Another Win!

Anwil got another win this past weekend! We played Energa Czarni at home. The game began with us jumping out to an early 10 point lead as we were effective on offense and held them on D. Our point guard was getting to the rim and finishing well, and our big man also had good looks inside. We gave back the lead however as we neared the end of the first half down by 5 points. With time winding down I set a screen for our point guard and popped out to the wing. He hit me with a throw back pass and I made the 3 pointer to draw us within 2 going into halftime.

We were not happy with the way we gave back the lead so we were determined to come out in the second half and correct the score. It took a little while to regain the lead for good, but we shot the ball well lead by our other 4 man hitting 3-3 from behind the arc as we took back the lead by the end of the 3rd quarter by 7 points.

The lead was extended to double digits in the fourth to give us more cushion. It seemed that we had the game pretty much under control by midway through the fourth. There was a lot of scoring done by both teams in the 4th quarter (28 points scored by each) as we cruised in for the win: 96-89.

With that win our record stands at 19-3. Good for second place so far in the league. The first placed team, Prokom, has a record of 20-2. And Polpharma, with a record of 16-6 has the third place spot. My first game here was against Polpharma when we beat them by 17. Later this month we are scheduled to play Prokom at home. Prokom is also in the Euroleague. For those of you that don't know...here in Europe teams belong to their own leagues in their country (Our's is PLK...the top league in Poland). And sometimes the top team(s) from each of the major leagues in Europe also play in what is called the Euroleague. The Euroleague is known to be the best league in the world aside from the NBA. So there is good competition here.

I hope all of you back home in the Midwest have a great last couple weeks of winter! Stay warm! God bless you all.