Shiga Games - Never give up!
Posted on March 4, 2009 12:49 PMSaturday's game:
With 38 seconds on the clock and the Kings down 69 - 65 we never gave up. On the ensuing possesion we were able to get a good shot a make it 69 - 67, Shiga came dwon got a shot attempt and the rebound was brought down by Chris and he was fouled with 18 seconds to play. Chris knocked down both free throws to tie the score at 69. Shiga called a time out and in bounded at half court and put up a shot with approx. 5 seconds to go and Mac hauled in the rebound and pushed the ball up court to Shige who was fouled while attempting a layup with 0.02 seconds left and hit the first free throw which sealed the victory for us when the second shot was missed on purpose so that Shiga could not get an attempt up.
I have seen many teams in these situations fold or give up but not the Kings. Everyone stayed calm and played very smart basketball and gave us a chance to win the game and we did just that.
Read more about the game at the link below:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sk20090301b1.html
Sunday's game:
Sunday' game was in my eyes probably the best game I have seen us play as a Team from start to finish this season. Defense was spectacular, Offense was great and all the players contributed on both sides of the ball. Our great Team 'D' held Shiga's Offensive weapons to 56 points for the game. Yoshiki played like the big man he is and dropped 7 points and grabbed 5 boards in a very impressive Team win for us. Naoto and Bryan were the catalyst of our defense that held their opponents to a total of 13 points. Great job guys!
Read more about Sunday's game at the link below:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sk20090302b1.html
Thanks to all of our great fans that support us on the road!
Coach