We are gathered here today…in support of one of our fallen basketball teams.
An angry Supreme Court, seething from a loss the previous night to Afirmative Action, that dropped them from winning 1st place in the LegalMatch Rooftop Tournament, tortured the Kill Ball team under the burning hot sun of the Rooftop Garden last evening. Actually, Kill Ball is still alive and kicking, but just barely. Rather than being a contestant in the Championship series next Wednesday the 20th, Diane Tran, Richard Fianza, David Merritt, Jason Hudgins and Frank Perkins of Kill Ball will have to resurrect themselves in the Consolation game only to try and capture at least the 3rd place ribbons of the Playoffs.
Missing 2 players from their roster, Kill Ball did well just to make it through 3 tough games under the 90 degree heat and against the full weight of the Supreme Court’s ugly ire. Led by Kurt Jerdon’s 6 point first game, followed up by Michael Gutman’s game high 10 points and the overall balanced scoring, and defensive efforts put forth from Lance Burton, Laurie Ziffrin and Jian Ouyang the Court ground the short handed Kill Ball team down into a shallow grave.
The win places Supreme Court right back in the favored position to win next weeks championship game. Of course, Affirmative Action and Rejection Sustained, who play in today’s Playoff contest may have something to say about who is the favored team. the match up today should be a good one as Karzag, Reis, Sacramento and Clemena try and stop the league’s scoring champion Matt Griffith and his band of support players including Randy Wells, Augie Chun, Ken LaMance and Captain Lesley Murray. The winner will face the Supreme Court in the big LegalMatch Championship game on the 20th for the LegalMatch Founders Cup.
The pressure is on!
Lance Burton