Well sports fans, since some of you missed the ABC Sports piece on the Sulzbach-Rosenberg 2nd Mens Basketball I thought I’d give you a recap of the latest.
Last month we finished our season with a 7:5 record putting us in 3rd place from 7 teams in the lowest adult league in our region. With that we made the placement round, a mini-tournament where the top 4 teams in our league play against the bottom 3 teams in the league one rung above us. Some teams will move up a league next year, some down. We’ve now played two new games in this tournament with less than stellar results.
A week ago, we led TSV 1904 Langquaid by 3 points at halftime only to fall completely apart and loose by 18 (73:91). It was depressing. I personally had a great first half with three 3-point shots, a couple steals (kids have a tendency to underestimate the gray haired old guys :-)) and a few good assists. On my way to a season high at the half I was feeling real good despite having half a roll of tape on my left hand from a serious jam from Friday evening’s practice. In the second half, we might as well have been playing blindfolded the way we were handing the other team the ball. I personally threw away 3 balls in what could only be described as pathetic play. I wasn’t any worse than the rest of my comrades, but I still wanted to crawl under the floorboards. That would have been even more of a feat since it is a linoleum covered concrete floor.
Last night, TS Regensburg smoked us like cheap cigars (76:47) but at least we were never ahead (the first twenty seconds withstanding) and never really had a chance. It stayed a friendly game and we walked off feeling considerably better than the week before. I took a pretty good shot to the knee so it’s a good thing we’ve a break in practice and I’ll be traveling in the states for the next two games … maybe that will help not only my knees but the team’s chances.
