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Pio Reina was on the practice court working up a sweat. Frustrated after Saturday night’s loss, this was his way of working through the frustration. His assistants joined him for a game of 2 on 2. GM Roberto Gurgone joined them.

“Who needs a blow”, he asked.

Byron Helm subbed out. “I do.”

The coaches continued playing, with each one subbing out every so often. No one noticed the small group gathering on the far side of the court.

A voice called out. “It’s 5 of ya’ll and 5 of us. 5 on 5, halfcourt, make ‘em take ‘em, since ya’ll are a bunch of old timers, you get ball out.” The coaches looked up from their game and saw rookie George Henderson leading a group of players on to the floor.

From the opposite end of the floor, an answer. “No way. Full court, the old guys can ref it. Coach Richards, you draft the teams.” Walt Colenbrander looked angry.

“Walt, you good”, Air Allnite asked.

“No. We got work to do.” That was as long of a conversation Walt felt necessary. He was in no mood to talk.

“What are you working on?” Air was intrigued.

“Everything. Shooting. Defense. Rebounding. All of it.”

Marshall Richards never got to draft teams. The three senior point guards on the roster took over and handled that task. Joy Beko came over to where the GM and coaches were.

“You done with your workout?”

Pio noticed something different with Joy. A bit of an edge to him today.

“Yeah. We’re all done here. We’ll leave you guys to it.”

Joy went back to his teammates. Pio spoke to his staff and the GM. “I think this is a players only thing. We should leave them to it.”

Marshall spoke to Air. “This don’t look like a normal shootaround.”

“Not happy with their performances. Pio made the right call. Let’s get out of their way.”

“Gentlemen, we need to do something a bit different tonight,” Pio began. “Walt Pasman and I had a conversation a few days ago. He wants to try something. Marshall, I think you have a plan for this. Byron, I’m sure you’ve been waiting for this. Run with it.”

Roberto looked at Air. “Don’t look at me”, replied Air. “GMs do GM stuff, coaches do coach stuff. Can you go work your GM magic on a scorer?”

“I did. Don’t you have coach stuff to do, like coaching them up?”

Day 7 (Saturday 18 January 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
The Dachshunds 64 - Las Vegas Red Pandas 113
Auto-Strikers 82 - Wahoo Warriors 97
Anchorage Allstars. 97 - GloryBoyz 85
AZ Sunburn 125 - Defenseless Babies 134
Duke Devilz 72 - No Limit BPE 130
Andersonville Alligators 95 - Linndale 106
Page 2 78 - Detroit Globetrotters 98
Eternityz Rostah 96 - Everett Everymen 83

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 134 : Defenseless Babies
Rebounds : 68 : No Limit BPE
Assists : 38 : Defenseless Babies
Steals : 12 : Eternityz Rostah
Block Shots : 12 : GloryBoyz

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 36 : F. Di Matteo (AZ Sunburn)
Rebounds : 18 : B. Macis (AZ Sunburn)
Assists : 16 : M. Silver (Defenseless Babies)
Steals : 3 : W. Yi Fung (Las Vegas Red Pandas), E. Nilsson (Eternityz Rostah)
Block Shots : 4 : A. Bedonia (GloryBoyz)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : A. Van Staey (Andersonville Alligators) (32 Points, 6 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots), W. Colenbrander (Linndale) (27 Points, 5 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Shooting Guard : G. Starr (Defenseless Babies) (33 Points, 3 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Small Forward : G. Purcell (Eternityz Rostah) (26 Points, 5 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 24
Power Forward : B. Macis (AZ Sunburn) (18 Points, 18 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Center : V. Pérez (No Limit BPE) (21 Points, 17 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39

MVP of the evening
V. Pérez (No Limit BPE) (21 Points, 17 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39

The bad performance of the evening
E. Pollard (The Dachshunds) (0 Points, 1 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -7

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : R. Denzel (Auto-Strikers) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : E. Shtern (AZ Sunburn) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : Y. Diassé (The Dachshunds), T. Gonzalo Matas (Wahoo Warriors), J. Radford (Wahoo Warriors), P. Hengyun (Page 2) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : M. Yancey (Anchorage Allstars.), A. Van Staey (Andersonville Alligators), G. Purcell (Eternityz Rostah) : 6 Three points

The best performer : V. Pérez (No Limit BPE), G. Snell (Everett Everymen) : Rating : 18.0

