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Game 1 Game Ratings:

1st column=game rating (calculated by how many sublevels above atrocious-low a team is in Outside Scoring, Inside Scoring, Perimeter Defense, Inside Defense, Rebounding, & Offensive Flow combined). 2nd column=average player rating, 3rd column=total team efficiency (efficiency is (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK−Missed FGs−Missed FTs-Turnovers).

149 - 14.3 - 111 - Celestia BC
149 - 13.9 - 076 - BC Dondel
140 - 14.8 - 152 - KamiQazers Team
138 - 13.1 - 107 - Glasgow Blue Jays
136 - 13.6 - 137 - Vagarshapat
136 - 13.1 - 120 - SMOKI WAWELSKIE
134 - 12.7 - 142 - Locomotive Edinburgh
129 - 12.9 - 101 - Gibiskus
129 - 12.0 - 095 - Ucigasii
128 - 12.6 - 121 - The Brick Squad
128 - 11.6 - 117 - Stómas
127 - 12.1 - 097 - CB Nans
123 - 12.2 - 073 - Comino Chameleons
116 - 10.1 - 100 - Barcelona Chisinau
116 - 09.6 - 090 - Dacia Chisinau
114 - 11.2 - 056 - The Red Hammers

The Brick Squad win on their 1st ESL game since season 65 against C.B Nans by 101-89, with the Nans motion tactics playing into their 3-2 defence, through using extra effort, & by winning most of the rebounding battles when shots didn't drop.

The Red Hammers (last ESL season 67) had a tough night against KamiQazers Team. Things got off to a rocky start after a 9 point quarter, & although scoring improved after that, the KamiQazers stifling defence still allowed only 74 points while scoring 110.

Speaking of stifling defence, Glasgow Blue Jays and Comino Chameleons went into halftime 33-28. Comino SG Abramo Galli's 38 couldnt stop the Blue Jays winning 86-78.

Locomotive Edinburgh took a double GDP swing and hit both, & everytime the Dacia starters rested Dacia slipped further and further back. When Dacia did force a miss they were beat 58-31 in rebounds and thus went down their biggest defeat since season 70 by 115-87.

In what would otherwise be 2 teams staring at a mirror version of themselves, Vagarshapat gave extra effort, had better shooting & rebounding despite similar skills levels in both and won 113-99 for the night's only away win vs. Ucigasii.

Celestia BC beat BC Dondel with a little more depth and 100% at the FT line for a statement 89-75 victory in by game rating the game of the night.

Stómas had a heartbreaker with Þorbergur Þorgrímsson missing the 2nd of 2 FTs with 0:00 on the clock to not take Smoki Wawelskie into OT.

In a similar finish, Garegin Levonyan for Gibiskus pushed off for an offensive foul with 11 seconds left and while Tam Yin Chi stole back the ball, he did it with 0:00 on the clock and no time to attempt a buzzerbeater for an 85-86 defeat to Barcelona Chisinau.

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 115 : Locomotive Edinburgh
Rebounds : 58 : Locomotive Edinburgh
Assists : 30 : KamiQazers Team
Steals : 11 : Glasgow Blue Jays
Block Shots : 8 : Gibiskus

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 39 : Y. Ingivaldsson (Stómas)
Rebounds : 21 : P. Soto (BC Dondel)
Assists : 9 : H. Farías (Vagharshapat), I. Gunnhallsson (Stómas)
Steals : 4 : E. Igarzabal (Comino Chameleons), S. O'Connor (Glasgow Blue Jays), S. Zavaliy (Gibiskus)
Block Shots : 5 : H. Baidu (Gibiskus)

Best efficiency by main position of the evening

Point Guard : L. Rios (Vagharshapat) (20 Points, 3 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28
Shooting Guard : A. Galli (Comino Chameleons) (38 Points, 6 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Small Forward : T. Ronsisvalle (SMOKI WAWELSKIE) (33 Points, 3 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Power Forward : Y. Ingivaldsson (Stómas) (39 Points, 7 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40 *MVP OF THE NIGHT*
Center : P. Tofan (Barcelona Chisinau) (36 Points, 3 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33

Last edited by StrategicHamlets at 5/3/2026 3:27:51 PM

Game 2 Game Ratings:

