Game 2 of Round 1

Our second playoff game ended with a game winning shot opportunity....

The first half of this one began a lot like our first game did. We started the game shooting really well taking a 56-40 halftime lead. The second half cooled off for us however as Polonia (Warsaw) chipped away at our lead.

With a couple minutes to go in the game we were still holding on to a 9 point lead. But that lead was not safe after a couple desperation shots by Polonia at the shot clock buzzer somehow found the bottom of the net. One of the shots was a banked in 3-pointer which brought Polonia within 3. Then after we did not get a good look on the offensive end, Warsaw had the ball with 24 seconds left in the game with Anwil still holding on to the 3 point lead. We did not want to give up a 3 pointer and give them a chance to tie the game, but in doing so they were able to connect with a back-door layup to make it a 84-83 Anwil lead. We went to take the ball out and as one of our players was trying to get free for the pass, he pushed off his defender and got called for an offensive foul.

So now it was Polonia's ball to inbound with just 6 seconds to go (Anwil still up by one point). We were switching all screens and in doing so ended up having our 5 man, Alex Dunn, defending their scoring guard. He crossed over and got past Alex for what was looking like a game winning lay-up, but then out of nowhere Alex recovered and blocked the shot out of bounds from behind. There was still about 2 seconds left on the clock so Polonia had one more shot at it. Their point guard got the inbound pass and put up a floater in the lane as time expired...the ball was up...hit the backboard in the middle of the square.....and rimmed out! Talk about some drama!! The final score was 84-83.

This win puts us ahead in the series 2-0, so we need one more win to move on to the next round. Game 3 is Saturday in Warsaw.