The worst performer : E. Pollard (The Dachshunds) : Rating : 2.0

Day 8 (Tuesday 21 January 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Las Vegas Red Pandas 93 - No Limit BPE 73
The Dachshunds 117 - Duke Devilz 94
Wahoo Warriors 59 - Linndale 141
Auto-Strikers 56 - Andersonville Alligators 112
GloryBoyz 108 - Detroit Globetrotters 128
Anchorage Allstars. 82 - Page 2 60
Defenseless Babies 119 - Everett Everymen 84
AZ Sunburn 116 - Eternityz Rostah 110

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 141 : Linndale
Rebounds : 72 : Linndale
Assists : 39 : Linndale
Steals : 12 : Las Vegas Red Pandas, Andersonville Alligators
Block Shots : 14 : Andersonville Alligators

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 49 : H. Oßmann (Detroit Globetrotters)
Rebounds : 19 : M. Kearney (The Dachshunds)
Assists : 10 : C. Ravestein (Detroit Globetrotters)
Steals : 4 : R. Lian (Duke Devilz)
Block Shots : 6 : A. Roche (Andersonville Alligators)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : M. Silver (Defenseless Babies) (22 Points, 4 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Shooting Guard : H. Oßmann (Detroit Globetrotters) (49 Points, 2 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42
Small Forward : D. Ransom (The Dachshunds) (29 Points, 9 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Power Forward : A. Roche (Andersonville Alligators) (9 Points, 7 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 6 Block Shots), D. Moisset (Anchorage Allstars.) (7 Points, 15 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots), P. Nevin (Everett Everymen) (20 Points, 16 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 22
Center : M. Kearney (The Dachshunds) (13 Points, 19 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31

MVP of the evening
H. Oßmann (Detroit Globetrotters) (49 Points, 2 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 42

The bad performance of the evening
L. Meredith (Auto-Strikers) (0 Points, 2 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -5

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : V. Pérez (No Limit BPE) : 7 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : E. Gruber (Page 2) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : K. Field (Wahoo Warriors), N. Valdez (Wahoo Warriors), J. Holm (Page 2), Z. Bopp (Everett Everymen) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : H. Oßmann (Detroit Globetrotters) : 7 Three points

The best performer : G. Snell (Everett Everymen) : Rating : 21.0

The worst performer : E. Pollard (The Dachshunds) : Rating : 2.5

Day 9 (Saturday 25 January 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Duke Devilz 70 - Las Vegas Red Pandas 120
Linndale 105 - The Dachshunds 74
Andersonville Alligators 124 - Wahoo Warriors 89
Detroit Globetrotters 107 - Auto-Strikers 77
Page 2 118 - GloryBoyz 107
Everett Everymen 45 - Anchorage Allstars. 116
Eternityz Rostah 113 - Defenseless Babies 116
No Limit BPE 115 - AZ Sunburn 124

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 124 : Andersonville Alligators, AZ Sunburn
Rebounds : 63 : Linndale
Assists : 36 : Linndale
Steals : 10 : Andersonville Alligators
Block Shots : 9 : Anchorage Allstars., AZ Sunburn

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 42 : A. Junghans (Eternityz Rostah)
Rebounds : 19 : M. Kearney (The Dachshunds)
Assists : 10 : T. Mizoguchi (Eternityz Rostah)
Steals : 6 : Y. Maggitas (Defenseless Babies)
Block Shots : 4 : Y. Xiao (GloryBoyz)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : Y. Xiao (GloryBoyz) (34 Points, 1 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 30
Shooting Guard : Y. Maggitas (Defenseless Babies) (34 Points, 4 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 6 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Small Forward : G. Purcell (Eternityz Rostah) (28 Points, 6 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Power Forward : B. McAlinden (Las Vegas Red Pandas) (27 Points, 9 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 36
Center : M. Thyner (Anchorage Allstars.) (23 Points, 10 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32

MVP of the evening
Y. Maggitas (Defenseless Babies) (34 Points, 4 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 6 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38

The bad performance of the evening
D. Langley (The Dachshunds) (0 Points, 1 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -8

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : I. Bledsoe (Wahoo Warriors) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : T. Mizoguchi (Eternityz Rostah), V. Pérez (No Limit BPE) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : M. Kearney (The Dachshunds), T. Gonzalo Matas (Wahoo Warriors), J. Radford (Wahoo Warriors), J. Hewitt (Auto-Strikers), M. Salti (Auto-Strikers), K. Tanko (Page 2) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : A. Junghans (Eternityz Rostah) : 11 Three points

