Hoops

CABL Prelim FInals

Yes, there is a "Director's Cut" ending

Grandson: “Wow Grandpa Aaron, I never get tired of your basketball stories. Tell me about the week after when you did that dunk"
Grandpa: "I think his name was Daniel Jackson or something, it doesn't really matter because after I tomahawked over him he was never heard of again."

LOL

There are never cheating officials but when things are remembered 50 years down the track, the barriers are always higher, the fish were always bigger and the girls you hooked up with always prettier.

Grandpa Jack-- who were the cheating officials in the game?

Woodville are still in with a chance and can't be written off. They are behind the 8 ball but a win to them could be the stuff of legends.

Fast forward to 2063. . . . . . .

Grandson: “Tell me about your basketball premiership again Grandad”

Old Man: “It was 2013 and we had a great season. We lost our first final but won the second. The clutch game was against a team called Forestville. That’s what they were called before they merged with us to form Woodville-West Torrens. They used to play in a couple of old nissan huts next to the Keswick railyards. We laughed at them because our facilities were so much better than theirs. Our courts were a castle. The nissan huts used to leak when it rained and the moss on the courts used to be swept up before each game. When not being used for basketball, the local council used to keep stray dogs there or something every September.
Anyhow, it was a cold winter’s night and the Woodville crowd out numbered them by 5 to 1. The only reason it wasn’t 10 to 1 was the fact they shipped in homeless men from Whitmore Square by offering them free soup, a roof for the night, and free WiFi for their iPads.
Just before the game started one of our players, who was a doctor, was summonded to hospital for an emergency incident after someone fell over in the bathroom and landed on their bike so we were down a player. I hadn’t played a game all season but always kept my kit in the boot of my car and when our coach put the call out over the PA I was suited up before Forestville had a chance to finish an apple.
They came out hard in the first half and were ahead by 20 at quarter time. We hit back and by half time the cut the lead down to 4 points. In the third quarter the 50:50’s were going all Forestville’s way and they were up to 20 points again. By this time the homeless men had dismantled part of the grandstand and had formed a bonfire. The claims of free WiFi were as empty as a Nigerian scammer's security deposit box. The coach gave us a spray and we thought his head was going to explode. We fought hard in the final quarter and scores were level with 3 seconds left on the clock. One of the Forestville players slipped on a bit of moss in the key and it was called a foul so he went to the line.
He put the first shot up and swished it to put them up by one. The second shot hit the rim and went around a few times before falling out. We got the defensive rebound, but the Forestville timekeeper started the clock too early. I just chucked the ball towards our goals as the final siren went. The Forestville bench and supporters rushed the court not realising that the ball was still active even though the siren had gone.
Now, this is where the controvesy begins. Forestville supporters say we cheated, but us Woodville supporters say it was the hand of God. The ball I had thrown was bouncing along the court and was heading into the direction of the goal when it seemed to be deflected, landed on the rim and everyone thought it was a dead ball, but the stadium vibrated to the Forestville supporters bouncing, the structural supports were on fire, and this was enough to drop the ball into the goal like a golf ball dropping after everyone thought the shot was over.
The goal was counted and we won by one point.
The week after we played West who were all struck down by a mystery bout of gastro after they had a final dinner at one of our supporter's cafes. . . . .
After that, Woodville was offerred the second SA NBL licence”
Grandson: “Wow Grandpa!”

Doyle + Rios =45 > Ng + Wyatt = 23 @ the Qual final
Andy + Sharon = full court press > Al = shooting at 30 %
If I was Wdvl I would be putting blue/yellow socks on

For those of you who are interested/play Church Ball on Saturdays. Just over the half way mark - 11 of 20 games played, here is a copy of the ladders for A and B Grade. I hope it formats ok when posted.