RGAC / Mar 18 & Mar 25 / S4 Week 11 & 12 - Season Finale Game Recap
RGAC -- — In Week 11, Team Adam Silver & His Happy Friends finished last with 1 point, but enough to secure their 1st place in Season 4 due to a hot start in first month of the season. The late season strong push from Team Low & Go got them closed down the gap between 3rd place Team Lulu Legends and 2nd place Team Richmond Crash Dummies.
Focus and intensity at maximum level in Week 12 with Lulu Legends and Richmond Crash Dummies tipped off Season 4 Finale. Already under-size and without team's rebound leader, Ka Ming, due to severe wrist injury, the Crash Dummies not enough strength to fight the Lulu Legends, who led by their own Captain Mikey who stuffed the stat sheets with 5 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, to secure a crucial Game 1 of Week 12 with final score of 13-10.
The Low & Go faced top seed Adam Silver & His Happy Friends in Game 2. Due to rough start from Low & Go and Team ASHHF balanced attack, ASHHF took Game 2 with final score of 10-7.
Season 4 top two rivalry teams (Team ASHHF and Team RCD) finally met in Game 3. After losing Game 1, RCD's captain Johnny Crash tried to lead his team to get their first win in Week 12. Despite Don finished with 9 points, both Johnny and Jason finished with 5 points each and getting a late rare 3 point from AllanM, still not enough to get the team a victory due to ASHHF's OG, Danny, had a breakout performance finishing with 14 points with 100% FG shooting (4/4 2 points and 2/2 3 points) and led ASHHF to victory with final score of 25-24.
The Low & Go finally got their first win in Week 12 in Game 4 when facing Lulu Legends. The Lulu thought would be an easy match, so sitting out Captain Mikey, but Low & Go capitalized it and making it a close game from start to finish. With multiple lead changes, the game went down to the wire with Low & Go 3-n-D wing, Eric, running the last possession for Low & Go with team down 1 point by driving hard on his left and pulled a tough fadeaway jumper over the Lulu's twin towers, Vlad and Justin, for a buzzer beater basket. Low & Go won by final score of 9-8.
After 8 hard fought games in Week 12, the final buzzer finally sound. Fisk the Freak put his hands behind his head, with Richmond Grizzlies basketball league fans and players standing on their feet cheering around - he took it all in.
The Adam Silver & His Happy Friends stand alone and topped the Season 4 to win the team’s 1st ever Richmond Grizzlies championship.
“It means the world," Fisk said on centre stage after the team received the Richmond Grizzlies trophy from Commissioner Wyatt. "It’s been a long time. And damn I’m grateful.”
The 12 weeks journey of Richmond Grizzlies Season 4 was complete.
Key moment
- Season 4 MVP award was announced and given out to Johnny Crash.
- All players of Richmond Grizzlies Season 4 came together for a group photo and marked a successful season with lots of fun and excitement.
RGAC / Mar 11 / S4 Week 10 Game Recap
Richmond Grizzlies Basketball Officiating Last Two Minute Report
Below is the league’s assessment of officiated events that occurred in the last two minutes of games that were at or within three points during any point in the last two minutes of the game (and overtime, where applicable). The plays assessed include all calls (whistles) and notable non-calls. Notable non-calls will generally be defined as material plays directly related to the outcome of a possession.
Similar to the season’s instant replay standards (usually handled by Lulu's Vladie), there must be clear and conclusive video evidence in order to make a determination that a play or stats were incorrectly officiated. Events that are indirectly related to the outcome of a possession (e.g., a non-call on contact away from the play) and/or plays that are only observable with the help of a stopwatch, zoom or other technical support may be noted in brackets along with the explanatory comments but are not deemed to be incorrectly officiated. The league may change its view after further review.
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On March 13, 2025 at 5:30PM, league received official facts (i.e. 2 strong brain memories from Rob and Liam, 1 brain "oh yeah... now I remember" from Leo and 0.5 brain "I thought we won 3 games" from Will-I-AM" from Team Low & Go that the team actually defeated R.C.D. in Game 1 of Week 10. This gave Low & Go a 2W2L night in Week 10 and finished 2nd place with 3 points (by winning the tie breaker against the R.C.D. who also finished Week 10 with 2W2L). Team Leaderboard ranking also adjusted accordingly.
RGAC -- — The Adam Silver & His Happy Friends bounced back strong after losing all games in Week 9, team finished undefeated (4W0L) in Week 10. With a bit of luck to start their night, Team ASHHF faced the Lulu Legends in their first game; where the Lulu's defensive anchor Vlad the Ukrainian Tractor who is not known for paper-scissors-rock had loss the game and had to give up his position to 1-night contract FA, Unable to Finish Kaiser (who went 2/10 FG). Already without their team's rebounding leader, Justin, due to over shooter shots and not able to suit up in Week 10, the Lulu also missed Vlad's defensive presence and let the ASHHF defeated them with final score 8-4. The ASHHF faced their rivalry team, Richmond Crash Dummies in their 2nd game and managed to grind out by beating the Dummies 11-9. This is a crucial win where after finishing first in Week 10 and beating the R.C.D, now the ASHHF widen the leaderboard gap a bit at 1st place with 28 points while R.C.D. at 2nd place with 23 points.
