First Game of the Regular Season

Tonight we had our first game against SSV Lokomotive Bernau at home. I was suprised at how many people turned out for the game, cause I'm pretty sure we had close to 100 maybe more. Bernau is supposed to be the best team in our division and they are looking to dominate our league. They had an American guy who had a lot of hype about him by our coach, their coach, the paper, their website and other sources. Honestly, he didn't impress me at all. The game started good, I hit the first basket of the game and we were playing hard and smart. However, we finished up the first quarter down 16pts (15-31) after an 18-0 run by them. Second quarter started the same way the first finished, with Bernau controlling the whole game. At halftime Bernau was up 38-51 and I only had 8pts. It wasn't as though I wasn't shooting I just wasn't hitting. I had a lot of assists that my guys we blowing under the basket. But hey, thats basketball, so I didnt sweat it, and just played through it. In the third quarter we made a little run, but Bernau was just too far ahead to have it make that much difference, but we didnt give up. By the time the fourth quarter had started we had cut the Bernau's lead to 7pts (67-74) I was playing well but I was missing my free throws....Again!!! We ended up losing the game by 9pts 82-91 but we played hard and battled back from 21pts down. I finished the game with 19pts 7ast 2rbs with only 2TO in 33 minutes to lead us. However my free throw struggles continue as I was only 7-12 from the FT line. I believe thats around 58%-60%. Horrible!!!!! So I should have finished with 24pts if I would have made all my FT. Bernau had a big Polish guy who killed us. He finished with 23pts and 18rbs and was just a beast inside. Besides my FT's and the loss, I'm please with how my team and I are progressing each and every game. After the game however, my knee was killing me, so I am glad to have a day off tomorrow...much needed R&R. One of my teammates filmed the game so when I get it i'll break it down and try to make a little highlight tape and post it for all you readers out there in blog land. Our next game is October 3, 2009 against SG Oslebshausen Roosters and it's away. Thanks for reading.