Game 2 Recap

Flying Elephants vs. Boris the Spider

K-Diggs (B-) - played a hard fought game as always. Was slightly exposed by a 6'4 post player.

Anicito (B) - provided defensive stops on the 6'+ players. Was hesitant with his jumper that was not falling.

Buffalo Ant (B) - worked hard on the boards. Solid game.

Noel (B-) - kills it in warmups but struggles in the games. Needs to knock down his jumper. Ran the floor well and hustled.

Robbie (A+) - made the big shot time after time.

James (B+) - played great defensively and moved the ball well.

The Elephants came out last night to defend their crown once again. In game two of the season they now face a formidable opponent in the new and improved purple team. A team that always had some talent but now featured long-range threat Gleb, a point guard from CSI, and the poor man's version of Mike Alfieri. Clearly this team wanted to make a name for themselves right away, and who better to do it against than the JCC champs, the Flying Elephants.

The team would already be without their starting center, B-Cyrious. Brian needed to attend some sort of family function that no doubtingly ended up with an alcohol induced sleep coma under the dining room table. With the onset of the game, the team was also without guard Robbie Hart. Right before tip off, Robbie hustled into the gym after forgetting his Dr. Scholls insoles mid-drive, causing him to be late. Nonetheless, he started and the battle ensued.

On the opening possession, Anicito's man, Gleb, went to the basket and scored, with Anicito giving him the softest foul, and 1! Kenny immediately got on Anicito's case wanting to switch the match-up. There was no way Anicito would let Kenny switch the defense six seconds into the game. Kenny needed to relax! However, the Elephants never did really relax. The first half would be rushed shots, turnovers, and in explicit defensive mismatches. The Elephants trailed by five after shooting poorly and Gleb making two three pointers a foot from half court.

Robbie had a tough first half. Maybe it was because he was still warming up after pulling his best Allen Iverson impersonation and showing up at game time. But Robbie, who will now be known as Big Shot Rob (BSR), pulled out all the stops in the second half. The Elephants trailed most of the game until the 9 minute mark when Robbie started making his shot. James would make a move to the basket and kick out to Rob or Kenny would set a devastating screen that would open up Robbie, and BSR would just knock it down. There is something to be said about BSR's jump shot. The only way to describe it is as though he is alone, in solitude. If you took him off the court, dressed him in nothing but his Elephant jersey and implanted him on an Indiana corn field shooting a torn up, half deflated ball into a rusted hoop with no net, thats what it looks like.. Picture the sun setting and the haze filling the cool night. BSR is out there long after everyone else has gone in to play spin the bottle. The wind blowing through his lovely hair. His sexy behind eating up the atmosphere and only his grey Elephant shirt gripping his body. No one around, no pressure, no worries. Just him wistfully shooting the ball. Thats what its like watching BSR shoot. No one around. Relaxed. Do not mistake this as anything more than a mancrush for BSR because he is an exquisite shooter. When given the chance, he knocks his shots down.

And the second half of last night was no exception. Not only did BSR knock down big time shots, he did a great job in setting up his team. Led the break and fed Noel for a lay-up. Attacked the basket and dished off to Anicito for a contested lay in. With James carrying the load on the defensive end and running the point, BSR shined. Let me be clear, no trunk is bigger than an elephant, BSR's is only as good as his weakest teammate.

The champs pulled off the victory as the defense got stops. BSR and co came through when needed and once again the team played against the 6th man of the year, Marc Levine as he hates to see the Flying Elephants soar and will never give us the call. Thats two quality teams that the Elephants have faced to start off the year. Let's keep it going fellas.