Tuesday night, the Flash Mashers had a comfortable lead on number four seed Extra Crispy for most of the game during the first round of the league III.6 playoffs. Starting SG Tyminski was sitting out due to a severe hang nail earned as he attempted to spin the ball on top of his finger during a game against Updog Brewers weeks earlier. During the first half teammate Spiros Xiros joined him on the bench after one of his eyelashes got stuck in his eye. This same injury had been bothering Xiros for much of the season and it became to much for the starting PG during the biggest game in Flash Mashers history.
"I really hated to go down on my team like that, especially during our first division three playoff game." sobbed Xiros after the game "But the pain was just too much ya know?"
Extra Crispy, who was playing with more enthusiasm, managed a nine point comeback in the fourth-quarter and shocked everybody with a one point win over the number one seeded Flash Mashers.
"I don't want to talk about it. I will spend next season in my office, I can't face my team or the fans..." stated manager Chekreyes with a blank look in his face "Next season will be spent on training how to avoid injuries, maybe I'll even hire a decent doctor. But for now just slip me some food twice a day, maybe some pain-killers... But I'm not leaving my office."
The disappointed fans are anxious for news about the teams future in III.6, but they'll have to wait. Rest assured there will be changes.