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I don't want to give too much away for my own game so if anyone wants to throw in a sentence of two previewing the matchup that would be awesome.

I walked into the New York Newts clubhouse to interview the team. Let me set the scene. Wang Bangliang was chugging Slurpee from the machine in the corner. Sweet Eddy, Gavin "Give em the" Byrd, Ed "Take it or" Leavitt, and Imiliano "I'm a Villan" Villamater were playing snertz on the floor, surrounded by a rainbow of Surge cans and chocolate wrappers. Bastian "Sledgehammer" Seidinger was sitting on medicine ball. Dawid "the Walrus" Ossowski waved me over to the long wooden bench by his locker. "I'm surprised you came. Its been a rough season." "I'm doing a piece on your next tv game against the Cougars." "We had high hopes, the Sledge and I, that management would bring in the missing pieces. We're getting older and im not going to get through another rebuild. Rafi, he's the future. We're gonna give it all the we've got to keep the team from relegation but its just the 10 of us going hard 3 or 4 nights a week. We can't keep up with the deeper rosters in the league. Trust the process they say. Maybe we'll get a couple guys at the break and make a push in the second half. As for Saturday, we'll be there to give em hell."

Cougars by 24

Coogs by 16

local newspaper couldn't get this level of inside access! pretty accurate assessment from Ossowski...

coogs by 17

Awesome lol!

Cougars by 18

Round 13 of the TV game show (Match Prediction Contest) is complete, with performance that shocking the vegas better. This is a first I don;t even know how to score it as not a soul thought the Newts were winning this game. Yet the Newts won with a lights out backcourt performance, 107-103. It was an absolutely thrilling with the Newts going 58% from behind the arc. The big three outside talents of Anastasio, Villamater, and Seidinger combined for 81 of their points tonight. This was a big win to stay ahead of Lake Charles in the standings. Meanwhile, on the other side, this really leaves the door open for Steppers to make the battle for 7th interesting in the great 8. Bananahorns, Cougars, and Steppers will have an interesting second half of the season to stay up. Who can make the cleanest finish this season, while leaving enough in the tank to win a relegation series?

Final Score: New York Newts 107 @ Coos Bay Cougars 103

New York Newts 107
Pos - Player of the Game (Pts, Asts, Rebs)
SG - R. Anastasio (36, 6, 6)

Team Ratings:
Highest - Outside Scoring (9.3)
Lowest - Rebounding (4.3)

Coos Bay Cougars 103
Pos - Player of the Game (Pts, Asts, Rebs)
C - P. Wilkinson (6, 12, 25)

Team Ratings:
Highest - Inside Defence (10.7)
Lowest - Inside Scoring (5.3)

Television Game Show Leaderboard
Manager - Points (Weekly 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Closest)
1. Rexapex - 24
2. Coach Shnuffy - 23.5
3. Mongo - 18 (1st)
4. Jasen Harper - 17.5 (3rd)
5. Sterling Archer - 9 (2nd)
6. tony9955 - 8.5
7. DrChristopher - 6.5
8. Hutch44 - 6
9. squall - 5
10. GhostDog - 1.5

As for next gameday....ITS A DOUBLE HEADER!!!

Saturday 4/27/2024 8:00:00 PM 6th Place Bananahorns @ 6th Place Hasting Hornets & 3rd place Evergreen Xenos @ 3rd place Archers of Loafcross

I love the symmetry both matchups are teams in simmilar standings stituations. The Archers are in a very competitve top half of the Big 8. Meanwhile the Evergreen are trying to stay away from playing Rashmonsters in the first round of the playoffs. In the other matchup the Bananahorns have two teams hot on their tails desperate to scramble ahead of the in the relegation battle. Whereas the hornets have done the dirty work and secured safety from automatic relegation pretty much and now can solely gameplan for how they want to attack the playoffs and whatever matchup they get.

Hasting Hornets and Bananahorns have never played each other. Evergreen Xenos and Archers of Loafcross have never played each other.

Some possible storylines... The news feeds are flooded with talk of there potential sell of Dominik and Viktor. Will this change their chemistry now that they have added Runyon? WHat about in acquistion Ohka for the Hornets. Surely the Nippon national teamer was a few tricks in store for the league.

Who's got the magic eight-ball this week and can predict this scoreline?

Please submit your prediction in this format.

Game #1 Winner: _______ By: ______
Game #2 Winner: _______ By: ______

Best of luck all, as always may the odds be ever in your favor.

To be clear…Game 1 is Hornets v Bananahorns…Game 2 is Xenos v Archers….?

Sure, but I'll know which one you mean either way.

Now that you mention it…of course you would! What was I (not) thinking…🤷‍♂️