday 3 November 2018) : Performances by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
GoZags 95 - UofDallas 111
Swamp People 123 - Missouri City Sounders 125
Diamantes 111 - Florida Champs 125
Deportivo Saprissa 128 - Georgia Heat 118
D-City Smokers 110 - burlington orbitals 100
Tallahassee Trees 92 - Sandy Springs Basketball Club 80
Fair Where Foes 82 - Blood Kings 113
Mighty Spartans 87 - PV Pride 105

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 128 : Deportivo Saprissa
Rebounds : 70 : Missouri City Sounders
Assists : 40 : Florida Champs
Steals : 11 : burlington orbitals, PV Pride
Block Shots : 12 : UofDallas

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 37 : M. Taylor (Georgia Heat)
Rebounds : 23 : C. Sanderson (Sandy Springs Basketball Club)
Assists : 10 : J. Griffin (Florida Champs)
Steals : 4 : H. Grissom (PV Pride)
Block Shots : 6 : F. Ridgeway (UofDallas)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : J. Griffin (Florida Champs) (16 Points, 3 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 25
Shooting Guard : M. Taylor (Georgia Heat) (37 Points, 6 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Small Forward : H. Grissom (PV Pride) (34 Points, 8 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Power Forward : D. Mor-Yossef (Florida Champs) (25 Points, 17 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42
Center : M. Mujkanović (Missouri City Sounders) (25 Points, 21 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40

MVP of the evening
D. Mor-Yossef (Florida Champs) (25 Points, 17 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42

The bad performance of the evening
D. Gibson (UofDallas) (5 Points, 2 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots)T. Mattheos (Sandy Springs Basketball Club) (2 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -5

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : D. Loftus (Diamantes) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : J. Kerns (burlington orbitals), R. Herbojo (burlington orbitals), O. Bititis (Deportivo Saprissa), S. Cuellar (Swamp People) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : J. Mynett (Missouri City Sounders) : 50 Minutes

The shooter : M. Taylor (Georgia Heat) : 7 Three points

The best performer : M. Eryilmaz (Florida Champs) : Rating : 17.5

The worst performer : W. Hollis (Florida Champs) : Rating : 5.5

Oy vey - it's going to be a long season. Starting on a new batch of trainees, I had hoped that my previous trainees would be enough to keep me afloat. Not looking good. We'll see how the rest of the season goes, but I'm not hopeful.

You're making my preseason predictions look pretty foolish. Those 4 pops on 1 player in a single week has to somewhat make up for it, though.