A night of extremes for our Thunder. We were cold from the field again, didn't execute our pressbreaker for 2/3rds of the game. We were down
We lost Ryan when he hit his head on the court hard on a steal. The head official told him he had to sit out the rest of the game as a safety precaution. It was the right move, but we sure missed him.
We were down 31-29 with :08 left in regulation when KBA missed a free throw. Kapaa got the rebound and went coast to coast, scoring on a sweet spin move and left-handed floater at the buzzer to tie the game and force overtime.
OT: first team to score 3 points, or whichever team has the lead at the end of 1 minute wins.
Once we got to OT, mental errors hindered us again. We didn't box out as a team and they got a layup on us. We were going to run Monday, which had worked in the final minutes of regulation against their man defense, but we took a quick, rushed 3-point shot that was an air ball. Not a bad idea except the shot was a little bit rushed, affecting the shooter's balance, and there we didn't have time to get underneath for an offensive rebound. But KBA got the rebound and called time out.
I asked our guys to pack the paint and let KBA shoot the long-range shot. Just challenge the shooters, don't foul. But they got a shot from the left elbow area and we fouled the guy. He hit the first free throw and the game was over.
It was a HUGE COMEBACK because all our guys play with heart. But we — every one of us — needs to play smarter to win close games. We gave this one away, no question. We really need to practice more to get smarter as a team, and that's been tough lately with everybody so busy (school team practices).
I'm stoked and PROUD of the guys for hanging in there and rallying. A win would've been gravy. We never stopped believing.
We're 3-1 in PAA 13U and there will be playoffs down the road. We can win this championship, no doubt. But let's focus on getting better (and smarter) one day at a time. WE LUB THIS GAME!
Today's lineup: Josh Roberts, Walter Berthold, Ryan Higashionna, Jared Elwin, Kapaa Nishimura, Joshua de Jesus, Felcris Jay Corpuz, Javan Montiho.
Missing: Chris Afe, Micah Visoria.
Mahalo to Kali'a Mielke for being there again to support his teammates on the bench.
Next: Friday - no practice.
Saturday, 11:40 am - Warmups at Aiea gym outside court. Game time 12:40 pm - H1 Thunder vs. H4C (Aiea Intermediate Division).
Sunday, 1:30 pm - Warmups at Kilauea gym outside court. Game time 2:30 pm - H1 Thunder vs. Blue Devils (CAL Intermediate Division).
Boxscore added 1/25/14
We were dominated on the boards 29-11. They had more offensive rebounds (15) than we had in total boards. We made just eight baskets and had 15 turnovers. And yet, we were in position to win this game. We had solid free-throw shooting (11-for-16) and made just enough threes (4-for-11) to get back in the game, but overall, it was the non-measurable factor — HEART — that got us to rally from 14 points down and force overtime.
| H1 Thunder at KBA Outsiders [PAA League 13U Division] | ||||
| Jan 23, 2014 | 1ST | 2ND | OT | SCORE |
| H1 Thunder (3-1) | 9 | 22 | 0 | 31 |
| KBA Outsiders [PAA League 13U Division] () | 12 | 19 | 3 | 34 |
| H1 Thunder | |||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
| #2 Kapaa Nishimura | 1 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 5-8 | 5-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |
| #5 Jared Elwin | 1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 2-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| #6 Ryan Higashionna | 1 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| #7 Joshua de Jesus | 1 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| #33 Javan Montiho | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
| #20 Felcris Ahadain | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| #11 Joshua Roberts | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
| #88 Walter Berthold | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 8-24 (.333) | 4-11 (.364) | 11-16 (.688) | 11-2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 31 | ||
| KBA Outsiders [PAA League 13U Division] | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| #2 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| #7 | 1 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| #8 | 1 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| #10 | 1 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 9-5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| #11 | 1 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 6-1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| #9 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| #6 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| #1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #3 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 15-38 (.395) | 2-8 (.250) | 2-9 (.222) | 29-15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 34 | |
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