The Richmond Crash Dummies led by their 1st overall pick, Jason Shuttleworth with 14 points, 5 assists and 14 rebounds and team leader, Johnny Crash's 15 points managed to finish Week 10 with 2W2L. Team's PF, Pastor Don, due to God's calling only managed to play 1 game. Don's absence definitely impacted the team's interior presence; despite league's rebound leader, Ka Ming, finished the night with 18 rebounds (included 11 offensive boards), but it was just not enough.
Lulu Legends and Low & Go each finished with 1W3L but Lulus won the tie-breaker in Game 4, so finished 3rd place in Week 10 with 2 points, which put them in 3rd place at team leaderboard with 22 points and still in striking distance to over take R.C.D. at 2nd place with 23 points or even challenge 1st place ASHHF at 28 points.
Week 11 would be crucial night where either the ASHHF will run away early to take home the first ever Wyatt O'Sze's trophy or other teams get closer to challenge them.
Takeaway
- Game 7 between Low & Go and Richmond Crash Dummies brought the house down with non-stop back-n-forth scoring between the 2 teams. L&G's team leader, Leo, scored the league single game high with 17 points (also topped the night in scoring with 21 points total) led the Low & Go to victory with high scoring game, 30-26.
Key moment
- Game 7 also marked Low & Go's high profile prospect Will-I-AM season best performance hitting two key shots and finished the game with 4 points, which enough for Low & Go to edge the Dummies with final score 30-26. Will-I-AM also finished Week 10 with his own triple-single (all career high), 6 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds.
Key Stats
- ASHHF team leader, Fisk the Freak, flirted a triple-double with 14 points, 6 assists, 14 rebounds.
- Sneaky Sunny continued to play strong and led the Lulus in scoring with 8 points and 3 rebounds.
RGAC / Mar 4 / S4 Week 9 Game Recap
RGAC -- —Southpaw Eric top the night with both scoring 24 points (10/16 FG%) and assists 6 assists led the 4th seed Low & Go undefeated in Week 9 and secured 4 points for the team. Leo also in his attack mode finished the night with 17 points. Team's 3rd top scorer, Rob, was a late scratch but Low & Go managed to pick up top FA, Liam, who contributed 12 points for the night. Despite all the off court team management issue they were facing against Nico who was about trading their G-League prospect Will-I-AM, the team managed to recruit back Will-I-AM and sending a last minute charter flight to Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport to fly him back before Week 9 tip-off. Fans favorite, Will-I-AM, finished the night with 6 points and 2 rebounds while dishing out countless elbows and clamping down opponents in the paint to help Low & Go finished 4W0L in Week 9.
Lulu Legends also came out strong with their physical style of playing despite team's top PER player Taz-Mania Jay being sent to Cancun. Twin Towers Justin and Vlad anchored the defensive end well, particularly with Vlad the Ukrainian Tractor, grabbing game high 13 boards, including 5 offensive rebounds to give the team multiple second chances. The multiple offense opportunities also led to Team Captain, Mikey, strong offensive performance who finished the night with 16 points, 3 assists and 6 rebounds. In replacement of Jay, the Lulus also managed to pick up another strong lefty FA, Darren who flirted with a double-double by finishing the night with 8 point sand 10 rebounds. Team's role players, Kevin and Sunny both contributed; with Kevin finished with 6 points and 5 rebounds while Sneaky Sunny wrapped up the night with 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals.
Season 4 top two teams struggled in Week 9. The Richmond Crash Dummies finished the night with 1W3L, despite getting back their team rebounding leader, Ka Ming who finished with 10 points 6 rebounds. Adam Silver & His Happy Friends struggled badly in Week 9 without a single win. Team Captain, Fisk the Freak had rough shooting night and being held to single digit point once again with 7 points. Despite team's two wings making shots, with Owen finished team high with 18 points and Tonia gave her strong performance with 7 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds, but the lack of contribution from stretch big, Danny only managed with 7 points and 3 rebounds (due to flu-like symptoms) and Asian Rich Paul, Jack (0 point, 0/4FG) due to his mind still on Vega's blackjack and slot machines, the team never quite in sync, particularly on the defensive end.
Takeaway
- With the season two top teams struggled in Week 9, gaps among teams' seeding also closing up. ASHHF still at 1st with 24 points but now only up 3 points with R.C.D at 2nd place with 21 points, while Lulus caught up at 3rd place with 20 points. Low & Go might able to give a late season push (after stellar performance in Week 9) despite still at 4th place with 15 points.
