Rob O'Reilly
Max Lance
Ted Alexandro
Ted's friend Jim
6 random kids
MVP:
Alexandro
Recap:
You could feel it in the hot summer air: hoop dreams. A call to destiny that Ted Alexandro knows all too well.
In the opening game of “21,” O’Reilly took an early 14-5-4 lead against Alexandro and Lance. With fanciful Irish moves and a behind-the-back juke opponents call The O’Reilly Factor, Rob scored his 18th point and thought he had his victory sealed.
But Alexandro had other plans. After Lance’s skillful alley-oop knocked Rob back down to thirteen, Alexandro began dropping rainbows on his leprechaun-like challengers (because of Rob’s ethnicity and Max’s height). Like a pot of gold, his shot was spectacular, and gave him the victory.
In the following games, Alexandro joined an unstoppable alliance with Mike (a tiny black point) and O’Reilly, or “Kurt” as the urban players have deemed him. This “board name” is based on Rob’s goggles being reminiscent of the Lakers’ Kurt Rambis.
At one point, Ted’s team was down 20-10 in a game to 21. Max Lance had made several good jumpers and had led his team to game point. During the comeback of the century, Alexandro dropped 2 threes in a row.
At 20-19 (game point), a heated controversy erupted when Ted’s friend Jim called a foul for using raised arms while boxing out. When Team Alexandro started over with the ball, Mike speedily cut to the basket and made the final lay-up.
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