First Home Game

We had our first home game tonight and it was a good one. It was actually a good thing we practiced on the blue rubber floor because they rolled out a matt for us to play on at our home gym. Apparently the lines are confusing to television viewers, so they roll out a matt that only has the basketball lines on it. And it is blue. So, we were ready...

The first half went well for us, we didn't play great but neither did the other team. They had two Americans I had played against before. J.S. Nash, who we played against at El Dorado, and then David Chiotti, who we played against at Pepperdine. They were the same as before. Nash tried to get fouled a lot, actually has become more of a distributor than he was before but still scored a good amount. Chiotti was still a right shoulder center that just shoots jump hooks all game. He's good at it though. They also had a 7'2 Dutch guy. He was huge. We handled everyone pretty well and had a 5 point lead at halftime.

The second half things really went our way. We were pushing the ball and playing pretty good defense. A Dutch guy on our team, Neils, was 6/6 from three, 5 in the second half, and that helped us a ton. He, Omni Smith, Nick Stapelton, Steve Ross and myself scored in double figures and we won the game by a wide margin at the end. It was hard fought, but we played well down the stretch. The league will be a fun one to play in, the pace is uptempo and the players are good. So, I'm looking forward to the rest of the season. I even threw in a reverse dunk for old times sake during the second half. The crowd seemed to enjoy it.

I really feel good about the team, city, people, etc... I am glad to be here, and I know things are going to go well this year. The team has been very helpful with everything and everyone is very encouraging. So it's going well!!!

Dave