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Casual J's 35, DIAMOND CUTTERS
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Wunderkind Ben
Ferguson returned to the place that began his legend, as
starting 2-guard for the Cutters, making this last game of the
regular season a blockbuster by any standards. However all was not
well, as the Cutters failed to muster enough D to stop the rain of
clumsy Casual J's shots finding their target, and the
J's prevailed to level the season series at 1 each.
The Cutters legendary running
offence failed to materialise, with the J's taking a
small early lead, and managing to hang on throughout the game.
A big comeback was always on the cards with Ben back on
board, but his J was as rusty as a Datsun 1200 ute. The Cutters
big men were also seldom able to shut down a pesky pump-faking
Casual J who made his home under the basket and stayed there, adding
shot after shot.
In the final minutes of the game, the
Cutters led by Ben and Kep drew level, with a hail of 3s, giving the
boisterous home crowd a taste of victory. It wasn't to be, as
the J's returned another 2, and then proceeded to play their
signature brand of slow-down basketball to run down the clock.
In what could have, would have, should
have been a blockbuster finish, Dave knocked the ball loose up the
court, but failed to control the ball, and seeing it safely over the
sideline. The potential game-winning shot was never really on the
cards. The knowledgable crowd recognised this great feat of
athleticism from Dave, holding aloft his personal banner "Bad Luck
Dave". Yet another priceless Cutters memory.
Kep and Yoch led the scorers with 8
each, Ben and Scott had 5 each and Tim and Dave each had 4. Ben is
expected to once again lift onto his broad shoulders the weight of
scoring responsibility as soon as he works off the extra kranskys,
sauerkraut and bier.
A number of Cutters have gained a bit
of a belly lately, that number being 5. However Fat Tim, in his
defence, has said that "Those poor Ethiopian kids have have fat
guts. Why can't I?" (See picture).
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