Friday, March 14, 2008

RI 49-38 WRS

Our 3rd 4th game was played at the courts of SAS, starting at around 7. We decided to implement talking into a serious part of warm-up, counting all the made baskets, calling for ball, and calling 4 the player whom we were passing to. This was to ensure tat we didn't make the same mistakes like in the previous match.

When the match started, both teams were nervous, making unforced turnovers. However, our team didn't box out and allowed WRS to get way too many rebounds. Our communication was somewhat improved, relative to the previous match. In the game, however, we had several points of which we had some miscommunications, allowing some open lay-ups from the other team. We ended the quarter trailing by a narrow margin.

In the 2nd and 3rd quarters, we picked up the pace and our confidence grew. We played better, although still making a couple of mistakes. During these periods, we changed into a 3-2 zone, which the other team found how to break. However, the other started to fling wild 3s. Although they missed quite a few, we did not box out and allowed their centers to grab offensive rebounds and put them back it.

At the start of the 4th quarter, we played our best through the game. Although we started it trailing, we soon managed to get our grip and controlled the flow of the game. In the last 2 mins, we managed to do our 5 (press) very well, and forced several key turnovers that we converted into easy lay-ups and points. This managed to allow us to have a double digit lead when we ended the match.

Also, the following were named as all-stars of the ISIBL tournament:
-Justin Chua
-Jordaan Goh
-Brendan Sim
-Ding Jian Han

Effectively, we had 4 out of 5 of our starting lineup as all-stars!!

And so concludes our ISIBL campaign!

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