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Well, we lost tonight. By 2 points. To a team we should have destroyed. We didn't play badly but we were missing our two posts so guess who had to guard the 6'5" guy? Yea, me lol! Quick breakdown of the game (and my performance lol), first half sucked. Down 7 at the half, it was like our shooting woes carried over to this game. We couldn't by a bucket for the first 15 minutes. First play of the game tall guy tries to post me and shoot a little turn around jumper. No dice, I literally snatched it away in mid air  I ended up blocking his stuff multiple times, he just didn't use his body well at all. End of the half I got two layups to go, a 15 foot pullup j and a 3 (finally! lol) so I was feeling good going into the second. Second half I literally TORCHED this poor dude, dropped 32 points in the second. Felt like old me lol! Went 6-7 on threes and 7-10 from 2. We got up 11 with and they made a little run. Ended up being tied with 37 seconds left, their ball. My guy tries to go backdoor and they toss him a lob pass...I go up and intercept it like I'm playing cornerback and he grabs my left arm and literally pulls me out of the air, I lose the ball and they get a backdoor layup. Our PG's last second floater rolled out. Ballgame 92-90 . I'm pissed about the non call and the L but I am pleased that my game started to heat up. We get our posts back and play like that we can do some serious damage.

So after week 1 were 1-1, next week we play the consensus top 2 teams so that will be a good measuring stick. Can't wait to get back in the gym Saturday and lift some!!!



Final statline for me: 17-27FG, 41 pts, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 blocks 1 steal and 2 turnovers. the scoring was nice but I'm pretty happy with the blocks and boards considering how under sized I was height wise.

Luckily its easier to gain vert than grow lol!

We play again tonight, some new team so no real plan going in against them. We'll be winging it lol!

Warmed up and stretched real well last night. Right ankle was a little tight so I grabbed some of the woman's resistance bands and rehabbed a little while watching TV. Feels quite a bit better this morning.

I know he's 6'4" but damn...thats mid 50s. Has to be. This is on par with Reemix's Nike release party dunks in.Holy Shit factor.

And I WILL get that dunk lol! My buddy said my plant was still slow so I know I can find a couple inches once I get that situation figured out. :/

Well, we won our first game by 9. We were up 16 with 1:37 left and let up, they hit a couple 3s. Can't let that happen against better teams. I played...ok. 6/10 self rating. Jumper was...suspect. Most were just a little long, couple in and out. They couldnt guard me off the bounce tho, bunch of layups. Finished with 24ptd, 14reb, 8ast and 3 blocks (unofficial books kept by the women lol). Had one turnover at the end trying to thread a pass through the lane. Missed my only dunk attempt. posted up a guy and dropstepped on him but was too far away and back ironed it. Honestly I was surprised I got up loke that off a dropstep, gotta be the adrenaline.

Overall, we knocked some rust off, played good team ball and got the W. Im content.

Went and shot for an hour today,  just jumpers amd half speed stuff trying to get ready for tomorrow. Decided to jump a little at the end (not really max effort stuff, 75-80% or so because I hadnt stretched). Got a few light dunks, just missed some two handers. Everything off one to two steps. Tried 2 4-5 step approaches....sucked ASS. My plant is weak and Im losing wayyyy to much momentum. I can literally feel the difference between game speed plants and this...stuff.

Any ideas on how to get quicker into/out of the plant? RL two foot plant most of the time.

Agreed. Big let down. :/

Green was a bug disappointment IMO, hell, his in game windmill from 2the years ago was better than.that second attempt. SMH. Faried had a nice BTL and Bledsoe did a good impersonation of TDub lol!