The second week of action at the Premiere Hoops Fantasy League performed like clockwork compared to the first week! For starters, every team showed up ready to play and on time! That was the biggest improvement and it made a huge difference on the time management of the entire day! After making a few adjustments from the previous week, including dismissing one team from the league for lack of commitment, and adding another team, the league looks to be in pretty good shape! Most of the paperwork also got done! We still have a team or two that still needs to turn in a team roster and maybe one other team that needs to fill out waiver forms! We had one team show with practice uniforms instead of the official fantasy league uniforms, which could lead to fines in the future if done by other teams, but those small bugs, along with a few other hick-ups, are manageable, and easy to clean up! The action was really good and competitive, and I'm afraid there will be no easy games through the rest of the regular season! With that said, let me give a quick recap of the action!
During the 9:40 AM game, we saw the Lakers battle the Mavs! The Lakers looked strong and came in on a mission! They Displayed good team work and looked as though they played together for quite some time! The Mavs played catch up all game! The young guns had a hard time keeping LA from running out on fast breaks! Reminded me a lot of the real Showtime Lakers from back in the day! And the Lakers would eventually run the Mavs off of the court with a 65-58 win! Special shout out to James Forrest for helping out and joining the club! Good squad Hommie, to say the least!
The 10:40 AM game saw the Bulls play the Bobcats! Here's a game where the Bulls should have easily won because the Bobcats should have been tired! But, when you play down to the level of your competition, you usually will run into trouble! The Bobcats just kept hanging around and hanging around! The Bulls never showed any killer instinct in this one, and in the end, the Mavs would kill them with a 67-66 win!
The 11:40 game we saw the Knicks play against the Thunder! The Knicks, I will tell you, looks to be a scary team! Their guard play is going to give teams problems! The Thunder is off to a slow start! I think they will turn things around and be a dangerous team come play-off time! But they are stuck in the mud as of right now! The Knicks push the tempo of the game the entire day! The Thunder couldn't keep up, and the Knicks escape with the tough win, 63-61!
The final game of the day saw the defending champion Celtics do battle with the Heat! And when I say Battle, I mean battle! The Celtics came out hitting hard and jumped out to a 20 point lead by the first quarter! But that was before a few more of the Heat players showed up to join the fight! They walked in like 20 point deficit, no sweat! No complaining and barely no talking! The Heat just methodically chipped away at the lead! Until the fourth quarter the Heat would take a two point lead, and for the first time, we saw the Celtics under pressure! The Celtics would eventually right the ship, and in the end, would get the 70-64 victory! But not before being humbled! I don't think they will take the rest of the league so lightly!
We're off for the holiday break for the next two weeks, before we return to action on January 7, 2012! I think the play will pick up, and we should see some impressive basketball over the next few weeks! Got lot's of new stuff coming along too for the new year! We'll look to open our online pro shop featuring sweat shirts and T-shirts! We'll introduce a new staff member to help things run even smoother at the games! We'll announce the next dates, times, and pricing for the next Premiere Hoops Fantasy League, coming up for the Spring! And lots more! Hustle Up!
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