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After two rounds we have a clear winner from Home Axis ( must of rigged his write ups ;) ) in Thomas Friedrich Mayriedl who was the only player to recieve maximum votes in both games.

I definitely cheated. Not even gonna lie.

Nah, juss jokes, if anyone disagrees, they're welcome to go through the games and look for better options.

I think your votes have been great always look forward to the read

I think your votes have been great always look forward to the read

I agree and I'm not even in the East. :-)

I agree and I'm not even in the East but I wish I was. :-(

Fixed.

I agree and I'm not even in the East but I wish I was. :-(

Fixed.

LOL That's cruel. :-)

In all seriousness, although I'm getting beaten well by the big boys, I'm absorbing and learning constantly. For me it comes down to this: When I'm beaten, I'm analysing both sides closely so that next time we meet I'm better. That doesn't mean I'll win the second game, but if I reduce the gap I've won in my mind.

I'm relishing the opportunity to try tactics for the sake of trying them just to anaylse the results. It's all good. I'm not deflated by any losses nor will I be. Although I should just say now that our match this week, Yoda, is going to be a bloodbath and peeps, upon seeing our box score, will be forgiven for confusing the scoreline with an Allstar game scoreline.

lol

unlike ours? :P

if I reduce the gap I've won in my mind.

This is how I treat pretty much all competition.

When I was living in London, I used to play this Asian guy in badminton. At the start, he would thrash me. I just wanted to keep playing, because I knew that, teach time, I would get a tiny bit closer. After about a month, I started winning. He started coming up with "sore ankle" excuses and didn't want to play as much any more...

Sore ankles are a real thing! I swear

I'm waiting for the weather to heat up so I can get active again, I gotta start with swimming due to an injury I picked up late last year

Who's doing this last week's ones? One has already been done for you!

Totally agree. I had the same experience with squash. A friend had been playing for years and was really good, I was totally hopeless but was so fit and fast that he could just about never hit a winner against me so I would just wear him down and down with massive rallies. At the start he always won but by the end we were about equal. I only stopped because of an injury and then he had to move to Perth for work.

Round 3

Game 2

Gisborne Gladiators vs. Geelong Vipers 76 - 62 (52064386)

This game was sown up in the 2nd where the Gladiators put the Vipers to the sword with a 23-8 quarter. The Vipers showed some venom late to get the margin back to a respectable 14 points. The Gladiators went with an inside isolation which saw a very even game offensively with no player taking over 11 shots and only one player taking under 7. The Vipers managed to slow the game down with their Patient offense and get it into the hands of their go-to man Bertens, but he was smothered all night by Dimai and shot his team out of the game with his 8-40 from the field. All said and done the Gladiators triumphed leaving them in 6th with a 2-1 record. The Vipers remain winless in 10th, however i would expect to see them win a few in the coming weeks.

3 votes - Giulio Dimai (GIS)
He gets this due to multiple factors. Firstly because he top scored for his team with 15 points off 6-10 shooting. But more importantly for his superb defensive display as mentioned above on Bertens.

2 votes - Eric Sheldon (GIS)
Sheldon was clinical from the floor with 6-9 FG for his 13 points along with 13 rebounds in his 30 minutes of playing time.

1 vote - Sam Rosales (GEE)
Rosales went 50% from the field to score the second most for his side with 11 points. However with 9 rebounds of which 3 were off the offensive glass and 3 blocks he deserves a vote. Not to mention he managed to keep his opponent Fejdasz relatively quiet.