Lightspeed Mifo came out gunning

 

Posted Oct.11 2010 9:30pm

Elaine

This time, we were shocked, beyond everyone’s expectation, Lightspeed Mifo got a big win 39-36 over the king– The Wreckin’s Crew.

The game was set to begin at six. Both two teams did a warm-up exercise before the game and every player seemed has been well-prepared. When the clock struck six, the ‘battle’ began. Things started with two free throws, The Wreckin’s Crew took a 6-0 run first by taking their good advantage of excellent coordination.

However, only after the ten minutes, Lightspeed Mifo bounced back to take a 7-6 lead through their good teamwork and great efforts. I can’t point out the characters of each player in Lightspeed Mifo and perhaps if they are separated in different groups, we may not see such shining power, but when they gathered together, there is no doubt that they would show us the wonderful performance and fantastic cooperation. As the time went by, Lightspeed Mifo maintained the lead throughout the first period.

Lightspeed Mifo went into halftime with a 23-16 lead.

Something happened in the second half. Gap are narrowed by some fast breaks, Luck’s fadejumper shots and David’s several rebounds. For Lightspeed Mifo appears never give up, they still paid full attention on and did hard work through the whole game. Although The Wreckin’ s Crew kept catching the scores, they failed. When there’s three minutes and thirty seconds left, the game was in a tie of 36 points.

It occurred that we would went into OT.

But every minute, things gotta change beyond our control and imagination.

During crunch time, Brad hit two monster threes. His second shot flushed its way around and around and around and around the rim. And then, he used foul strategy as well, which helped team win today’s game with 39-36.

I have to say that the sprit of Lightspeed Mifo is deserved all of us to learn, not only for the wonderful game they brought to us, but also for their great passion to the basketball and the consideration of teamwork (something like man to man talk) haha.

And we should also admit that The Wreckin’s Crew is a competitive team, as an old saying goes ‘ failure is the mother of success’.

Hope to see the better performance of both two good teams in the next ground.

Speedlimit get big win over The Possimpibles

Posted Oct.25 2010 7:00pm

Elaine

CHINA, Shanghai—Speedlimit used a 23-12 run spanning in halftime to eliminate the The Possimpibles from the game with a 56-25 win.

James drove past Del Brown and whipped a pass over Cyril Stinson to a diving Limengun for a layup. Del Brown was fouled on the shot and made the free throw. On Speedlimit next possession, Nick drove around The Possimpibles defense again, this time for a layup of his own.

Cyril Stinson contributed 14 points and Dj B-kup added 5 points for The Possimpibles, which has lost two straight times.

However Nick finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds for The Speedlimit, which built a 56-25 second half lead by hitting Sean Brown of two 3-point attempts and several layup.

No.11 leads D-10 Ultra Lounge Aviators past Shanghai Barbarians

 Posted Oct.24 2010 9:30pm

Elaine

CHINA, Shanghai—No.11 scored 13 points and got 6 rebounds, which helped D-10 Ultra Lounge Aviators beating the Shanghai Barbarians 46-39 Sunday in JiangWan gym for the SIBL1007 competitive league.

Omer Piran, one of the co-players in the Shanghai Barbarian, had 12 points and 3 rebounds, which brought their team took a one-point lead in the first halftime.

However, in the beginning of second half time, D-10 Ultra Lounge Aviators scored the next 8 points to put it away.

No.5 scored 12 points for D-10 Ultra Lounge Aviators, and No.7 added 8 points and 4 rebounds.

Although No.8, one of the most experienced players of D-10 Ultra Lounge Aviators have been badly injured during the first half, in such a hard situation, they still contributed a wonderful game for the audience and got a big win. They were really on fire.

Congratulations

We are looking forward to their next round.

Hustle play between Speedlimit &Omron

Posted Oct 17^th 2010 9:00pm

By Elaine

SHANGHAI-The Omron were three near missing away from the Speedlimit which is the champion of last season in today’s game.

Both of the teams showed us a hustle play this week. It seemed that they fought every corner of the court until the end of the game.

