Sunday night we had the opportunity to put ourselves in a great spot in the league. Before Sunday's games, there were six teams all tied with the same, best record (3-1). All six of those teams played each other on that night, so with a win, we would at least be in the top 3 in the league. We played a very good team in Jerusalem who was fresh off laying a beat down on Maccabi Tel Aviv a few days before. This was a game that was easy to get excited for because of the ramifications of both a win or a loss. The crowd was unbelievable, even ten minutes before game time, and the atmosphere was wonderful. We started out the game going back and forth with them, basically all the way through the first half. We had some opportunities to extend, but like most good teams, Jerusalem didn't let us. We went into half time a bit stagnant, and trailing by two. The story was the same in the third quarter, back and forth, back and forth. Jerusalem's 3-man, this 6'9'' guy who plays a lot like Peja Stoyakovic for those of you who are NBA fans, got it going a little bit, but we kept it close and were only trailing by 6 or so after 3 quarters. When it was time to grind, we tried our best, but a lot of the guys who have been playing are logging A LOT of minutes, and I am pretty sure they were fatigued. They extended it to about 12 points, and we started making a late run, cut it to 5 or so, but just didn't have enough in the tank to finish it out. Now we have lost our last two league games, so we have to soul-search a little bit, and get back to our winning ways. The final of the Jerusalem game was 80-73.
If you are wondering why I haven't been talking at all about how I'm playing it's because I'm not really playing at all. I get spot minutes (actually seconds) every now and then at the end of quarters, but I am working hard to change that daily in practice. Once I start gettin' more burn I will be sure to inform you all haha.
Lastly, the fashion show was tonight, and it was a big success. I will post pictures, and write a brief blog on it tomorrow! Hope you all have a real cool Monday.
