As life is for most people, you win some and you lose some. The same holds true for Maroon in the JCC Newton Men's Basketball League. Now, this was the first game after the start of camp for 4 (soon to be 5) of our players, so not to make excuses but we were a little tired. I was playing basically on one leg since I'm pretty sure I tore my groin completely off the bone playing kickball earlier in the day. But like I said, I don't make excuses. Going up against Black, who murked us in Game 2 before we ran off 3 unbeaten, we wanted to win more than ever before given the trash talking nature of their players (mainly one old guy in reality).
ACTUALLY GOOD
We had enough people there to play since the four of us who had camp earlier in the day did not sleep through the game. Big time moral W.
ACTUALLY BAD
Rebounding. 6 games in and we haven't exactly figured out rebounding yet.
ACTUALLY GOOD
Jake was back and showing no ill effects of his collision last week. His stitches didn't rip either. Major Moral W.
ACTUALLY BAD
Defense. Turns out when you play a team that isn't totally one-dimensional, you will have a fair number of defensive lapses and moments where you really don;t know what to do to stop the other team from putting the ball in the net.
ACTUALLY GOOD
Consistent scoring. Since getting blown out by this team 4 games ago, we've put up at least 90 points in every game, including this one.
ACTUALLY BAD
Finding out Jake is leaving August 7 and will not be available for the playoffs. That's our leading scoring and probably put best player out. But...
ACTUALLY GOOD
Finding out we could have some MAJOR ringers reinforcements coming for the playoff run. Don't wanna get my hopes up yet, but rest assured if we pull it off we may not win by less than 25, let alone lose, ever again.
We got murked again by Black, bringing our record back to .500 and halting our 3-game win streak. Next one will be a major bounce back, I can feel it.
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