East Final Four Scores

Sunday, 21 February 2010

Analysis: In the first game of the day, 24/7 took advantage of a Strong Island team that was too busy battling itself instead of playing the game. In the confusion, Yassin put up a 32 point game for 24/7 and the youth and athleticism was just too much for their distracted opponents. 24/7 has built up a nice 14-point lead heading into game two. Strong Island may have to play short-handed in the next contest. In the night game, Styl once again took their opponents apart. This time it was the inexperienced Adrenaline team that got run out of the gym. Styl has built a near 30-point cushion for next week's game with strong defense and timely passing. Adrenaline wanted to play with the big boys, but now that they've had their chance, are they going to run for the hills or will they come out more determined next week?

 

Playoff Brackets Update

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

 

East Round One Results

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Analysis: As expected, Styl and Strong Island advanced to the final four of the Eastern Playoffs. Styl got it on a no show by Triple Threat (I guess they were tired of getting blown out?) but Strong Island had to battle a bit against a feisty Force team. Although Force played them pretty close in the game, they were down by 20+ from the week before so in reality they were down close to 30 when all was said and done. The Eagles and 24/7 game was a good one that went back and forth. Eagles actually took the lead by 8 points in the second half and looked to be cruising before they ran out of steam and began to make poor decisions. 24/7 turned up the pressure and their young legs were just too much for the Eagles. In the Lions vs. Adrenaline game, the Lions' star SG Raman went down early with an unfortunate injury and Lions couldn't recover. Adrenaline held onto their lead coming into the game and even built on it to end the game. We're looking at a final four of Styl vs. Adrenaline and 24/7 vs. Strong Island, as many predicted.

 

West Playoffs: Round One

Monday, 15 February 2010

Analysis: As the HUMANS' captain so eloquently put it: "What an upsetting week!"... You can't be surprised to see some upsets going on because the records of all these teams were not only so close, but the parity is just unprecedented. It's not just that the #7 HUMANS defeated the #2 MKA team, it's how dominant their performance was. It was a blowout. The bottom line was that MKA came out timid while the HUMANS treated it like a finals game. Then you have the #8 Hit-Men who knocked off the favored #1 Strictly Biz with a miracle finish. Biz were slightly short-handed but that's no excuse. Hit-Men hung around long enough to steal this one. The good news for MKA and SB is that they are still alive in this double-elimination playoff format. #3 Rukus took it to #6 SWAT, who was missing their starting PG Reyyad. As usual with these two teams, little defense was being played and the NBA-looking score is evidence of that. Rukus' big guns were just too much for SWAT and Rukus' captain Muhammad lit it up with 5 three's. Likewise, #4 Titans easily dispatched #5 Strong Island. Strong Island's deep bench was nowhere to be found and you could say the same about their defense. Titans ran them out of the gym. The visual version of the brackets will be released tomorrow, but you should know that the Round Two match-ups will be: Hit-Men vs. Titans, RUKUS vs. HUMANS, SWAT vs. MKA, and Strictly Biz vs. Strong Island. In the mini Tea Cup Tournament of the Twinkling Stars™, the 'Ballers abused the comatose Panthers and the Ravens, yes I said the Ravens(!), knocked off the hapless Jaguars. Panthers and Jaguars get to go fishing while the 'Ballers and Ravens will get to play one last game on the 28th for the ultimate supremacy and bragging rights or something.

 

Double Elimination in West

Friday, 12 February 2010

By overwhelming demand, the West playoffs (which is set to begin this week) is changing from a "Best of Two" tournament to a "Double Elimination" tournament. The main difference here is that the teams will play different opponents each week and will be eliminated only after losing twice. The round one games and schedule are unchanged (check schedule page closely for game times and gyms!). The total number of games and weeks needed to complete the tournament isn't going to change, which is why we were even able to do this. The East playoffs will continue as "Best of Two". May the best teams win! For more information and diagrams of what the tournament will look like, check here.