GameLog 8/18

We had 5 full rotations of guys come out to play yesterday. Plus an odd man. So on a day when we had over 20 guys show up I was really happy to have gotten their early and played on a solid team. I got to run in 4 games and still be done before 7:30 after a very good workout.

I found that it's easier to lose after you've won three close ones in a row and taken the last one pretty far against a bigger fresher team. :)

The nicest thing about yesterday was the matchups usually had me paired up against a weaker defender so I ended up doing a fair amount of scoring. I wasn't as effective jumpshooting off of screens like I like to be, but my shot felt a lot better, and given a little space, I was dropping them. I got a lot of open layups and baseline openings, and Doug was rebounding and cleaning up the stuff that I was missing. Mike and the other Ben were banging down low and taking the bulk of the defensive work as well as running the offense, and we put together a really good run.

And as the trend seems to be, once HollyG showed up to watch, I put together a little scoring run to put a little dent in the margin that we were losing by :) I hit driving layup on the left, and mid range jumper on the right. Then I threw a long (very risky) pass that Doug miraculously caught and converted. I always seem to play better when she's watching :)

Ahh, good times. Oh and we tried out the new ball. Also I need new shoes. My big toe can feel the blacktop.