Game Four: Our First L, to Galil Galboa

Tonight we had the Saturday Night game of the week against Galil Galboa, a team that is located about an hour northeast of Haifa.  They are a guard-heavy squad, and run the crap out of the high pick and roll.  We didn't play our best game, but we put ourselves in a great position to win the game as we were up 5 points with 1:15 to go.  A couple bad lapses on the defensive boards allowed them to tie the game with 28 seconds to go in regulation.  We still were in a great position, ball in hand, tie game, and we got to take the last shot.  Our point guard, Doron, took it strong to the rack, got hit a couple times en route, powered through, but missed a little 10 foot float piece that went in and out.  In overtime they took control, and they extended the lead, and really put us in a hole when their big man hit a step back 3 pointer as the shot clock expired.  They really just wore us down with the high pick and roll, and took advantage of the fact that our guys had piled up a lot of minutes in regulation.  As for myself, I played 4 minutes in the first half, and didn't get any action in the 2nd half, or in overtime.  We are now 3-1, and we are either in 3rd or 4th place now, I'm not sure.  We play Galil Galboa again on Thursday night, this time in a 'cup' game.  Fortunately for us, we get them in our gym, so we can have a lil' homecourt advantage this time around.  Following that, we play Jerusalem on Sunday, so we have two tough games coming up that we need to get ready for.  Hopefully we learn from this, and don't let it effect us in the next game Thursday.