Second Game of the Year

Today we had our second game of the season away against SG Oslebshausen. It was about a 2hr drive to the city of Bremen where the team is located and we got to the gym about 30 minutes before tip off because of traffic. We started the game out slow, but so did they so it was pretty even early. The first quarter ended with us being down 4 21-17. I had 5pts in the first quarter. The second quarter was pretty even until about half way through and they made a run to push their lead to 16pts at the half. I sat out the last 5 minutes of the second quarter with foul trouble after I picked up my third foul. It was a bad call but oh well. I had 12pts at the half but we were down 35-51. We came out in the third quarter with a lot of fire and we made a little run to cut the lead to 6, 50-56, but agian I picked up a dumb foul and was forced to the bench with four fouls. The fourth quarter started with them making a big run and they never really looked back after that. We ended up losing the game 94-77, to a team who we should have beat. However, to the other teams credit they did shoot the piss out of the ball. I mean they almost made every shot they took. They finished the game shooting 51% from the field and 55% from the 3pt line. We, however shot 38% from the field and 28% from the 3pt line. I finished with 31pts 1rb 3st 2ast and 4TO. I shot 9-16 for the game, 4-8 from the 3pts line and 9-9 from the free throw line in only 28 minutes because of foul trouble. Tonight we were missing one of our better players, Max, who was gone with his family in another city. Not having him really hurts us because he brings a lot of toughness, energy, leadership and scoring. Since Max was gone I had to carry the bulk of the scoring load. Usually I wouldn't have a problem with shooting more but for some reason I could get my head into the game. Which is weird because I had a season high of 31pts, but I think the early foul troubles messed with my rhythm. Well, we are 0-2 for the season and have another away game next week. Hopefully we can play a lot better and pick up our first win of the season. My knee is doing about the same, still swelling after practice and games but i've upped my icing and rehab methods and it has helped a little. Hopefully this week it will heal up a little more so I can be close to full strength. The picture is of the gym we played in. It was one of the worst gyms i've ever seen..haha...but I sure did light that crappy gym up..haha Thanks for reading.