De-Throned

May 6th, 2009, 7:00 PM PST @ LA Fitness Hollywood

LZ's bid for a 6th consecutive title was cut short on Wednesday night.

We just didn't move the ball and too many players showed up. I'm not sure what it was but I didn't care for this game. We lost by 4.

This is a very fitting lost since my days at LZ is coming to an end next week. I will no longer be coordinating this league, not sure if someone will take over my general managing duties. If not, peace out LZ Basketball.

The Players:
Larry
Marlon
Viet
Kevin
Frank
Brian
John
Miles

Here is the email from the Commish:

"DOWN GOES FRAZIER! DOWN GOES FRAZIER!" Those are the most famous quotes in boxing spoke by Howard Cosell when Joe Frazier went up against George Foreman. No one could believe the way Smokin Joe was Handled by Big George. As the clock ticked down I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The 6x defending champs were going down, and with 30 seconds left in the game Brett Hamilton hit a KO 3 to jump the lead to 4 and knock the champs down. As soon as that 3 swished through, I heard those words and saw the eyes of the champs, glassy eyed and sunk. In a back and forth battle Legal Zoom was showing why they were number 1, but LA Suns just played playoff basketball, a tough gritty and determined game.

In the second game we had the Trojans vs. Usual suspects. This game took 3 overtimes to finish! Both sides were banging away, the refs did a great job of just letting you play and let you bang around a little bit. Van Lathen played a great game in the paint, and hit a few big 3's to keep Usual Suspects in the game. But the biggest 3 came from Bobby Edner. Hitting a game tying 3 at the end of regulation. Then it took 3 more times for The Trojans to take control and win this game. Great defense led to easy buckets, a great game played by both teams!

The Final had the LA Suns vs. Trojans. How ironic is it that Trojans lost the Championship the exact same way as last year…a last second tip in by the LA Suns. Final score of 73-71. The dagger that must have went through their hearts. Congratulations on a great season and CONGRATULATIONS to the LA SUNS for playing like Champions in the playoffs and finally getting a Championship after 3 seasons in the league!

The next league will start June 17th. We will have 2 weeks of scrimmages June 3rd and June 10. This will give you 2 weeks to set your roster and pay your fees. If your team wants to play again please let me know, I will get the scrimmage schedules out in a few weeks once the time comes closer.

Thanks!