Season Game 1 preview: Ramat Gan

Tonight is our first regular season game, and I'm pretty pumped about it.  As I tried to explain before, the game last wednesday was not a league game, it was a 'cup' game, so the game does not go on our record, but if we win the cup, we get a significant bonus, therefore, it was a very real game with true significance.  Tonight we play Ramat Gan at their gym, which is about an hour trip south towards Tel Aviv.  I guess I'm going to have to get used to bus trips, because I think most of the away games are an hour or more away.  It really isn't a big deal though, all I gotta' do is bring my iPod Shuffle so I can jam out, and bring the portable DVD player so I can watch 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'.  The team we are playing, Ramat Gan, does not really have any 'big name' foreigners like most of the other teams do.  We watched film on them last night, and they got some guys that can really shoot it, and have no conscience, meaning they will put it up early and often, and not care whether it's goin' in or not.  It's a win lose situation with those teams because on any given night anything can happen... they can either give you a lot of problems if they are shootin' the ball well, or you can really pound them because they have no offense to hang their hat on.  We had a real good couple of days of practice going into this game, so I am pretty confident that we will play well.  The game starts at 19:35 Israeli time, which is 10:35am Cali time.  I am not sure if there is a link to watch it, and even if there is, the game won't be broadcast live anyhow.  I'll put a post up tonight when I get home from the game, and let y'all know how it goes.  Until then, enjoy your Saturday night's sleep!