Key moment
- Game 4 down the stretch with score tied at 8-8, Lulu Legends' Team Captain, Mikey, knocked down a tough baseline jumper over ASHHF's Danny's outstretched arm to break the tie and led the Lulus to victory with final score 10-8.
Key Stats
- Southpaw Eric got his 10th finger back and top the night in both scoring (24 points) and assists (6 assists).
- The Ukrainian Tractor, Vlad, collected another double digits rebound (13 rebounds) after filing an Official Appeal for Stats Correction Report to the leage to get his 4 offensive rebounds back.
RGAC / Feb 25 / S4 Week 8 Game Recap
RGAC -- — Richmond Grizzlies Season 4 Week 8 tip-off was delayed due to fans protest outside the gym after news broke out in early Tuesday morning that after messing up the Dallas Mavericks franchise recently, Nico also stepped into Team Low & Go and decided to put the fans' favorite G-League high profile prospect WILL-I-AM to trading block. William did not travel with the team in Week 8 and likely be out indefinitely until this mess sort out.
"It almost feels like he died," said a longtime WILL-I-AM fan.
"We all in shock! You just don't touch or trade such a generational talent like this. Not Will. Not someone the team invested so much on him from drafting, development and finally made him the starting 5 last week, then a 180 degree turn and put him on trading block." said by a Richmond Grizzlies league executive.
Week 8 eventually tipped-off after 20 minutes delay with 1st seed ASHHF VS 4th seed Low & Go. Hot start by 3-point specialist, Owen, and veteran stretch big, Danny, ASHHF opened Game 1 with 10-0 run. It was already too much of an uphill climb for Low & Go despite the two hot shooters eventually cooled off and ASHHF took Game 1 with final score of 13-6.
Game 2 featured "7 seconds run & crash style" Richmond Crash Dummies VS "90s old school Pistons bad boyz style" Lulu Legends. Despite team leader Johnny Crash with his new robot legs finishing 8 points, the Lulus stayed strong through out the game and getting a spark from their own veteran Sneaky Sunny who led the game in scoring with 9 points (including a dagger 3 point) and 2 rebounds. Lulu Legends edged the R.C.D. by 2 points (final score 14-12) and took Game 2. This eventually became a crucial tie breaking game between the 2 teams in Week 8 that both finished 2W2L.
When it rains; it pours, after dropping Game 2 to the Lulu Legends, the Richmond Crash Dummies faced the red hot Low & Go in Game 4, which this game also became a crucial tie breaking game for the two teams. After dropping first game to ASHHF, Low & Go went to a player only meeting immediately and made adjustments. The Low & Go big 3 came out strong with much better offense/defense flow in Game 4. Leo (6pts) + Rob (7pts) + Eric (5pts) easily took care on the offense. Denny and Alvin played hard on D. The Low & Go blew out the R.C.D with final score of 18-9. Both teams finished Week 8 with 2W2L.
Takeaway
- Top team ASHHF finished Week 8 with 3W1L and secured 4 points. With other 3 teams finished 2W2L each in Week 8, league had to dig into tie breakers , which made Game 2 and 4 became the two crucial matches. With Richmond Crash Dummies dropping both games, they ended up finished last with 1 point in Week 8. Low & Go also defeated Lulu Legends in Game 7, so they finished Week 8 as runner up and captured 3 points and Lulus finished 3rd with 2 points.
Key moment
- Game 9 shot clock buzzer three by stretch big, Danny over Vlad the Ukrainian Tractor was ruled off after the match was paused for nearly a minute for review. The game was not decided until final 2 second when Taz-Mania Jay's long 3 rimmed out. ASHHF won by final score 12-10.
Key Stats
- Johnny Crash top the night in scoring with 23 points plus 10 rebounds. The new robot legs definitely make him feel fresh to get a double-double.
- Lefty Rob finally broke out from his shooting slump and stuff the stat sheets in Week 8: 20 points (including 50% 3-point shooting), 3 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals.
- Jason continued to crash the board and top the night with total of 17 rebounds, where team rebounding leader, Ka Ming, still enjoying his Asia Tour.
- Commissioner Wyatt Stern out of load management and signed 1-night contract with ASHHF and provided immediate spark, particular on the defensive end by getting 11 rebounds and 4 steals.
RGAC / Feb 18 / S4 Week 7 Game Recap
RGAC -- — Four teams round robin formal kicked start Week 7 due to multiple players been sent to Asia Tour, Lulus' leader Mikey being jailed at home for family business and some mid season nagging injuries started to hit players.
