Recaps

Week 9
Open Division 
#7 Rock Center (73) v. #10 Fly Squad (53)
The playoff round begins with a matchup between #7 Rock Center versus #10 Fly Squad in the first play-in game. Both teams were short a player and started the game 4-on-4! The Fly Squad was a little bit off their game on Sunday. Everyone but Ivan Dorsey, that is. Dorsey scored 25 of his teams 28 1st half points on his way to a game high 40pt effort! Meanwhile, Rock Center had more of a balanced attack. Brett scored 15 of his 29pts in the first half and Brain G. went for 23pts (21pts in the second half). The first half ended with Rock Center leading, 30-28! There was no stopping Rock Center in the second half! As a team, they outshot Fly Squad 62% to 32% and outscored them 42-24! The rest of the Fly Squad only scored 13pts! They needed a second scorer to make the game competitive! Rock Center moved on to the next round by winning, 73-53! Thanks to Fly Squad! See you guys next season!
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Rock Center 
34-62 54% fgs
4-16 25% 3pt
3-9 33% fts
Brett 29p 11r 3b
Brain G. 23p 5r 7a 1t
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Fly Squad 
20-58 34% fgs
8-25 32% 3pt
5-7 71% fts
Ivan 40p 11r 1a 2s 1t
John 9p 3r 1a
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#8 Splash City (59) v. #9 Boogie (56)
The next matchup in our play-in round has two teams that are hungry to move on in Splash City and Boogie! The first half had the teams feeling each other out, it appeared to be a defensive game. Splash City shot only 8-23 fgs (35%) but led the game, 24-20! Splash City, went off on Boogie in the 3rd quarter, outscoring them 27-14 and at the end of three quarters were up, 51-34! The game was all about done except for one last run by the Boogie team! The Boogie team outscored Splash City by a score of, 22-8 in the last quarter! Bringing them all the way back tying the game at 56! They had a chance to take the lead with two free throws but Byron missed both tries! Splash City made theirs to win, 59-56!
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Splash City
21-47 45% fgs
8-31 38% 3pt
9-12 75% fts
Zo 21p 5r 3a 4s 3t
Trabee 19p 2r
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Boogie
21-48 44% fgs
5-14 36% 3pt
9-19 47% fts
Rebo 14p 3r 3a 1s 2t
Ant 11p 11r 3a 4s 2t
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#3 United Nations (61) v. #6 Knights (53)
Next up was, the defending champions, United Nations versus Knights Basketball! The United Nations came out strong outscoring the Knights, 20-3 after the first quarter! The Knights were held to one field goal in the first quarter (1-11 fgs). The United Nations led at the half, 30-14! The uphill battle had only begun for the Knights! Behind 10pts from Chris and Ryan and a team high 11pts from Clayton the Knights began their comeback. But 22pts from team captain Toby and 18pts out of Mac put the game out of reach and United Nations move on in the playoffs with a 61-53 victory!
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United Nations 
22-48 46% fgs 
5-16 31% 3pt
12-20 60% fts 
Toby 22p 3r 1a
Mac 18p 5r 5a 3s 2t
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Knights Basketball 
19-49 39% fgs
8-24 33% 3pt
3-7 43% fts
Chris 10p 7r 2s 3t
Clayton 11p 3r
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#1 Big Game Ballers (70) v. #8 Splash City (49)
We're on to Round 2 of the playoff round! The undefeated Big Game Ballers take on Splash City, who are playing their second game of the day. Splash City showed their fatigue early in the first half, they only were able to shoot 7-22 fgs (32%) to the Big Game Ballers 12-27 fgs (44%). Splash City trailed, 32-17, going into the half! Only two players for Splash City had enough gas left in them for this game! Zo (14pts) and Boy (22pts) combined 36 of their teams 49pts! The Big Game Ballers had a balanced scoring attack! Led by DeAngelo's 18pts and Winston's double-double (13p 16r), Big Game was definitely on top of their game with a 70-49 victory!
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Big Game Ballers
27-64 42% fgs
8-31 26% 3pt
8-11 73% fts 
DeAngelo 18p 7r 2t
Winston 13p 16r 1a 1s 2b 2t
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Splash City 
21-57 37% fgs
3-21 14% 3pt
4-11 36% fts
Boy 22p 9r 1a 1s 2b 3t
Zo 14p 3r 4a 1s 1b
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#2 Primetime (72) v. #8 Rock Center (78)
Next up in this round has #8 Rock Center, playing for the second time today, versus #2 Primetime! Neither team had a bench, they played the whole game 5-on-5! Both teams came out firing! Rock Center was 14-27 fgs (52%) while Primetime shot a blistering 17-26 fgs (65%) but they only led by 2pts at the half, 36-34. Tyrone was playing like a man possessed! He shot 10-11 fgs in the first half and scored 21 of his game high 36pts and Vikka came thru with 19pts! Rock Center had a little left in their tank! Brain's 18pts in the second half along with Brett's 12pts paced Rock Center to a victory in this high scoring game, 78-72!