148 - 14.1 - 120 - BC Dondel
142 - 14.2 - 127 - KamiQazers Team
142 - 13.2 - 138 - Vagarshapat
141 - 14.2 - 166 - Celestia BC
133 - 13.3 - 110 - Glasgow Blue Jays
133 - 11.6 - 115 - C.B. Nans
132 - 14.0 - 139 - Gibiskus
131 - 12.3 - 125 - The Brick Squad
131 - 12.1 - 105 - Locomotive Edinburgh
130 - 13.6 - 091 - Comino Chameleons
130 - 11.3 - 084 - Stómas
125 - 12.8 - 121 - Smoki Wawelskie
122 - 10.7 - 076 - Ucigasii
120 - 10.2 - 085 - Dacia Chisinau BC
114 - 11.6 - 080 - The Red Hammers
113 - 09.5 - 077 - Barcelona Chisinau

Running total of game ratings for season:

297 - BC Dondel
290 - Celestia BC
282 - KamiQazers Team
278 - Vagarshapat
271 - Glasgow Blue Jays
265 - Locomotive Edinburgh
261 - Smoki Wawelskie
261 - Gibiskus
260 - CB Nans
259 - The Brick Squad
258 - Stómas
253 - Comino Chameleons
251 - Ucigasii
236 - Dacia Chisinau
229 - Barcelona Chisinau
228 - The Red Hammers

Best team stats of the evening

Points : 131 : Celestia BC
Rebounds : 56 : Celestia BC
Assists : 27 : Celestia BC
Steals : 14 : The Red Hammers
Block Shots : 12 : The Brick Squad

Best individual stats of the evening

Points : 47 : N. Göksu (Vagharshapat)
Rebounds : 21 : S. Boca (Ucigasii)
Assists : 10 : N. Göksu (Vagharshapat)
Steals : 6 : C. Nava (The Brick Squad)
Block Shots : 5 : R. Jansson (Glasgow Blue Jays), R. Lampaert (The Brick Squad), H. Baidu (Gibiskus)

Top 5 of the evening

Point Guard : Y. Bourcier (BC Dondel) (28 Points, 3 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Shooting Guard : J. MacCrie (Glasgow Blue Jays) (45 Points, 4 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32
Small Forward : V. Crudu (Dacia Chisinau BC) (34 Points, 10 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38
Power Forward : N. Göksu (Vagharshapat) (47 Points, 15 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 2 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 59 *MVP OF THE NIGHT*
Center : W. Buchan (Locomotive Edinburgh) (21 Points, 16 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 3 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33

Best team stats of the season

Points : 230 : Vagharshapat
Rebounds : 109 : Comino Chameleons, Celestia BC, Locomotive Edinburgh
Assists : 54 : KamiQazers Team
Steals : 21 : The Red Hammers
Block Shots : 19 : The Brick Squad, Gibiskus

Best individual stats of the season

Points : 47 : N. Göksu (Vagharshapat)
Rebounds : 21 : P. Soto (BC Dondel), S. Boca (Ucigasii)
Assists : 10 : N. Göksu (Vagharshapat)
Steals : 6 : C. Nava (The Brick Squad)
Block Shots : 5 : R. Jansson (Glasgow Blue Jays), R. Lampaert (The Brick Squad), H. Baidu (Gibiskus), H. Baidu (Gibiskus)

Best efficiency by main position of the season
Point Guard : L. Rios (Vagharshapat) (21.5 Points, 2.5 Rebounds, 6.5 Assists, 0.5 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Shooting Guard : A. Gorašević (Celestia BC) (23.5 Points, 4.5 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1.5 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 21.5
Small Forward : T. Ronsisvalle (SMOKI WAWELSKIE) (26 Points, 5 Rebounds, 7.5 Assists, 0.5 Steals, 0.5 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 32.5
Power Forward : N. Göksu (Vagharshapat) (36.5 Points, 14.5 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 46.5
Center : W. Buchan (Locomotive Edinburgh) (16.5 Points, 14 Rebounds, 2.5 Assists, 0.5 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 25

MVP of the season

N. Göksu (Vagharshapat) (36.5 Points, 14.5 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 46.5


Last edited by StrategicHamlets at 5/5/2026 5:26:26 PM

Smoki Wawelskie 108 - 117 - Vagarshapat : Vagarshapat likely won this by a combination of home court advantage and Smoki's motion tactics playing into their 3-2 defence. Despite that it was still very competitive with Vagarshapat's lead being as small as 2 with 2.05 to go. Bulgarian veteran Nedim Göksu handed his team the win with an outstanding 47 point, 15 rebound, 10 assist night (all game-leading).