The night tipped off with short-handed Lulu Legends VS Richmond Crash Dummies. With team leader, Mikey, being ruled out, Lulus signed 2 key free agents with 1-night contract, Adrian the Hustler and Commissioner Wyatt Stern. Adrian did not disappoint Lulu's co-captain, Vlad, who offered him the contract for Week 7. With his usual high octane energy, Adrian was aggressive on both ends of the floor right from the start and finished the game with 10 points, 2 rebounds and 4 steals. Lulus got their 1st win in week 7 by beating the Richmond Crash Dummies with final score 13-7. (Unfortunately, Adrian eventually blew his engine by injuring his ankle and finished the night early).
Game 2 featured season top team Adam Silver & His Happy Friends versus Low & Go. Low & Go started hot and took an early lead with Rob balancing the floor being PG controlling the tempo with 4 assists of the game, while his wing men Leo (finished with 8 points) and Eric (with 3 points) went on attack. Low & Go also got surprising offense contribution from Will-I-AM (after they promoted him to the starting unit) who finished game 2 with 4 points and 1 rebound. However, ASHHF eventually stormed back by 4 minutes mark, where team lead Fisk the Freak showing his Point Forward skill by dishing out 6 assists in game 2 and getting his sharp shooters Owen (11 points with 3 treys), Arny (6 points) and Jack (knocking down a dagger 3 point). ASHHF won game 2 by final score 23-17.
Game 4 was ASHHF turning point where their Point Forward, Fisk, sat out with undisclosed reason (rumors after the game saying he had daddy's duty to handle his sons on the sideline, he might hurt himself back in game 2, and Johnny Crash (who also sat out game 4) put drugs into his water that forced him to washroom...) Without their key guy to setup plays, ASHHF only got 7 points as a team (despite hot shooting from their 1-night FA, Darren) and dropped game 4 to Richmond Crash Dummies with final score 12-7. ASHHF also losing Game 5 to the Lulus, despite only getting 60% Jay who knocked down 2 key 3-pointers in this game to widen the lead that ASHHF could not recover and ASHHF loss back-to-back.
With 4-Team Round Robin format, Game 7 and Game 8 were settled by random draw. The ASHHF faced The Lulu Legends one last time and the game went into overtime. ASHHF's veteran Danny ran out of gas and blew 2 chances, including a missed wide open layup under the basket. This gave the Lulus a chance to win their 3rd game of Week 7 when their own veteran Sunny got the ball and drove hard and scored a game winning lefty layup over Jack and Fisk.
Week 7 finished with Game 8 between Richmond Crash Dummies and Low & Go, where Johnny Crash with his rare stable ankles able to stay strong in the final game of the night by hitting 3 treys and gave RCD their 3rd win in Week 7 as well with final score 19-11.
Takeaway
- Despite during pre-game interview, Taz-Mania Jay, said would only able to play 1 game at 60% level. He pushed through it and finished Week 7 with 3 games and stats line: 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals.
Key moment
- Week 7 with both Lulus and RCD finished with 3W1L. ASHHF and Low & Go finished with 1W3L. That made their Game 1 and Game 2 match up became their tie breakers, which led the Lulus taking full 4 points in Week 7 finishing as the top team. RCD with 3 points. ASHHF won the tie breaker against Low & Go and secured 2 points. Low & Go finished with 1 point.
Key stats
- Owen 3-point bomber stayed hot, top the night with 17 points including 5 treys.
- Rob was runner up finished with a double double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
- AllanM finally break out from his shooting slump and got 2 points and 3 rebounds.
- Fisk the Freak got his own double double with 10 assists (top of the night) and 14 rebounds. But was held to only 5 points with 2/17 FG shooting.
- Jason Shuttleworth also had a quiet offense night, but despite being held to single digit with 7 points, he snatched a total of 21 rebounds (top of the night, 8 offensive and 13 defensive) after the team sent their top rebounder Ka Ming to Asia Tour.
RGAC / Feb 11 / S4 Week 6 Game Recap
RGAC -- — Halfway of Season 4 and each game is getting more intense when teams are trying to be the last stand to take home the first ever Wyatt O'Sze Trophy.
Week 6 tip off with Richmond Crash Dummies VS Lulu Legends, which Lulu had to sign lefty Darren to a 1-night contract due to team defensive anchor, Vlad The Ukrainian Tractor's engine went boiling over at 38C and forced to sit out this night due to high fever. The two teams did not disappoint the 30 people crowd in the gym with back and forth offense and defense battle. Down the stretch, Lulu Legends' veteran, Sunny, stepped up with a key steal off Jason Shuttleworth, which led to Mikey's uncontested layup and gave Lulu the 4 points lead. Johnny Crash came back with his long range shot by swishing a deep 3 to pull within 1 point under a minute. At Lulu's last offense possession, Sunny came out strong once more by cutting through 2 dummies defenders then with a nice pass to wide open Darren who sealed the game with an easy bang shot under the basket. Final score 12-9 for Lulu Legneds and eventually this Game 1 became the crucial tie-breaking game for the two teams (each finished Week 6 with 2W2L) but Lulu Legends finished 2nd of the night and claimed 3 points.
