Beat Qiryat Ata after slow start... got some meaningful minutes...

Sorry for the delay, I was going to post yesterday, but ended up going to Tel Aviv with a couple of my teammates to shop and try some restaurant.  It was a good decision as we hit up this restaurant called Dixie's, and they had the best chicken wings everrrrrrr.  Anyway, we played Qiryat Ata two nights ago (Sunday night).  Once again, we had a real slow start (we can't seem to break that habit), and were forced to dig ourselves out of an early hole.  By half-time, we had taken a small lead, but this was a team that we really should have handled from the get-go.  In the third quarter, one of our guards had a injury which finally gave me the opportunity to play some meaningful minutes in a league game.  Fortunately for myself, I took advantage of the opportunity and played pretty well, making the only shot I took, and providing the team with pretty good energy.  Hopefully this will be the start of other opportunities to continue to prove myself in games.  Only time will tell.  This is going to be a busy week for a number of reasons.  I leave for the states next Monday night, so this is the week I gotta get ready, and get packed to head home for about 10 days! I really can't wait, it will be pretty awesome being home and seeing everyone I have been missin' for the past 3 months... but before I go home, we gotta finish business over here, and win our last league game before break against Givat Schmuel.  If we are able to beat them, we will be 6-2 heading into the break, which would be a very good start.  

Slow week so far... Qiryat Ata this Sunday

This week has been going very slow, and probably for a couple different reasons.  First off, the weather is finally starting to cool down, which I can't really complain about because it did take until the first week of December for that to happen!  Secondly, we played on Saturday last week, and then don't play again 'til Sunday this week, so there is one extra day of practice in there that we usually don't have, and at this point in the season those practices add up.  I think guys are getting a little fatigued right now (myself included) because it has been a grind to this point, and we haven't really had any extended time off yet, but this is the exact time when we need to get tough because these next two games are going to be huge for us.  We have a legitimate chance of going into the break with a 6-2 record, which would be exactly where we want to be.  

This weekend we play one of the lower tiered teams in the league called Qiryat Ata.  We have a huge advantage going into this game because it will be relatively a home game for us.  We have been practicing in their gym for the past two weeks because something is going on at our gym, and we finish this stretch out to the break on a three game road trip.  So basically we are playing a road game, that isn't really a road game.  

Besides basketball, there really isn't that much going on right now over here.  The novelty of being in a new place has started to wear off, and people aren't doing as much as they used to in terms of going out, and everything else.  It isn't a problem though, as I never have trouble keeping myself busy at the apartment.   That's all for now, I will give a brief pre-game breakdown either tomorrow or Saturday.   Hope everyone is having a great week, and I'll be back soon.  Later.