Game # 2 Basic Soft vs Diamonds on my Neck

Final Score:
Basic Soft 47
Diamonds 64

Coach Po press conference:

Q: Coach even though you lost how much better do you think your team looked?
A: Well Bob, I think we looked miles above last week. I think we came out a lot more relaxed and it showed early.

Q: What did you guys do differently this time that helped you not get mercy ruled?
A: Stop smiling Fred, we still lost so there is nothing funny right now. I think we just relaxed and stop trying to thread the needle with every single pass. I think we worked the ball inside a lot more and made the defense work harder.

Q: What changes still have to be made in order to actually win a game this season?
A: Thats a good question, Joesph... I can tell you went to college for 4 years. Anyway, we need to have better communication on the court. Every damn time we got pressed we turned the ball over or did something dumb. I think we need better play out of our PG as well. 12 turnovers in 2 games out of the PG spot is just not going to get it done, look for a change to be made there in the coming weeks.

Q: Be honest, coach- Can you win a game this season?
A: Yes, in fact..... I GUARANTEE IT


Game Summary:

Basic Soft started out the game on fire with a couple of 3s from Rick Rouan. Basic Soft enjoyed their first lead of the season at 11-6, then fell apart. Diamonds on my Neck went on a 16-2 run and took the lead 22-13. Rick Rouan continued to make 3s and also a couple of nice baskets by Matt Zapotosky kept Basic Soft in the game in the first half cutting the margin to 25-21 with 20 seconds left. Jason Fazzone had a couple of bad turnovers right before half which cost the team 4 additional pts and at the half it was Diamonds 29 Basic Soft 21.
The lead continued to get bigger in the 2nd half mainly due to a lack of defensive effort. Having only 7 players took its toll as Basic Soft players wore down in energy the entire half. Fighting through the pain of leg cramps, Rick Rouan played an amazing game scoring a team-high 18 pts and grabbed a team-high 9 rebs, and also chipped in 3 assists. Matt Zapotosky ended up with a team-high 14 shot attempts making 5 of them. He finished with 13 pts and 4 assists. Jim Coleman, who was a late addition to the starting lineup due to Jeff Creamer's extreme softness, had a nice game scoring 10 pts and grabbing 6 rebs. Even though the offensive scoring clicked much better, the let down came on the defensive end and with turnovers. Once again Basic Soft put up too many turnovers (17). Not mentioning any names, but the PG put up another 6 turnover game. Coach Po thinks hes going to start Zapotosky at the PG and move the 'un-named individual' to SG next week.

Team Box Score:

-------------------FGM-FGA---Rebs---Ast---TOs---Pts
Jason Fazzone:-------1-3----------8------2-----6------2
Matt Zapotosky:-----5-14---------3------4-----2------13
Jon Brauer:-----------1-6----------6------0-----3------2
Rick Rouan:----------7-11---------9------3-----1------18
Jim Coleman:--------5-8----------4------0---- 2------10

Kyle Grantham:-----1-2-----------0------0----2-------3
Luke Myers:---------0-0-----------1------0----1-------0

Coach Po: 1 torn ACL, 1 timeout called, 1 "lary hughes" chant, 1 notebook slam, 1 fine job of keeping stats


Next Game:
Basic Soft vs The Jordans- 2/14 10:45pm Ping Center Court # 1


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