The game began extremely well for both teams. Omron stretched the lead first. They jumped ahead with 10-3 burst but they couldn’t expand their advantage all the time. Speedlimit also did a great job on defense which caused the Omron turnovers and answered with a 7-3 surge. As the time went by, Omron maintained the lead throughout the first period.

At the second half, both of them took give-and-go and pick-and-roll to make up for the shortage of their physical strength to raise their field goal percentage. Just take a short time, Omron cede the lead while the Speedlimit took advantage of their opponent’s turnovers to expand the gap of the scores. Speedlimit built an 3-point lead to finish the game.

It’s abnormal for everyone to make mistakes, as well as the referee. But I want to say that we should always try our best to find the point of balance in order to keep fair. Because every decision we made is to play a decisive role.

There are maybe some external reasons for Omron loosing the game today. However, game is the game.

The Elites beats Alchip 52-27

Posted Sep13 2010 9:00pm
By Elaine

SHANGHAI—Rajeem Brockington scored 12 points and Rodolphe B. contributed 10 points to help the The Elites win a 52-27 victory over Alchip on Sunday in the ShangHai International Basketball League (SIBL).

NO.16, who played for The Elties, scored 8 points, which put The Elites 25-13 ahead heading to halftime.

In the second half, Alchip tried their best to catch the score and keep them closer. However, as time went by, they might get nervous . Alchip’s turnover became quite low and played in a mass. Game seems to be out of control. The furious game was ended with 52-77. The Elites won.

As they always did against other teams. The Elites as a defending champion, showed its excellent teamwork and outstanding performance to beat Alchip. Wish the two teams a good journey in the next games

What an Amazing Game!!!

No.3 made two free throws in the last ten seconds Saturday to help Han Wan upset top-ranked Lightspeed-Converse 53-48 and won the champion at last.

In the beginning of the race, Lightspeed-Converse took the lead, continuous offense succeeded. After that, score gap was widen. They use their excellent coordination, holding the timing to control their rhythm to rush to Han Wan’s hoop. Their bench warmer reminded the players to give defensive force to their opponent.

Then Han Wan called the first timeout to adjust their morale and strategy. Han Wan caught the score to 23-17. But Lightspeed-Converse still took a lead 28-23 going to the next quarter.

No.1, the co-players of the Han Wan, narrowed the gap and catch the game in a tie of 33.And then took a advantage 47-45 two minutes left in the game. At this moment, No.7 still had opportunities to lead Lightspeed-Converse back.

Zhangwenbin drove past Sean Brown and whipped a pass over Deal Brown to a diving Limengun for a layup. Chouzhichen was fouled on the shot and made the free throw. On Han Wan next possession, Xunjunbing drove around The Possimpollibles defense again, this time for a layup of his own.

Deal Brown and Cyril Stinson each had 6 points for The Possimpollibles, which has lost to Han Wan three straight times. NO.3 of The Possimpollibles scored 12 points.

However, due to a most important turnover, Lightspeed-Converse missed a victory. NO.1 of the Han Wan made a three-point play to beat Lightspeed-Converse 53-48.  

By Elaine

The Return of the King

Writer: Claire You

Chick That Spit 50-37 The Elites

After the hottest days in Shanghai never happened before, the new season came on August 29, 2010 with Chick That Spit VS The Elites in Jiang Wan Sports Center. If you think this summer was over then you are wrong, because there is an exciting game between two champion teams from last season.

As MVP of last season, Emile with his companions wore in new color came back the place they got the champion. Unfortunately, Jiang Wan was not a lucky place for them. They have lost this game in the start of this season. As Chinese saying, many hands make light work. The guys in CS are more than TE, but I think it isn’t real reason for their final victory. The most difficulty in a many players team is weather they can match other different players or not. After last season, there is no doubt that CS has a tacit  mutual understanding. As an audience of the whole game, I was immersed in their prefect cooperation. The basketball game is fast changing. I think the key word of the final success is reasonably utilizes the game’s rhythm and can effectively control field the aspect. CS actually got good point in that. In contrast, TE was not quite of themselves today. Maybe new guys need more time to find their best position in their team. Before several minutes of ending whistle, Emile, our MVP seems to have given up the game. We can feel there is a little bit disappointed at the view of his back.

