TDL Spring 2016 Week 7 Results

NY Freemasons (2-5) 46
Skillshare (4-3) 52
Thu (5/19) 6:45pm at MLK HS Boxscore
Player of the Game: Elliot Curtis (SKL) 24 pts, 5 3FGs

RECAP: Skillshare jumped out to a 14-3 1st qtr lead and it seemed like they would roll over the NY Freemasons. Give FRE some credit though, with their playoff hopes on the line, they tightened up on defense and made this a game in the middle quarters, taking a 31-28 lead into the 4th quarter. But, in the final period, SKL got some clutch shooting from (G) Elliot Curtis and (F) Scott Sullivan to knock the Freemasons out of the post-season.

NY Dynasty (4-3) 51
NYC Gritty Committee (3-4) 43
Thu (5/19) 7:45pm at MLK HS Boxscore
Player of the Game: Ren Hsieh (DYN) 14 pts, 6 reb

RECAP: Neither team would be completely eliminated from the playoffs depending on the results of other games, but better safe than sorry, a win was a guarantee. Dynasty got off to a strong start as NYC Gritty Committee’s soft zone left DYN open for threes and they made them early. In the 2nd half, however, Gritty tightened up on defense and started making some 3FGs of their own to climb back into this one. They got as close as two possessions but never closer. NGC, however, survives and gets in as 6th seed.

Guard Me Maybe (5-2) 45
Spaghetti Ramen (4-3) 41
Thu (5/19) 8:45pm at MLK HS Boxscore
Player of the Game: Jin Bae Kim (GMM) 20 pts, 13 reb

RECAP: In the battle for outright 1st place, this one was kind of a letdown. Guard Me Maybe (G) Tommy Wong was unavailable, as was Spaghetti Ramen frontman (G) Leuis Ng. The result was a more defense-oriented battle dominated by GMM’s resident x-factor (F) Jin Bae Kim. His all-around line of 20 pts, 13 reb, 5 stl, 1 blk, is exactly why he makes this team so dangerous. Guard Me Maybe will enter the playoffs as the rightful no. 1 seed.

Doris From Rego Park (3-4) 35
Make BDL Great Again (3-4) 38
Thu (5/19) 9:45pm at MLK HS Boxscore
Player of the Game: Tran Truong (BDL) 14 pts, 5 reb

RECAP: Their team name was kind of a joke, but Make BDL Great Again isn’t laughing anymore, now having clinched just their second playoff bid in franchise history. BDL scored 29 pts in the 1st half and then clung on for dear life as Doris From Rego Park switched to a pressing defense. It almost worked for Doris, who struggled with their offense all night, they got it to within a possession in the final seconds, but with a chance to tie it on a desperation heave, they never got a shot off.