First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICAH!!
H4C had a solid team, as usual, with a 6-8 guy who was really good on the turnaround bank shots, 1970s style. Good offensive player.
Close game all the way. It was tight until we opened the lead to 8 or 9 points with about 6-8 minutes left in the game. Just a lot of solid, hard-nosed defense by all our guys tonight. Still much to work on defensively, but the focus we've given to defense in the last two weeks really showed tonight.
On the other end, we had some inconsistency, which isn't surprising. We really haven't worked much on offense in these past two weeks, but defense is really something we need to continue working at. We'll be fine offensively with more practice time, and with some of our JV/15U guys coming to practice regularly now, I have total confidence on that.
Fortunately, we did a decent job of ball movement, working the corner game with 7-Ball. Attacking with patience. Radyn was solid for us on both ends and in transition, aggressive and under control. Kali‘a gave us a lot of versatility on our pressure defenses and offense on the post and wing. Tenchi's first game went well. He did smart things on defense, altering shots with his wingspan, and his three or four buckets on offense helped. Chase still had some legs left after two earlier games, and gave us defense and a few nice attacks to the rim in transition. Micah helped immensely in the final 4 minutes as H4C tried to trap us. Smart ballhandling, changing speeds, passing under control.
Our younger guys got good minutes tonight, but the mental errors and youth showed at times. This is why I want our 13U/Intermediate guys to be at our 15U/JV/Varsity games. The best way to learn is by watching or being on the court. You learn from your mistakes and your teammates' mistakes. In a game. So be patient, keep learning, keep being aggressive, and learn to apply wisdom and knowledge to your game in ways that help the team play excellent basketball on each and every play.
Eliminate the bad habits, become a better player and team. Repeat the same errors over and over, back to the practice court to grind that down until it blows away forever. That's always the hope. I'm already looking forward to practice this week. If you can't make practice, please let me know. Try and make every one. That's the best time to improve on everything!
Lineup: Sierra, Jance, Javan, Josh R, Jonah, Micah, Jhevin, Jayden, Tenchi, Radyn, Kali'a, Chase, Ryan, Felcris.
Injured: Gabriel (nose, hip, groin). He got banged up pretty good in the earlier game today. Chris (leg). Colin (ankle).
Not available: Kyle (church event), Tani (babysitting)/
Next: Sunday, 3:00 pm - FT Challenge. Get more sponsors, and even if you don't have sponsors, come down to Makiki Park, shoot your 20 FTs and get back to collecting sponsorships from aunties, uncles, grandmas and grandpas, your parents, parents' co-workers. The more we hustle with this, the better.
For the guys who can't afford to pay for league fees, uniforms, trips, etc. — Please be honorable and show up for FT Challenge. Mrs. Chang, myself and all the friends from Oahu to Kona who have donated to help us really are helping you guys because they care. If you don't honor them, then you aren't understanding what it's all about. So show up and shoot, and if you can't make it on Sunday, let me know.
Class and maturity don't cost anything. Learn this now and continue to be blessed!
WE LOVE THIS GAME!!
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