Game 2 welcoming back Commissioner Wyatt Stern who joined force with Free Agents (Adrian, Calvin, Liam and Jerry) at Team Game Changers to take on The Low & Go. The Game Changers out muscled The Low & Go and handed them their first loss of the night with final score 19-10. Despite Low & Go got rare offensive contribution from their G-League top prospect, Will-I-AM and role player, Denny (each scored 2 points) but they were being out matched by high profile FAs, Liam finished with 7 points and Adrian with 8 points. The Low & Go continued struggled and finished Week 6 with 1W3L, sitting at last spot in Season 4.
The night eventually belonged to Team Adam Silver & His Happy Friends even their top shooter, JC, went on his Asia Tour. The team made necessary adjustment to grind out the night with 3W1L. Led by team lead Fisk The Freak who flirted with a triple-double by finishing the night with 19 points, 12 assists and 7 rebounds. Stretch big, Danny finished the night with his double-double 14 points and 11 rebounds. Long range bomber, Owen nailed five 3-pointers with 19 points. Jack The Asian Rich Paul continued to surprise the crowd by throwing his nearly perfect body in the crowd (grabbing 6 rebounds total) to give the team multiple second chance points. But the team's clutch player was Caitlin Tonia knocking down 3 and two corner dagger jumpers in Game 8 to defeat the FA's Game Changer.
Takeaway
- With 3W1L finished Week 6 as top team, Adam Silver & His Happy Friends secured 4 points and sitting at Season 4 first spot with total 17 points (2 points lead over 2nd spot Richmond Crash Dummies).
Key moment
- Game 4 featuring Lulu Legends and FA's Game Changers went down to the final buzzer, where Liam (having those nice strong hairy young legs) first put lefty Darren on skate and broke his ankle (dropped to ground), then pulled up a mid-range which the ball went for 720 degree spin and wiped every part of the rim before going in to give Game Changer the victory with final score 12-10.
Key Stats
- Lulu's Tower, Justin, continues top the rebounding category by grabbing 19 rebounds in Week 6 (9 offensive and 6 defensive). But his 0/5 FG under the hoop followed with offensive rebounds caught the Game Review Centre's attention to see if any of those missed shots were by intention in order to pile up rebounds to win the Season Rebounding Title.
- The G-League High Profile - Will-I-AM
- Low & Go continues to struggle on finding baskets and had to rely more on Will-I-AM, the Low & Go's G-League affiliate during Week 6., where Will-I-AM finished the night with 8 points from 4/11 FG shooting. After the night, league already receiving intel this performance was enough for Will-I-AM to move into the starting lineup for the rest of Season 4.
RGAC / Feb 4 / S4 Week 5 Game Recap
RGAC -- —After the CNY All Star Game Night, all teams returned in competitive game form under the new round robin format.
The Low & Go finally got their full roster for the first team of the season with Southpaw Eric finally made his season debut after being out nearly 10 weeks due to finger injury. Team did struggle a bit and not yet in mid season form due to the lack of time being on court together. Low & Go finished the night with 1W3L. Eric's season debut finished with 8 points, 11 rebounds and 1 block. Sharp shooter Rob had an off night with 4/19 3-point shooting and 6 TOs. Team lead, Leo also had a quiet night with 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 TOs. Role players Denny and Alvin did their part on the defensive end with Denny grabbing 3 rebounds. Alvin finished the night with 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block. William the G-League Star also had a rough night shooting went 2/10 2-point FG and finished with 4 points. The lack of scoring hurt the team most. After the game, The Low & Go had close door meeting to discuss the future plan on William on the team. Rumors being leaked he may be on the trading block.
The Lulu Legends also struggled in Week 5 finishing with 1W3L record, but took 2 points for the week by winning the tie breaking game against The Low & Go. Taz-Mania Devil Jay was the only bright spot for the team finished the night with 22 points (include draining 6 treys). Twin Towers Justin (15 rebounds total) and Vlad (9 rebounds total) did their part on the board, but their lack of offense hurt (2 points for Justin and Vlad went 0/6 3-point shooting). Team lead, Mike had a very rough night to get into rhythm by facing constant double team. Mike finished the night with 6 points (3/15 2-point shooting and 0/8 3-point attempt) and team high 5 TOs.
Rivalry Richmond Crash Dummies and Adam Silver & His Happy Friends each secured 3 wins. They faced each other in the key match in Game 4 of Week 5 with ASHHF outlasted the Crash Dummies by final score 18-13. Securing 4 points in Week 5, ASHHF tied the Crash Dummies with total team point of 13 but currently took over the 1st spot by winning the points differential.
