0-1 @ Bullets 87-89 Lost by two, all around poor play by my team, tried to rally to get it back, Chauncey nearly had a Tripledouble with 20 points 11 assists 9 rebounds, Korleone had 3 blocks below his season average but still nice....
1-1 @ Bucks 90-86 Won by four, rallying from down four to start the fourth, nobody really stood out stats wise, Juwan had 20 points 7 rebounds, Korleone only had 2 blocks, again below his season average, but Antonio McDyess is a great PF, so he did a nice job to slow him and hold him to only 16 points 11 rebounds
2-1 vs. Spurs 113-84 Chauncey had 28 points 10 assists 5 rebounds, Juwan had 26 points 20 rebounds 5 assists, Korleone had 4 blocks, taking his average this sim back up to three, as we blew the Spurs out of the water in the fourth quarter outscoring them by 18
3-1 vs Kings 99-98 pulled one out against the Kings, Chauncey had 22 points 14 assists 0 turnovers and Korleone put up 11 points 10 rebounds 4 blocks in just 23 minutes. We only turned the ball over 6 times, while forcing 16 to make up for our rebounding disadvantage, apparently Korleone suffered an injury as he wasn't in foul trouble, but he didn't miss any games, as our next game was three days later, and he was ready
4-1 vs Trailblazers 124-117 OT Garnett vs. Korleone is dominated by Korleone who toyed with KG all game finishing with an amazing statline of 19 points 19 rebounds 8 blocks 5 assists and 1 steal
Amazingly he was not POTG which went to Chauncey in a 24 point 17 assist 8 rebound performance as we pulled off the victory in OT. The most astounding thing may have been our 70% from the 3 point line going 7-10!!
5-1 vs Mavericks 130-96 Um, wow, the biggest thing that jumps out to me is the 6 turnovers by my team, vs. 22 for the Mavericks. Chauncey led the way with 18 points 16 assists and Korleone showed his versatility with 15 points 11 rebounds 5 assists 2 blocks. We dominated start to finish, and had 7 players score 10+ points and one score 9.
5-2 vs Bulls 112-109 OT We lost to the team who will probably win it all, but before Tiger talks about Etiennes amazing 37 point 14 rebound performance, let me point out his poor 14-32 shooting performance. Chauncey was off his game, even though he had a triple double with 13 points 12 assists 11 rebounds, as he shot a terrible 5-19 from the field. Alejandro Camby got lit up by Juwan Howard, who had 27 points 20 rebounds,and Korleone had 5 blocks 9 points but only 4 rebounds (Juwan took em all) while playing against Etienne (he went 4-8 from the field). I don't mind the loss, even though the Bulls don't have Deke, as my team isn't on their level yet, and playing overtime games against the best two teams in the league is impressive, even moreso is winning one of them.
6-2 @ Bullets 84-80 We get revenge on the Bullets after they beat us at their home earlier this sim, Amazingly, we won even though the most points anybody scored for us was our backup Center, Sharone Wright, who had 14 points. Chauncey struggled mightily with only 8 points 5 assists (and he was POTW) but defense won this game for us, as we held the Bullets to just 34.1% from the field. Korleone had 7 points 12 rebounds and 3 blocks, solid, considering the rest of my team
7-2 Vs Pistons 92-90 Weird to see my team winning low scoring games, Chauncey had 20 points 9 assists, and Juwan had 23 and 12. We really, looking at stats, had no business winning this game, but we capitalized on our free throws, going 21-25 to win. PRetty terrible, that it was a two point game, as we lead 32-9 after one quarter, but at least we didn't collapse.
Korleone is now up to fifth in the league in blocks per game with 3.3 and Chauncey is at 4th in assists per game with 10.7. We lead the league in fewest turnovers, even at a very fast pace, as we only turn the ball over 8.9 times per game, the next best team turns it over 10.2 times per game, and for the first time, we are in the upper half in the league in blocks per game, thanks single handedly to Korleone. Best of all though we lead the Atlantic Division at 14-9!