The best performer : B. McAlinden (Las Vegas Red Pandas), A. Kulacs (AZ Sunburn) : Rating : 16.5

The worst performer : D. Langley (The Dachshunds) : Rating : 2.0

Day 10 (Tuesday 28 January 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Las Vegas Red Pandas 71 - Linndale 85
The Dachshunds 76 - Andersonville Alligators 125
Wahoo Warriors 59 - Detroit Globetrotters 118
Auto-Strikers 105 - Page 2 121
GloryBoyz 101 - Everett Everymen 75
Anchorage Allstars. 107 - Eternityz Rostah 92
Defenseless Babies 79 - No Limit BPE 126
AZ Sunburn 143 - Duke Devilz 108

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 143 : AZ Sunburn
Rebounds : 77 : No Limit BPE
Assists : 38 : AZ Sunburn
Steals : 25 : AZ Sunburn
Block Shots : 10 : Anchorage Allstars., No Limit BPE

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 37 : M. Yancey (Anchorage Allstars.)
Rebounds : 21 : V. Pérez (No Limit BPE)
Assists : 12 : M. Silver (Defenseless Babies)
Steals : 6 : F. Di Matteo (AZ Sunburn)
Block Shots : 4 : L. Janesch (Eternityz Rostah), D. Shilov (Anchorage Allstars.)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : J. Imbroda (AZ Sunburn) (28 Points, 1 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 2 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Shooting Guard : F. Di Matteo (AZ Sunburn) (26 Points, 2 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 6 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Small Forward : M. Muñoz (Detroit Globetrotters) (31 Points, 13 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Power Forward : M. Cummings (Andersonville Alligators) (13 Points, 8 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 23
Center : V. Pérez (No Limit BPE) (22 Points, 21 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38

MVP of the evening
M. Muñoz (Detroit Globetrotters) (31 Points, 13 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots), V. Pérez (No Limit BPE) (22 Points, 21 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38

The bad performance of the evening
W. Colenbrander (Linndale) (3 Points, 1 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots), : Efficiency : -7

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : R. Lian (Duke Devilz) : 10 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : N. Mao (Las Vegas Red Pandas) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : Y. Diassé (The Dachshunds), K. Field (Wahoo Warriors), N. Valdez (Wahoo Warriors) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : Y. Lin Tse (Auto-Strikers) : 8 Three points

The best performer : V. Pérez (No Limit BPE) : Rating : 19.0

The worst performer : E. Pollard (The Dachshunds) : Rating : 2.0

Day 11 (Saturday 1 February 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Andersonville Alligators 86 - Las Vegas Red Pandas 88
Detroit Globetrotters 105 - The Dachshunds 90
Page 2 124 - Wahoo Warriors 102
Everett Everymen 89 - Auto-Strikers 108
Eternityz Rostah 105 - GloryBoyz 125
No Limit BPE 65 - Anchorage Allstars. 90
Duke Devilz 101 - Defenseless Babies 135
Linndale 112 - AZ Sunburn 122

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 135 : Defenseless Babies
Rebounds : 57 : Las Vegas Red Pandas, Anchorage Allstars.
Assists : 36 : Linndale
Steals : 10 : Andersonville Alligators
Block Shots : 13 : Anchorage Allstars.

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 58 : M. Muñoz (Detroit Globetrotters)
Rebounds : 19 : A. Di Massimo (GloryBoyz)
Assists : 14 : W. Colenbrander (Linndale)
Steals : 4 : K. Tanko (Page 2)
Block Shots : 4 : K. Tanko (Page 2), J. Yongyi (Anchorage Allstars.)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : Y. Xiao (GloryBoyz) (41 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Shooting Guard : L. Dolníček (Linndale) (31 Points, 7 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33
Small Forward : M. Muñoz (Detroit Globetrotters) (58 Points, 11 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 61
Power Forward : K. Tanko (Page 2) (30 Points, 10 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 4 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 44
Center : A. Kulacs (AZ Sunburn) (18 Points, 18 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40

MVP of the evening
M. Muñoz (Detroit Globetrotters) (58 Points, 11 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 61