Please forget all glory and failure. Anyway this is only pre-season, all teams have chance to prove themselves after three weeks. We hope CS will be stronger than now, and TE will rebuild their dynasty. Come guys！

Our World Cup

As summer is coming, 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is also in full swing. Thirty-two teams are fighting for the World Cup which also gives us a fantastic show in this summer. In ASAS, there is a group of people who love football. Today, we are pleased to talk with the partner of ASAS – Tom, let’s listen to his football stories.

Please give me a brief introduction of the ASAS super seven-football. And in the past season, what actually have left a deep impression on you? 

We started the ASAS super 7 league 3 years ago with 8 teams. I still remember their team names: Stroke Left/Right Titty (England), Chile (Chile), Les PMU (France), Brasa FC (Brazil), Los Farys (Spain), McCann (China), The Penguins (Free Agents).

 Now we have 16 teams with two different levels, competitive and recreational. Usually we do two seasons every year, spring season (from Mar to Jun) and fall season (from Aug to Dec).

There are many football leagues in Shanghai. We try to do something more closely to ASAS concept - meet new people, get in shape and have fun!  We believe many people are looking for a place to play football in Shanghai. We provide them a well organized platform and we are always trying to create more fun into our league like we select 7 players every week as a team of the week or a BBQ after the season after the season.

People bring new friends and the league is getting more larger and more international. We met people from everywhere. It’s very interesting thing we can see the way teams play football, the different football culture. Yes, football is a beautiful language!

Please share your story of falling in love with the football game.

Football is always my favorite sport. The team I won’t forget is 1995 Louis Van Gaal’s Ajax. I really enjoy watching that Ajax team play. But the Bosman rule forces them to lose their best players. To be honest, I still don’t like that rule.  Arsenal is another team I support.

Also, I have played a computer game called “football manager” for about 10 years. That’s a game of dreams come true. You can select your favorite players and kick out the players you don’t like. I might spent one year time on that game already!

 

Can you tell us which team is your favorite one in this year’s World Cup? And which team do you think has the strength to win? Which one do you consider will be the dark horse？

Come on Oranje! They are doing pretty well so far. Although I have to say this team is a bit different from previous Holland team. They do not have a superstar but they are more balance. I do hope they can get the cup this year.

 

Not many people believe Germany can beat England and Argentina, but they did it with two brilliant big wins. I don’t think Germany is a “surprise” or something like that, they are regular final four teams since I watch the world cup games. Just put 11 German on the pitch, it works.

  

Football game is always carrying many people’s heroic dreams. With the World Cup going on, let’s take part in ASAS matches! So, in the new season, be your own hero!

CTS Takes Home Rec. League Champions over LP6.

Shanghai, CN – The Championship match of the SIBL Rec. League between the 9-0 Chicks That Spit and the 6-3 Lightspeed Pepsi was a classic battle between the old guards and the young guns. On the face of it, LP6 with it’s veteran players of Bruce Robinson (age 46), Sean Liu (age 45), Gin Chao (age40), and Cezar Cezar (age 32), would not have much of a chance against a team that had dominated the league with their 4 scorer combo of Geoff Harry, Greg Kitt, Rob Genovesee, and Lucy Lindel. All in their 20’s except for Geoff.

Besides missing LP6 leading scorer, Paul, LP6 was also without Ron “the Smooth” Cao, Harry “The Style” Hui, Alvin “the Nasty” Wang and Juergen “The Coach” Spriewald.

LP6 started the game setting the tempo of the game, with hard drives to the hoop and drawing fouls. While, CTS used their outside speed with Greg Kitt driving and dishing. With 4 minutes before halftime, CTS had a solid 8 point lead, however, before the half ended, the Brazilian Assassin had a highlight play of the day. Greg Kitt of CTS was on a fast break drive, dribbling behind a visibly tired Cezar. Like an antelope, Cezar sensed Greg, turned around suddenly and trapped the ball on the floor. Cezar immediately took the ball back the other way and scored on Geoff and Rob with a driving bank shot and foul. In that sequence, LP6 was able to cut the game half time score to 23-22.

