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Recap of Week 5

Not much excitement this week as Visionaries made it look easy, winning 100-83 and racking up a full quarter of garbage time despite their opponent having one correct GDP guess and a 2-3 vs their LI. It looked like 2017 up in here with LI destroying a Patient despite almost everything pointing the other way. Visionaries secure a spot in the knockout phase and are currently the 8th seed in B3 with a 4-1 (99) record. Congratulations, Peluin! You make the USA proud!

After yet another come-from-behind victory this season– this time in a league game #ShoutOutToWarroad– The Orchestra ran out of miracles. Despite Meade heroically retaking the floor for the final period after an ankle injury at the top of the third, they lost 68-81 to go 3-2 (-19) in B3. They now hold the 62nd seed. With a win in either of the next to weeks they will join Visionaries in the knockout phase.

Sofuegg give up another game to become one of 4 remaining winless teams in B3. They are now 0-5 (-272) and remain the 2nd to last team in B3. Good news: they're nearly guaranteed to face the worst team in B3, so they might snag a W in the end.

This Week:

Visionaries (27) vs Sant Mateu (26, Two-time B3 champion [S21, S51] & S65 Spanish top league champions)
A tough opponent, Sant Mateu boasts seven NT players– two Spanish, two French, an Italian, a Brazilian, and the USA's own Efrain Goldstein. Similar salaries suggest that it may come down to tactics and GS for this one. Will the Visionaries see this one through to victory? Tune in to find out!

The Orchestra (190) vs BC Moonshine Drinkers (17, S65 Latvian cup champions)
Had Rhyminsimon used his old squad's name (Drunken Clams) when he rejoined BB, this would be a battle of the boozers! As it is the Orcs will just have to pray their livers don't fail them. They give up a little salary advantage against the Drinkers' starting five, a group that includes two Latvian NTers. It will be a classic battle of flash vs depth. Orcs will have to make a concerted effort if they want to secure their place in the knockout stage this week!

Sofuegg (201) vs KK Zekica (205, S65 Serbian top league runner-up)
Sofuegg's salary is half what their opponents shell out for players, so look for Sofuegg to get fried in this matchup. But who knows... sometimes weird things happen. We can always root for the USA underdog!

Last edited by Rhyminsimon at 10/24/2024 12:20:40 PM

You worked a lot of puns in to this one, nicely done.
Not so nice on your draw though, you're 3-2 and pull the world #17? Yuck. Good luck!

Yeah. If I make the knockouts it certainly won't be because I got an easy schedule. I've faced WRs 84, 118, 8, 36, 68, and now 17. Not that WR is a perfect reflection of current power.

Average and (median) WR of...
Teams The Orchestra has faced after six: 55.2 (52)
Teams Peluin has faced after six: 96.8 (74.5)
Teams Sofuegg has faced after six: 445 (219)

For reference:
All B3 teams in 6th round: 135.8 (71.5)
Top 5-0 team CEI TOLEDO faced after six: 37.5 (14.5) (inflated since they faced Reptiloids)
Top 4-1 team Sant Mateu faced after six: 104.2 (74)

Sorry for the delay on this one. Had most of a post done and then the kid deleted it.

Anyway, last week was rough. All of us lost, although there were two winnable games. Visionaries got sabotaged by a crucial injury in the first minutes, but nearly pulled it out. Orcs overthought their tactics and shot themselves in the foot. As a result, they trailed the whole game, despite closing the gap to 5pts early in the fourth. Sofuegg lost as expected.

This week, Orcs play a make-or-break game against the Uruguayan top league runner up to hopefully squeak into the round of 64.

Visionaries are trying to nab a 10-14 seed with a win (vs a 30-something seed with a loss) against beefy perennial Venezuelan powerhouse, Syngas.

And Sofuegg gets their gimme vs Reptiloids to notch one win in the round robin.

Let's go America! Also do your civic duty and go vote if you haven't and can legally! #USAUSA

Last edited by Rhyminsimon at 11/5/2024 10:37:07 AM

Good luck!

Recap of Week 7

You get a victory, and you get a victory, and you get a victory! Everybody wins to wash the bad taste of everybody losing last week out of our mouths. Sofuegg left their best players at home for this one, but managed to squeak out a win in what looked like D4 play. But a win is a win! Congrats, sofuegg! Final B3 record in S66 1-6 (-301).

Visionaries were dominant for the first half before settling down to a simmer. But the Kang show absolutely rolled as he went 15-30 from the floor, scoring 38 points in 39 minutes. After wiping away a 3rd period surge from their opponents Visionaries let ten pts of PD slip away from them in the last two minutes. But that wouldn't have ended up making a difference. They end the round robin as the 12th overall seed and a 5-2 (+102) record.

In a do-or-die situation, the Orcs chose to do! New pickup McKenna led the scoring with 25pts in 26 min off the bench. The Blues had butterfingers and gave up 19 turnovers to the Orcs, who played disciplined ball with only 4 turnovers and 7 fouls as a team. The Orchestra ends the round robin as the 59th overall seed and a 4-3 (-10) record.

Particularities of seeding mean that Orcs and Visionaries could only meet in the knockouts if there is an all USA B3 finals. That means you can root for both of us guilt-free!


This Week:

Visionaries (3) vs J.V (14, S63-65 Taiwanese top league champions & S65 cup champions)
Visionaries' opponent carries a lot of depth, but gives up $300k in salary to Visionaries. Look for Peluin's starters (NBBA Allstar picks, all of them!) to handle this challenge without making us too nervous. But hey... it's B3, and everyone's swinging for the fences. Anything can happen!!!

The Orchestra (15) vs BC[T2]Bears (2, S65 Belarussian cup champions & S57 B3 quarterfinalist)
Orcs face a steep challenge in the team holding the contract of USA NT standout Danny Lentz. He is joined by NT players from Italy, Lithuania, China, Belarus (2), and Turkey. Will this ensemble of scrappy Americans be able to send the heavy favorites home and advance to round two? Only one way to find out!

Last edited by Rhyminsimon at 11/7/2024 2:41:27 PM