Takeaway
- Darren trying to push his Free Agent market value by giving a very strong night in Week 5 finishing with 20 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
- After the night, Jack the Asian Rich Paul already trying to recruit him to join the powerhouse ASHHF to fill the void due to sharpshooter JC going to be on his Asia Tour for 1.5 months.
Key moment
- Team Richmond Crash Dummies needed Johnny Crash drawing 2 defenders in final second and finding Accurate Don for a layup to edge the free agents (Team Game Changer) in a thrilling overtime game (17-15). This game also got feisty when Kaiser felt being hacked by Don and Chris double team (but upon review at Game Review Centre, Kaiser fell only due to he lost his own footing. Common foul stand and did not upgrade to flagrant 1 foul).
Key stats
- Sharp shooter JC top the night with 26 points by shooting 13/26 50% 2-point FG before heading out to Asia.
- Fisk had a strong overall performance with 16 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists.
- Tonia Clark knocked down a dagger corner 3 in Game 4 and helped ASHHF beating the Richmond Crash Dummies (18-13)
RGAC / Jan 28 / S4 Week 4 Game Recap
RGAC -- —Kung Hei Fat Choi!! First ever Richmond Grizzlies CNY All Star Game was a blast! Featuring 3 teams: The Lulu Legends Fab 5, Adam Silver & His Snakes and The Low & Gold.
The night tipped off with the Fab 5 (led by Mike, Jay, Kevin and their own Twin Towers, Justin and Vlad) against the Adam Silver & His Snakes where sharp shooter Johnny Crash along with Fisk's Bro (Donald) team up with Fisk, Owen and Danny. Multiple ties and lead changes, the game came down to the wire with the Fab 5 leading 18-16 with 5 seconds left and ball in Kevin's hands. Under tremendous pressure, Kevin missed an unnecessary shot attempt, follow by Fisk strong rebound and kick out to Johnny Crash who banged in a deep 3-point buzzer beater to take Game 1 of the night.
The Low & Gold up next for Game 2 against the Adam Silver & His Snakes. Jason Shuttleworth and league leading shot blocker, Liam, joined the high octane back courts of Leo and Rob definitely gave The Low & Gold more scoring and defensive power. They took Game 2 with final score 17-14.
The 16 all stars carried on and finished the night with total 8 friendly but yet competitive games.
Takeaway
- Johnny Crash continued his weekly crashes (thigh, knee, ankle, you named it) but yet still bounced back up and survived.
Key moment
- The Ukrainian Tractor "DO NOT SHOOT #1, #2, #3" definitely was the highlight of the night.
Key Stats
- Stat Stuffers
- Mike top the night in scoring with 34 points, 6 assists and 15 rebounds
- Johnny came close with his own 30 points, 12 rebounds and 5 steals.
- Leo late hot shooting effort pushed him to finish third in scoring with 23pts, 4 assists, 7 rebounds and 4 steals.
- Long Range Bombers
- Rob had 17pts, including 5/10 3pt shooting plus 9 assists to show off his play making skill.
- Jason knocked down 4 3-points and finished the night with 22 points.
- Owen tied with his own 4 3-pointers and total 16 points for the night.
- Glass Cleaners
- The Twin Towers wiped the board cleanly with Vlad finished with a strong double-double (17 points and 17 rebounds). Justin also snatched down 15 rebounds too.
- The Go To Guy
- The Lulu Legends went deep into their playbook to setup few nice plays for Kevin who finished the night 8 points and 3 rebounds.
RGAC / Jan 21 / S4 Week 3 Game Recap
RGAC -- —Week 3 tip-off with big men, big size match up between Team Adam Silver & His Happy Friends (ASHHF) VS Team Lulu Legends. The Lulu Legends started off aggressive and winning all the 50-50 ball and rebounds. But ASHHF eventually settled down and also after making some key XsOs adjustment after poor performance in Week 2, ASHHF took down The Lulu Legends in Game 1 by final score 12-9 to get their first win in Week 3.
Balance attack from ASHHF starting with long range bomber Owen finished with 8 points including two 3-pointers, team's top recruiter Asian Rich Paul, Jack, sacrificed his nearly perfect body by banging against the big trees to help secure 4 key rebounds and also knocked down a key 3-point to keep the lead. Team manager, Fisk the Freak, showed off his play making skill by ditching out 4 assists, including few nice passes to mid-range sharp shooter, Arny, who helped sealing Game 1 by finishing with 4 points. ASHHF tight defense also held Mike scoreless in Game 1, which they did the same in Game 2 by controlling the tempo on both ends of the floor to secure 2nd win of the night and held Team Low & Go's team manager, Leo and their G-League MVP, William, to zero point to get their second win. ASHHF eventually finished the night with 4W1L and take 4 points for the team in Week 3.