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Primetime 
31-58 53% fgs
5-14 36% 3pt
7-13 54% fts
Tyrone 36p 6r 4a 1s 2t
Vikka 19p 6r 3a 1b 3t
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Rock Center
32-61 52% fgs
6-21 29% 3pt
9-15 60% fts
Brain G. 30p 8a 3s
Brett 18p 8r 1a 3b 1t
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#4 Gamble Team (34) v. #5 Balls Out (50)
The final game of the second round was a matchup between the #4 Gamble Team versus #5 Balls Out. Both teams were at full strength and ready to roll! Balls Out jumped out to an early 19-9 first quarter lead! Darryl's defense stood out and lead his team with 3stls! The first half Balls Out shot the ball extremely well (54%) to Gamble Team's 36% (8-22 fgs) and led at the half 32-20! The poor shooting, for the Gamble Team, carried over to the second half! Quez was Gamble Team's lone bright spot. He scored a team high, 15pts on 6-11 fgs. The defensive pressure applied by Balls Out was too much for Gamble could handle! The final score was Balls Out winning, 50-34!
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Gamble Team 
14-44 32% fgs 
5-20 25% 3pt
1-3 33% fts
Quez 15p 5r 2s 3t
Mark 7p 3r 1s 3t
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Balls Out
22-46 48% fgs
2-11 18% 3pt
3-8 38% fts
Brandon 11p 3r
Tenn 10p 8r 1s 1b 2t
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Division 1
#4 Go Get It (56) v. #5 Squadron (60)
We get started with Go Get It versus the Squadron team! The Go Get It team jumped out to an 18-11 1st quarter lead behind 10pts from Jason Rockwell. Meanwhile, the Squadron team shot 6-19 fgs (32%) in the first half. Go Get It led at the half, 25-17! All things changed for Squadron in the second half. Squadron came out on fire in the second half! Five out of the six players that suited up scored for them led by Travis Hom who had 27pts and Yukhi added 13pts! Steve showed a good all around floor game with 5pts, 5rebs and 5asts! Go Get It tried to get back in the game but were unable to. Their 3pt shooting, which is usually their strong suit, let them down in the second half (2-10 3pt). A failed late comeback was all they could muster! As Squadron, the 5th seed, upset Go Get It, 60-56!
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Go Get It
19-46 41% fgs
4-19 21% 3pt
14-17 82% fts
Jason 30p 7r 3s
Sean 7p 2r 5a
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Squadron 
21-40 53% fgs 
8-18 44% 3pt 
12-13 92% fts 
Travis 27p 2r 4a 2s
Yukhi 13p 6r 1s 1t
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#2 Boogie (68) v. #7 BABA Empire (73)
Another exciting game was next on the docket, when #2 Boogie took on #7 BABA Empire! The Boogie team behind Rebo and Prabe, who both went for 18pts, held control in the first half, leading 35-29 at the break. But the BABA Empire wasn't done! They shot 10-17 fgs (59%) in the 3rd quarter behind 12pts from Doug and outscored the Boogie team 24-14 in the period to take a 5pt lead going into the pivotal 4th quarter! The Boogie team was in a panic wondering how they got into this predicament!? But they regrouped and came back on a 10-0 run with 1:00 left in the clock to tie the game! Two late 3's, by TK and Adonis, capped the comeback but that wasn't enough as the "Empire Strikes Back" and scored the final 5pts to win the game in the biggest upset of the day, 73-68!
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Boogie
30-58 51% fgs
5-12 42% 3pt 
5-9 56% fts
Prabe 18p 10r 1a 2t
Rebo 18p 3r 5a 1s 3t
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BABA Empire 
29-58 50% fgs 
4-12 33% 3pt
12-15 80% fts 
Sydney 22p 3r 1a 2s 1t
Asanti 21p 5r 1a 2s
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#3 Hapanese (72) v. #6 Eagles (74) F/OT
The most exciting game of the day was when #3 Hapanese battles against #6 Eagles! The first quarter both teams were moving the ball up and down the court! With Hapanese leading by 2pts. Ryan (17pts) and Ares (16pts) led the way for Hapanese in the first half. They were leading 39-34 at the half. In the second half, the Eagles, led by Alec's double-double (26p 12r) came back from down by 6pts entering the 4th quarter! With Alec and Jovelle coming up big late in the final period and in overtime to win the game by 2pts, 74-72!
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Hapanese 
31-59 53% fgs 
6-14 43% 3pt
4-7 57% fts 
Ares 32p 5r 1s 1t
Ryan 26p 3r 4a 2t
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Eagles 
30-57 53% fgs 
5-12 42% 3pt
9-13 69% fts 
Alec 26p 12r 2a 3b 2t
Quez 12p 5r 2a 4s
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Division 2
#4 SF Flight (43) v. #5 Beastion (40)
In this #4 vs. #5 battle, the #5 seeds have gone on to win in the Open and in D1! Will the same happen in D2? SF Flight was going to try to change that versus Beastion! But Beastion had other ideas! They came out strong to the tune of 16-4 after the first quarter! It was an uphill battle from then on. London, of Beastion, showed up in the first half with 10pts! Beastion was leading at the first half, 27-18! In the third quarter, Beastion was able to lengthen their lead by one point! With a 10pt lead going into the fourth Beastion seemed to let their foot off the gas and allowed Flight back in the game! Law Johns showed up big! He had 12pts in the second half and led his squad to a 15-2 4th quarter and with time running out Law hit a 3pter to win the game, 43-40!
