Recap

Going in, this seemed to be a fairly even matchup – but it didn’t take long for T eam Time-Shifter Justin to assert their dominance. You may look at the box score and see a quite mediocre performance from Captain Justin: 5/21 shooting is not what we usually see from super tall guy. But in the case of shooting the ball, you can always count on Bryant to carry the load – and he turned in possibly his best career game, dropping 29 points on a defense that for 35 minutes had no interest in guarding him. Zach delivered another quality-over-quantity performance, with an 11/10/5 stat line and a lots of hustle on defense. Tirado subbed for the missing KO and drained three from range and was the second-leading scorer with 16 points. It’s not too out of the ordinary to see 30 shots out of Bryant, but if he can produce more performances like this, Team Justin could be a serious threat down the road.

For Team Peyton, you kind of knew what type of performance they were going to give after watching them for 5 minutes. In the span of 20 seconds, Peyton ran off with an ouchie on his fingie, Chuck fled the gym to upchuck (lol), and OMJ was steamed that him and his kin could not connect on a single pass. Grant as usual was there just having a good time, but despite a 20 point and 11 rebound effort, could not bring his teammates together. Peyton ended with 14 points and 8 boards, but also had a backbreaking 6 turnovers. Chuck started hot and netted 6 three-pointers, but noticeably fell off in the second half. OMJ shot 2/8 but dished out 5 assists. Fatigue and lackluster effort may have been Team Peyton’s undoing, and with a matchup against Team Garrett coming up, a similar showing could very well produce a similar result.