Game 4

Tonight we had our second home game against BSW Sixers. The Sixers are one of the favorites to win the league because they have 3 Americans who can really play. They have a guard, Elton Coffield, who is the leading scorer in the league with 25ppg and they have a big guy(American) who is very athletic and skilled. The last American they have is a 6'5 wing who can shoot and slash to the basket. We however, have a couple injuries to some main guys. Enoch Wolff, our 7 foot left handed center, was out with the flu. Sebastian Born, who was injured last game, is still out with a hip pointer and Tobias Welzel, our other starting guard, was out as well. We did add two new players to our roster for this game, Jakob Klimek, who came off the DL from an ankle injury and Marcus Bernhart, another guard, to replace Tobias.

When the game started we came out with a lot of energy and jumped out to a 8-2 lead. We continued to control the whole first quarter, winning it 25-13. I came out this game very relaxed which helped me to focus on what I had to do. The second quarter started with us continuing to control the game. We were executing on offense and defending and rebounding on defense, which is usually our weak points. At halftime we were up 45-38 after they made a little run to close the quarter out. I had 13 points at the half. The third quarter started with us having a lot of energy and fire, but so did they. We continued to keep our lead throughout the third quarter but the Sixers continued to chip away at our lead. By the end of the third quarter we were only up one point, 63-62, and they had a little momentum. I tried to keep us fired up and motivated during the break between the third and fourth quarters but it didn't seem to work. The Sixers came out with "fire" in the fourth quarter and we kind of played not to lose instead of playing to win. The Sixers controlled the whole fourth quarter by limiting us to one shot on offense and then scoring at almost at will when they were on offense. We tried to battle back but we just were out matched in the end and we ended up losing 74-84. I finished with 24pts 4ast 4rbs 1stl and 2TO to lead us. We did get great play from Jan Both, our 6'10 center who usually isn't a presence in the post, but played big and strong tonight which is good to see. Hopefully he can continue to play like he did tonight. We did hold Coffield, the leading scorer in the league, under his average, but he finished with 20points. Their three americans combined for over half their points. We had a pretty good home crowd tonight and I'm upset we couldn't get a win for them. They love to support BG74 basketball and we owe it to them to win more game than we lose. The Sixers brought some good fans as well. Their fans had 7 large drums that they beat on during the whole game. It actually hyped me up more rather than distract me from playing.

We have two weeks off before our next game. I'm going to use these two weeks to rest my knee and fully recover.