Despite the scoreline, today's match was a tough one, trading many baskets, losing and gaining the lead several times throughout the entire game. We knew before the game, this was going to be our toughest match apart from the Paya Lebar CSC host's team game.
The interesting thing was, our sec ones actually did a much better job than most of our sec twos today.
We started off fabulously, exhibiting rather disciplined defense as we settled into the game early, running fast breaks and surprising our opponents. However, we did leak a few times at the top of the key when their quick and fast point guard, no. 5 tay wee, burned us a couple of times after a 11-0 run. We ended the first quarter 17-7, ten points up.
The second quarter was a heartbreaker. Coach substituted a second team and they ran the plays poorly, with one particular forward not active in the play and that led to many turnovers. No. 5 and no. 4 were extremely efficient at driving the middle and finishing in traffic. Slowly, at the 7th minute, our lead was destroyed and we were down by one. Seeing enough, coach put back the entire first team back into the game and we got back the lead, 27-29 at the buzzer due to the opponents adjusting to the pace of the game.
In the third quarter, Coach set a play for two of the more experienced sec two players in the second team to try and extend our lead, which included a pick at high post and the point guard driving the lane. However, our point guard dribbled a little bit too much, reluctant to pass and we were only saved by offensive rebounds. We also let no.4 and no.11 drive to the baskets constantly, stop shuffling after screens and they just keep managing to score many shots as long as they're open, even off balance ones. Many underbaskets were unconverted, including one which one of our players got a clean steal and missed a 1-0 lay up. Fortunately, we ended the game tied 43-43.
The fourth quarter was different. We increased our tempo, and managed to get many fast breaks, with Ming Jun managing to put the ball in. We also managed to drive to the basket. This was probably because the opponents were tired and played bad defense. The opponent then changed their defense to a 2-3 zone. When we saw the change in defense, we immediately changed the offense which proved successful, and we held on to the lead till the end.
Today's game is one of the best for our secondary ones, and one of the worse for the secondary twos. As seniors, it is important to lead a good example to our juniors and to play worse than them or to show poor attitude before the game is a bad influence. Good job to Ming Jun, with his steadily improving offensive skills and Chun Cheong for his game high 15 points, scoring 9 points in the first quarter, accounting for more than half of the points in that quarter.Take this lesson, and lets prepare for our final match on Saturday, against East View.
MVPs:
(RI)
Ming Jun
Chung Cheong
(JSS)
No. 4
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well done guys!
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