Muskets Backfire, OU on Fire
Reading, MA – Origins Unknown was down. Their shots were not falling. Their defense was not defending. Cap’n Mike was launching up off-target scud missiles from all over the court. And, Leroy Johnson was hitting from all over the court.
But, faced with a nine-point halftime deficit, OU did not stay down. Instead, they rallied to tie, and then blow past the Crusty Muskets in the highly anticipated match-up.
The game started out as an even contest, with OU relying on James “Stretch” Hogan IV, Dr. Greg Robinson, Danger Dan Fisher and Chris “Big” Johnson. The Muskets were missing top guard Dan Johnson, but OU was without the services of Shu-ter Patel, who continues to recover from a knee injury. The teams battled to a 8-8 tie, but the Muskets then found the hot hand of Leroy Johnson midway through the first. Leroy used screens and his step-back jumper to go on a one-man run, pushing the Muskets lead up to double digits. OU tried Cap’n Mike on him to start, and then Dr. Greg gave it a shot, but Johnson was in rhythm and knocking down everything that went up. Meanwhile, on offense, Cap’n Mike was in danger of breaking the backboard with some of his long distance shots. Luckily, Big Chris and Stretch were keeping OU within striking distance. As the half came to a close, Danger Dan found a back-cutting Cap’n Mike for an alley-oop lay-up, which felt like a mini-victory, even with the Muskets leading and controlling the game.
The second half was a COMPLETELY different game. OU came out firing on all cylinders, and Cap’n Mike went from being horrendous to en fuego. OU kept the tempo and pressure on, and quickly pulled even with the struggling Muskets. The defensive pressure also started to take it’s toll on their opponents, as shots started to bounce off the rim and into the hungry arms of the OU bunch. There were plenty of second half highlights as OU shot well over 50% from the floor, including when Big Chris stepped out to nail a three pointer pushing the lead even higher. There were well-executed fast breaks, pin-point pick and rolls, and a few dagger-like threes to be found as well. In the end, OU struggled a bit from the line, but pulled off the great comeback to win.
The loss was the first in over a session and a half for the Crusty Muskets.
But, faced with a nine-point halftime deficit, OU did not stay down. Instead, they rallied to tie, and then blow past the Crusty Muskets in the highly anticipated match-up.
The game started out as an even contest, with OU relying on James “Stretch” Hogan IV, Dr. Greg Robinson, Danger Dan Fisher and Chris “Big” Johnson. The Muskets were missing top guard Dan Johnson, but OU was without the services of Shu-ter Patel, who continues to recover from a knee injury. The teams battled to a 8-8 tie, but the Muskets then found the hot hand of Leroy Johnson midway through the first. Leroy used screens and his step-back jumper to go on a one-man run, pushing the Muskets lead up to double digits. OU tried Cap’n Mike on him to start, and then Dr. Greg gave it a shot, but Johnson was in rhythm and knocking down everything that went up. Meanwhile, on offense, Cap’n Mike was in danger of breaking the backboard with some of his long distance shots. Luckily, Big Chris and Stretch were keeping OU within striking distance. As the half came to a close, Danger Dan found a back-cutting Cap’n Mike for an alley-oop lay-up, which felt like a mini-victory, even with the Muskets leading and controlling the game.
The second half was a COMPLETELY different game. OU came out firing on all cylinders, and Cap’n Mike went from being horrendous to en fuego. OU kept the tempo and pressure on, and quickly pulled even with the struggling Muskets. The defensive pressure also started to take it’s toll on their opponents, as shots started to bounce off the rim and into the hungry arms of the OU bunch. There were plenty of second half highlights as OU shot well over 50% from the floor, including when Big Chris stepped out to nail a three pointer pushing the lead even higher. There were well-executed fast breaks, pin-point pick and rolls, and a few dagger-like threes to be found as well. In the end, OU struggled a bit from the line, but pulled off the great comeback to win.
The loss was the first in over a session and a half for the Crusty Muskets.
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