In the second half LP6 continue their drives to the hoop with veteran guard Rich “the In” Lin, and with Cezar, and Rich shooting from the outside, and Stanley Ng and Bruce Robinson scoring inside. The game went back and forth, with LP6 holding a staggering 4 point lead with 4 minutes to go. The nervous boys from CTS called a timeout and regrouped, with D3 Hobart state guard Robert Genovese taking the lead with a one hand dunk and two big 3 pointers from the top of the key to go ahead by 3. CTS sealed the victory, when LP6’s Cezar nearly hitting tying 3 pointer with just seconds to go.

CTS ended the season with a perfect record of 10-0, while the old guards of LP6 came within 4 points (67-63) of upsetting an undefeated team, ending with a respectable 6-4 record.

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An Elite Team Wins SIBL, Champ Falls

Shanghai, CN – The SIBL Finals was a match of the top 2 teams and a show case of the top 2 point guards in the league. Wreckin’ Crew, the defending champions, are looking to grab a Back-to-Back championship, and The Elites, appearing for their first Challenge League Finals, are the team who’s got something to prove.

The first opening minutes of the first half, both teams started slow. This was unexpected from the Wreckin’ Crew as they’ve been in the Finals of SIBL number of times, as well as last season’s champion. The Elites, obviously emotional without one of their star player Michael Johnson from an ACL injury, showed first time jitters. The Elites made many early turnovers and missed layups in the first few minutes of the game. However, it wasn’t until Emil Buccilli (#0), The Elites top guard, ignited the fire for his team. Buccilli pick-pocketed a ball, 1 of 7 totals for him, and drove all the way for The Elites first point since of the game. Daniel Prunty (#7), co-captain, and Marco Stifel (#4) of The Elites followed suit, use their speed and crisp passing that got The Elites to the Finals, to break down Crew’s bigger and slower post men. Prunty and Stifel finished the game with 10 points and 8 points respectively.

The experience of Crew wouldn’t let the Elites out do them. Using their size, the Crew capitalizes on second chance opportunities. The Crew’s offensive rebounds edged The Elites 8-6 in the first half, 15-10 the entire game, not a huge difference considering Crew’s size. However, unlike The Elites, majority of Crew’s offensive rebound turned into easy put backs and points from the perimeter. Joey (#0) of the Crew came off the bench in the first half triggering his ammunition, briefly shifting the momentum from The Elites. Joey made quick 3 point and 2 point buckets, both coming off from offensive rebounds of Crew’s aggressive big men. The Elites, however, continuously rotating their bench and utilizing every player’s energy, kept their momentum and built a comfortable lead for the first half.

After the half time rest, the Crew, fully energized, came out running and gunning in the early minutes of the second half, showing The Elites that the champs are here to play and it’s not gonna come easy for the first timers. The star guard, Murat (#10) of Wreckin’ Crew, piloted the come back and Murin(#8) sneaky plays provided a huge boost in the first 5 minutes of the second half. Murat hitting an emotional 3 pointer to start off the run, then quickly came back hitting another long 2 pointer, then following that up with a heady back to back assist to Murin and Luke Lister (#9) underneath the basket for easy buckets. Murin also contributed with a number of floor burns and offensive boards during the huge 10-0 run by the Crew. Lister finished the game with a team high 16 points and 5 rebounds.

But Buccilli wouldn’t let his team throw in the towel. Buccilli, being vocal all year, gathered his teams to stay focus and to “keep attacking and don’t wait”. After the menacing spurt of the Crew, Buccilli took it upon himself to get the offense re-energized even when he was charged a 4th foul at mid of the second half. At one point, Buccilli scored a 3 point shot with an “and 1″, putting an exclamation point to the Wreckin’ Crew that The Elites are here to take the ultimate prize from the champs. Buccilli finished with a Finals game high of 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assist and a consensus Most Valuable Player award.

The Elites are now amongst the elites, SIBL Champions. Final Score 59-44.

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