Game 3 of the night featured season leader Team Richmond Crash Dummies VS the free agents (Team Game Changer). The Dummies' balance team effort handled the FAs easily and won by final score 16-11. Led by team's big 3, Johnny's 5 points, Jason Shuttleworth's 6 points and Don the Bullseye 5 points plus Ka Ming's the Energize Bunny with 6 rebounds and 2 assists. They overcame Baby Shaq Ted's attack who finished the game with 8 points and 7 rebounds.
The Richmond Dummies finished the night with 3W1L as 2nd place with 3 points. Season points after Week 3 at 10 points total still leading (with 1 point over Team ASHHF who is sitting at 2nd place).
Team Lo & Go had a rough start in Week 3 by dropping their first two games by 2 point each to Team ASHHF. Game 6 was a tight game with multiple lead changes and ties. Despite stat sheets stuffer performance from team manager, Leo with 7points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block; still not enough and loss Game 6 by final score 14-16 to Team ASHHF.
The two teams finally had a final rematch of the night during Game 9. The Low & Go forced a key turnover on Fisk when score was tie at 8-8 with game clock started running out. With a nice inbound play, Rob broke through the tight defense that ASHHF had been throwing at him all night and managed to hit a buzzer beater layup to give The Low & Go their first victory of the night. Rob finished Game 9 with 6 points and 4 rebounds. The Low & Go finished the night strong to get their second win in final match of the night and finished Week 3 with 2W2L.
Takeaway
- Heavy weight wresting match between Free Agent Baby Shaq Ted VS G-League Mini Shaq William. With Ted finished the night 15 points, 12 rebounds 1 block and William with 4 points, 10 rebounds, 1 steal.
- Ka Ming knocked down his first ever career 3 pointer at Game 7.
Key moment
- Game 5 between Team Lulu Legends and Team ASHHF needed 4K 1000x zooming to decide ruling out Mike's corner 3 pointer at 3:04 mark of the game. Final score stayed at 11-9 with victory went to ASHHF. Early next morning, Game Review Centre released the following statement on the call after review:
- "After conducting an official review of the play in question during Game 5 between Team Lulu Legends and Team ASHHF, we have determined that Mike's 3-point shot (at 3:04mins mark of Game 5) occurred after the shot clock violation. As a result, the original call on the court stands, and the basket is deemed no good. The final score of the game is confirmed as 11-9 in favor or Team ASHHF. We appreciate your understanding and thank both teams for their sportsmanship and participation. Should you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the league office."
Key stats
- Don kept his top notch shooting accuracy who topped the night with 21 points by shooting at 42% FG.
- Mike finished the night by ditching out 5 assists.
- Reigning MVP, Fisk, over powered all the big men and grabbed 17 rebounds.
- Defensive stats belong to season 1st pick Jason Shuttleworth with 4 steals and 2 blocks, Ka Ming 4 steals and Leo 1 steal and 3 blocks.
RGAC / Jan 14 / S4 Week 2 Game Recap
RGAC -- — Week 2 of Richmond Grizzlies Tuesday Basketball Season 4 welcomed back our OG Commissioner Wyatt and Baby Shaq Ted, who both been out for last 2-3 months due to load management and rehabbing from injuries.
The night tipped off with the 2 OGs leading Team Game Changers (the free agents) VS Team Low & Go. After zero win from Week 1, Team Low & Go came in with more focus. Balance attack from both Leo and Adrian (each finished with 7 points and 8 points in Game 1) overcame Ted's 8 points, 5 rebounds performance. Team manager, Leo also decided to call up their G-League asset, Get Bucket William, who helped secured Game 1 win with a key mid-range jumper. Final score 17-13.
Team Low & Go continued the momentum edging rivalry Team Lulu Legends in Game 2 of the night with 1-point victory, final score 14-13. Sharp shooter, Rob got hot at long range draining 2 key 3-pointers; despite Mike led The Lulu Legends with 11 points.
Both teams eventually finished the night with 2W2L with Team Lulu Legends finished the night stronger beating Team Low & Go at their later tie breaker game by 10 points. Role players, Sunny finished the night with 8 points, 2 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. With the plus 16 points differential, Team Lulu Legends finished the night as 2nd top team to secure the key 3 points for the night (sitting at 3rd place with total 5 points after Week 2 of the season).
The night though belong to Team Richmond Crash Dummies. They handed out Team Adam Silver & His Happy Friends' first loss of the season by defeating them in Game 3 with final score 18-8 with their scrappy defense and strong rebounds. The Dummies finished the night with 3W1L with Don captured highest points scoring night with 22 points (8/19 for 2pts FG shooting at 42% and 2/7 for 3pts FG shooting at 29%). Team manager, Johnny also finished with 20 points (6/13 for 3pts shooting). Rebound leader, Ka Ming, topped the night with eye-popping 19 boards total (including 12 offensive boards). First-overall draft pick, Jason Shuttleworth, bounced back from Week 1 poor performance and finished Week 2 with an all around game: 10 points, 8 assists, 11 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.
