Last night: Bullard vs SJMHS @ Bullard
Bullard is a real city powerhouse in just about every sport. They really have a long history of great sports. Bullard came into the game ranked 3rd in their class with a 20-2 record. I'm glad they played at Bullard as it's just a few blocks up the road from where I live. And holy crap, the place was packed. I got there at 5:30 because I have no life and had nothing better to do. I was lucky. There had to be close to 1k there to see this game. I had heard they were turning people away at the door. I wouldn't doubt it.
Anyway, I was about 7 rows back of the SJMHS bench and trying to hide because their coach probably wants to kill me for neuralizing him three games back. But he didn't see me. However, Big Rob did see me and he made his hands into a square and acted like he was pressing the flash on a camera. It was f'ing great.
Apparently Big Rob had an ax to grind with this team. Because for three quarters he and his crew pounded on Bullard and led by 20, entering the 4th quarter, 48-28. During this time they built the lead Big Rob was pretty much unstoppable. He scored 14 of his 18 in the first three quarters. Oh and he dominated on the boards. Had at least 15. Blocked about 400 shots too.
And then it went all K-State0. Bullard started pressing and all the good things that SJ's guards had done all game began to turn into bad things. They pressed and forced turnover after turnover and they seemed to hit every shot in the 4th quarter. They chipped away, got it to 12.
SJ calls a TO. Too late. The game has turned. SJ was still playing fairly well on O, scoring 18 in the 4th quarter. But Bullard was on rough ridin' fire. They were dropping shot after shot and chipping away. Oh and before I say anything else, this gym got rough ridin' LOUD. eff me, it was loud and crazy and fun as all hell. Bullard cut it to 6 with just about 3 minutes to play and it looked like SJ would get a "Drew Lavender" or worse, as during a late flurry under the Bullard basket, a foul is called on the shot. And then a T. So Bullard goes to the line down 6 and drains all 4 FT's to cut it to two. And the crowd was just incredible.
In the last minute, SJ ran a play and used all 35 seconds and got it to Big Rob for a nice baby hook. Bullard comes down and with 15 seconds on the clock gets a layup and two FT's to cut it to two. (it was so loud I still don't know wtf happened for Bullard to get TWO free throws. I didn't see the refs signal T or cross arms for intentional foul.
And when I say "Or worse" I mean like a "Merri" against Xavier. This kid named Snowden (SJ's 2nd best player) commits a foul 60 feet from the basket as TIME RUNS OUT. I forget the name of the kid that went to the line but he lines it up and it hits the rim and falls out. Game ovah! No Lavender-ing, No PascoFiasco-ing, no "Merri-ing".
Bullard scored 37 points in the 4th quarter. SJ was no slouch in the 4th, scoring 18. Don't think I've ever seen a team score 37 in 8 minutes. That was wild.
Anyway, I'll try to be more prompt with these and I'll def have to mind F the SJ coach. Maybe get a cow bell or something.