The bad performance of the evening
S. Vujadin (Andersonville Alligators) (0 Points, 1 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots)V. Asikainen (No Limit BPE) (7 Points, 2 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 2 Block Shots)E. Hatalovský (Anchorage Allstars.) (1 Points, 1 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -4

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : J. Radford (Wahoo Warriors) : 5 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : J. Beko (Linndale) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : M. Kearney (The Dachshunds), J. Radford (Wahoo Warriors), J. Holm (Page 2) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : Y. Xiao (GloryBoyz) : 9 Three points

The best performer : M. Muñoz (Detroit Globetrotters) : Rating : 17.5

The worst performer : E. Pollard (The Dachshunds) : Rating : 2.5

Day 12 (Tuesday 4 February 2025) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Las Vegas Red Pandas 91 - Detroit Globetrotters 88
The Dachshunds 69 - Page 2 129
Wahoo Warriors 86 - Everett Everymen 100
Auto-Strikers 80 - Eternityz Rostah 101
GloryBoyz 118 - No Limit BPE 126
Anchorage Allstars. 116 - Duke Devilz 106
Defenseless Babies 124 - Linndale 135
AZ Sunburn 143 - Andersonville Alligators 132

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 143 : AZ Sunburn
Rebounds : 66 : Linndale, AZ Sunburn
Assists : 43 : Anchorage Allstars.
Steals : 14 : Page 2, Eternityz Rostah
Block Shots : 14 : Everett Everymen

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 41 : N. Valdez (Wahoo Warriors)
Rebounds : 21 : K. Tanko (Page 2), J. Beko (Linndale)
Assists : 12 : P. Hengyun (Page 2), J. Babcock (No Limit BPE), A. Reinholm (Linndale)
Steals : 3 : C. Cid (Las Vegas Red Pandas), P. Hengyun (Page 2), K. Tanko (Page 2), E. Gandy (Wahoo Warriors), M. Álvarez (Eternityz Rostah), G. Purcell (Eternityz Rostah), Y. Lin Tse (Auto-Strikers), L. Xiaozheng (Anchorage Allstars.), W. Colenbrander (Linndale), D. Shaji (Andersonville Alligators)
Block Shots : 5 : C. Laury (Page 2)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : W. Colenbrander (Linndale) (33 Points, 4 Rebounds, 9 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Shooting Guard : D. Simmons (Linndale) (32 Points, 7 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Small Forward : B. Dobbie (Defenseless Babies) (33 Points, 11 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Power Forward : J. Beko (Linndale) (22 Points, 21 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Center : K. Tanko (Page 2) (32 Points, 21 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 43

MVP of the evening
K. Tanko (Page 2) (32 Points, 21 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 43

The bad performance of the evening
C. Alexander (The Dachshunds) (0 Points, 2 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -9

Triple-Double of the evening
D. Shilov (Anchorage Allstars.) (14 Points, 12 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : D. Johnson (Everett Everymen) : 7 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : K. Tanko (Page 2), B. Dobbie (Defenseless Babies), D. Shaji (Andersonville Alligators) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : Y. Diassé (The Dachshunds), G. Snell (Everett Everymen), L. Schneider (Everett Everymen), D. Johnson (Everett Everymen), K. Field (Wahoo Warriors), N. Valdez (Wahoo Warriors) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : N. Valdez (Wahoo Warriors) : 9 Three points

The best performer : A. Van Staey (Andersonville Alligators) : Rating : 18.0

The worst performer : E. Pollard (The Dachshunds) : Rating : 2.5

From my season preview...

I’m only ranking the Great 8, because the Big 8 isn’t a problem… yet. [Editor’s note: They become my problem when I can beat 2 of the top 4 in the same season. We’ll see if that happens this season.]

The Great 8 has become my problem. Not a pressing problem ---I still have to get out of the Big 8---, but a problem nonetheless.

We are now 4-1 against the Big 8 this season, and have beaten 2 of the top 4 over there.

Buckle up buttercup

Didn't get the win. Didn't expect to.

Did hold you to a season low in league play. I'll take that. Still figuring out things on offense. We know we're the gang that can't shoot straight. We own that. I can live with the offense we had in the first two quarters if our defense shows up, and it did.

That 3rd quarter was even worse than it looks (I watched it live). So it seems I still have to figure out our 3rd quarter woes.

And yes, I know you weren't really trying. Can't wait for a rematch.

That's some impressive shot blocking you got there. Congratulations on the win. Won't happen again if we see you in the finals.