victory

tonight we finally closed out a victory overcoming the third quarter curse. By all accounts they should have won given they had decent players and two bigs against 1.5 big (me and a ring in) and a team of asians (height challenged asians). I think defensively is where we closed them out, playing a fairly tight zone they were pretty crippled on offense. On occasion the big man was able to make his way into the middle and score but it wasn't consistent enough for them to rely on it. Woot! victory is sweet!

Highlights were milking two turn overs using a neat little trick against big guys. I don't know when i thought of this or when i started doing it but somehow its ingrained into my game now. Basically starts off the ball and say a big player (generally white) is trying to cut in, box me out or gain position. Typical big man behaviour cuts and I intercept, get my feet planted in a wide stance ready for the box out. They unexpectedly run into me but are somehwat distracted .. looking for the ball, looking at the ring, i let my upper body hang loose and react to their pushing. To them their body is telling them whatever is in the way is giving way so they push harder to push through. But my feet dont move and what actually happens is my top half gets pushed over and i put my hands out to brace myself against the ground.

*whistle* PUSHING FOUL!

oh sweet sweet scams.. like my *take charge and rake them as hard as possible on the way down*

hehe =)