It certainly was not pretty, but it was indeed a gritty victory that the Porter House Pub team pulled out in front of a capacity crowd of 7 fans in the EastView "Sauna" Gymnasium last night!Much to the dismay of the crew, the electric atmosphere was severely lacking coming off the 80 plus person crowd in attendance last week, but it was a bad referee call and subsequent ejection that provided the "spark" the team needed to power through to their second straight win!
From the outset the Porter House team seemingly had control but it was spotty at times as the shooting percentages were extremely low from just about all players. The team was constantly pushing the ball up and running hard and quickly tired out the younger, shorter bench of the competition, but the shots and some easy buckets just weren't falling.
It was an incident halfway through the second half that seemed to jumpstart the Pubbers and bonded them through to the final whistle. Larry T was on a breakway for an easy layup with one guy trailing and as he went up and made the basket, the trailer crashed into him, sending him sprawling dangerously into the brick wall in the gym.
The 7 fans and the whole team gasped at the violence of the take down and waited to see if LT could make it back up to shoot his free throw!
It was eerily quiet in the gym (there were only 7 children fans afterall) as LT rose to one knee and stared in disbelief at the referee!
Incredibly, there was no whistle despite the fact that this hit took place directly under the nose of the referree! Needless to say, LT was not too pleased with the blatant no-call and perilous action of the other player and unncharacteristically let his feelings be known to the offending ref.
And he was spot on!
So spot on that two technical fouls later and an ejection from the game, the stunned crowd of 7 fans looked terrified and worried at the prospect of LT not returning.
However, the team huddled, kept it together, clamped down on the D, and made the crucial free throws down the stretch to finally put this game to bed.
The savvy coaching of Henry (on DL) and Bants secured the W and disaster was averted!
The savvy coaching of Henry (on DL) and Bants secured the W and disaster was averted!
It was not a pretty game but it was effective, and without the presence of some of our regulars it was a pretty strong victory --- even if the video of it may make some nauseous!
Next game Thursday!!! The Quest continues!! Nice job Boys!!!
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