KamiQazers Team 102 - 87 Stómas : KamiQazers team put extra effort in compared to Stómas and were rewarded with a game that was 84-56 after 3 quarters. Stómas recovered somewhat in the final quarter but KamiQazers were still well ahead at the end of the game which will happen when your SFs score 47 combined and the opponent's SFs combined for 3!

Glasgow Blue Jays 93 - 85 Dacia Chisinau BC : Dacia, likely still smarting from their heavy defeat of the previous Saturday, were in no mood to take it easy on Glasgow Blue Jays and tried accordingly. They must have wondered why they bothered at the half being down 58-40, but then Glasgow put up a 7 point 3rd quarter. Normal service resumed in the final quarter with recent Blue Jays signing Joshua MacCrie ending up with 45 points, and Dacia's Moldovan national team SG/SF Vitalie Crudu replying with his own 34 point night. As in the previous game the Dacia bench seemed to be needing help combining to -1 efficiency.

The Brick Squad 98 - 83 Comino Chameleons : What seemed to give this win to The Brick Squad was partially Comino playing Look Inside into one of the stronger inside defending squads of the ESL but also The Brick Squad platooning Hugo Matt and Karel Haenebalcke (both Luembourg NT players) at SF against Comino's weakest starter Cedric Mizzi. This clearly worked as Comino were 25 down after 3 quarters and while Mizzi scored 20 himself, Matt & Haenebalcke combined for 51 in a valuable away win.

Celestia BC 131 - 93 The Red Hammers : After The Red Hammers had $840k KamiQazers on opening night, their fixture list then gave them $1.029 million per week squad Celestia. When your wage bill is under $550k then results vary but tend towards the unpleasant. Celestia shot 61% and despite Red Hammers centre Raúl Bohada putting up resistence with a 13/17/8 night on 31 efficiency, this went per the wage bill.

Ucigasii 74 - BC Dondel 99 : BC Dondel's thing is veteran savvy and tenacious defence, both being on display as Ucigasii struggled to 74 points on 0-15 from 3, and Ucigasii can console themselves that playing Look Inside might have saved them from a really slow night on the scoreboard with their own veteran Romanian PF Serban Boca impressing with 18 points, 21 rebounds and 7 assists. For Dondel, backup PG Yohann Bourcier had his best league night in seasons with 28 points in a mere 23 minutes.

Barcelona Chisinau 77 - 94 C.B Nans : Depth and shooting won this for C.B Nans with 7 double figure player ratings to Barcelona Chisinau's 4, and 9 extra FGs made on the same amount of shots. Losing the 2nd quarter by 16 was always going to be a hard thing to overcome and C.B Nans were good enough to not let Barcelona Chisanau get too close.

Locomotive Edinburgh 99 - 116 Gibiskus : After the opening day victory and being up 53-50 at the half in this game, Locomotive Edinburgh had a lot of reason to feel happy about things. With the 2nd half going 66-46 to Gibiskus, that did not last! This was probably fair as the 5 best player ratings all went to Gibiskus players, with Scotland NT player Alaister Chisholm's 14.5 only tieing for 6th as best Edinburgh player. Consolations were centre William Buchan and his 21&16, the 12-18 shooting from 3, and the 21-22 from the FT line.

Hey man, thanks for your analysis after every match, it’s always a pleasure to read. I actually followed you back when I was in the second league with you, so it’s really cool to see this here now

Thanks for the support .

Saturday and especially Tuesday's ratings & commentaries may be a little late as will be superbusy but I'll find time & wi-fi to put them up at some point!

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*saved for the delayed game 3 commentary - ETA Thursday 14/05*

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*saved for the delayed game 4 datapack - ETA Thursday 14/05*

*saved for the delayed game 4 commentaries - ETA Thursday 14/05*