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SF Flight 
15-40 38% fgs 
3-8 38% 3pt
10-18 56% fts 
Law 16p 3r 3a 1s 2b 1t
Arj 12p 8r 1a 2b 4t
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Beastion 
17-46 37% fgs 
4-13 31% 3pt
4-11 36% fts 
London 12p 5r 1a 2s 1b
Nick 7p 3r 3a 2s 1b
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#8 Dawgs (50) v. #9 Kanji-Ka (47)
With the #7 seed already winning, the winner of this game will play the #1 seed! So, the Dawgs and Kanji-Ka knew who they were going to play with a victory! The game started off slow. Not much scoring. A feel out process. The second quarter both teams loosened up and both teams scored 20+ points! For Kanji-Ka, John (16pts) and Che (23pts) did most of the damage for their team! They were ahead by a single point at the half! Then the third quarter came along and Kanji-Ka went cold! The Dawgs outscored them 11-3 in the quarter to take a 7pt lead! Che almost brought Kanji-Ka all the way back with his 3pt arsenal (7-11 3pt) but fell a bit short. Losing by 3pts, 50-47!
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Dawgs
16-46 35% fgs
2-6 33% 3pt
17-21 81% fts
Ryan 14p 5r 5a 2s 1t
Dez 13p 3r 1s 1t
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Kanji-Ka 
16-47 34% fgs
10-21 48% 3pt
5-6 83% fts
Che 23p 3r 3a 1t
John 16p 5r 1t
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#2 Xia Yu (51) v #7 Swishers (48)
Next up, we have the Swishers playing in the second round versus Xia Yu! These teams are very familiar with one another being from the same family (Squadron)! This was a tightly played game where neither team could build a big lead. Dorian, of Xia Yu, scored 17 of his 27pts in the first half. Xia Yu was up at halftime, 27-25! The second half was a dogfight! Both teams trading buckets. For the Swishers, Travis Hom (21p 9r) and Steven Tom (15p 5r) did everything they could do but unfortunately wasn't enough. As Xia Yu had an insurmountable lead that they would not relinquish! Their 2pt halftime lead grew to a 3pt victory as Xia Yu wins the game, 51-48!
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Xia Yu
18-46 39% fgs
5-12 42% 3pt
10-12 83% fts
Dorian 27p 7r
Chris 7p 6r 3a
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Swishers 
14-41 34% fgs
5-20 25% 3pt
15-23 65% fts
Travis 21p 9r 4s 1t
Steve 15p 5r 2a 1t
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#1 East Bay Cardinals (50) v. #8 Dawgs (51)
The top seeded East Bay Cardinals had a pretty "easy" time in the regular season but this is the playoffs and the #8 seed, Dawgs. They were without a couple of their key members last week when they met and were demolished by the Cardinals! The Dawgs wanted revenge to prove that they were still one of the top dogs in the division! The Dawgs put it on the Cardinals in the first half! Ryan Sera scored 13 of his 18pts in the half to put the Dawgs up 33-18 at the break! The Cardinals weren't done, by a long shot! They were out to prove the regular season was not a fluke! Nate Bevau scored a game high, 20pts, and Jalen Betonga registered a double-double (18p 10r)! It was a galant effort but they fell to the Dawgs by a single point, 51-50!
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East Bay Cardinals 
17-41 41% fgs
2-5 40% 3pt
14-24 58% fts
Nate 20p 8r 1a 1s 2t
Jalen 18p 10r 2a
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Dawgs 
19-48 40% fgs
6-11 55% 3pt
7-9 78% fts 
Ryan 18p 5r 3a 1s 1t
Bradley 9p 5r 2a 3s 1b 1t
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#3 Splash Kuyas (62) v. #6 Putties (42)
The final game of a long day was the #3 ranked Splash Kuyas versus the #6 Putties! The Putties had 6 players to the Splash Kuyas 5, but that's as far as their advantages go! The Putties "shot themselves in the foot" by going 1-15 3pt (7% ouch!) in the first half! They were down big at the half, 34-10! Jmac (14pts) and JJ (16pts) did combine for 30pts but it came mostly in garbage time! The Splash Kuyas showed their dominance on the boards by out rebounding the Putties, 35-22! Warren messed around and got a double-double (12p 13r) and DeAndre had a  nice floor game 16pts, 5rebs and 5asts! The Splash Kuyas cruised to an easy 20pt victory, 62-42! 
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Splash Kuyas 
24-58 41% fgs 
3-12 25% 3pt
8-10 80% fts 
DeAndre 16p 5r 5a 3s 1b 2t
Warren 12p 13r 1a 1s 1t
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Putties 
16-57 28% fgs 
6-29 21% 3pt
4-8 50% fts
JJ 16p 5r 1a 6t
Jmac 14p 6r 2s