Takeaway
- After sitting out for months due to load management, OG Commissioner Wyatt finished the night with 10 points, 5 assists, 11 rebounds and 4 steals and leading the free agents to spoil The Richmond Crash Dummies' night by defeating them in Game 4 with final score 17-15 (The Dummies only loss of the night, 3W1L).
Key moment
- Half time treat with Rain or Shine ice-cream to the crowd, including court side VIP Eric, captured lots of sweet moments.
Key Stat
- High profile FA, Liam showing his defensive skill with 3 blocks.
- Fisk the Freak got trapped the whole night with 5 TOs and season low scoring, 2 points (at 1/14 FG shooting).
- Long range sharp shooter, Owen, also went ice cold finished the night with 0 point (0/7 3-point shooting).
RGAC / Jan 7 / S4 Week 1 Game Recap
RGAC -- — New year, new teams, new game format kicked off Richmond Grizzlies Season 4 opening night with a sellout crowd.
The new season tipped off with Team Adam Silver & His Happy Friends (ASHHF) VS The Richmond Crash Dummies. With a very balance team offense and playing hard on D, ASHHF won Game 1 with final score of 18-10 and never looked back. They finished the night with 6W0L record, led by Fisk 34 points, 15 rebounds, 8 steals and JC 20 points, 16 rebounds, 3 steals; the rest of team also contributed on both ends (Arny with 14pts, 9 rebs, 3 stls; Owen with 11pts, 6rebs, 3 stls; Jack with 8pts, 6 rebs, 2 stls and Danny's flu game with 5 rebs and 1 stl).
Both Team Richmond Crash Dummies and The Lulu Legends finished the night with 2W2L, but the dummies crashed their way out with their crashing leader, Johnny Crash, crashed on fire and won a tie-breaking game against The Lulu Legends with 11 points, including 3 threes by final score of 21-10. This helped Team Richmond Crash Dummies finished 2nd and secured 3 points of Season 4 in Week 1.
Team Low & Go went loooooow for the night with 0W3L despite signing 1-night contract with free agent, Adrian to replace team's defense anchor, William, who forgot to bring his defensive gears to the game and forced to be sidelined. Team's offense duo Leo and Rob each scored 11 points and 13 points of the night, but the lack of rebounds hurt them (team total 18 rebounds only).
Takeaway
- With the sellout crowd and few returning players, the night also featured the 5th team The Game Changers (with the free agents): Darren, Liam, Calvin, Jacky, Little and Kit. Despite the team finished with 0W3L but they made things tough for each opponent they played, including a 5 minutes overtime game against The Lulu Legends who had to grind out for a 2 points victory.
Key moment
- The 1st overall pick, Jason Shuttleworth, had an off night finished with 12 points (went for 5 for 20 shooting), 7 rebounds and 3 steals.
Key stat
- Don continues his hot FG percentage shooting at 44% FG and finished the night with 14pts (8/18 shooting), including the Play of the Night alley-hoop finished around the rim.
RGAC / Dec 10 / S3 Finale Game Recap
RGAC -- — It took hours of bargaining, with the intensity and expectation growing in recent days, and the handshake agreement was finally struck on Tuesday, Dec 10 noon, to avoid early closure of RGAC gym, but rather reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining deal to finish Season 3 finale per plan.
The finale featured with 15 key players (3 teams) with Team 1 (featured Leo, Johnny and league top 3 rebounders Justin, Ka Ming and Vlad) tip-off against Team 2 (led by reigning MVP Fisk, Adrian, Liam, AllanM and Alvin). Team 1 out rebound their opponent (17 to 14) plus balance scoring, took care Game 1 easily with final score 19 to 12. Team 1 carried on their momentum and blew out Team 3 (JC, Chris, Jay, Danny and Adrian who waived by Team 2 who signed Rob the sharp shooter for an 1-hour contract ) with final score of 16 to 2.
Team 1 eventually ran out of gas and loss all the remaining games at the finale.
On contrary, after some Xs-n-Os adjustment and picked up Adrian, Team 3 stormed back to 6 games win streak for the rest of the night. First beating Team 2 by 15 to 6. Then revenge by blowing out Team 1 by 18 to 6. Led by JC high productive scoring who finished with 38 points, 14 rebounds and 2 steals.
Takeaway
- First 10 players were able to finish the round of paper-n-rock within 5 tries. Quickest in Season 3.
- Rob returned from foot injury.
Key moment
- Focus, focus and focus.... accurate shooting and passing. Nothing hit the wall Christmas decorations. Amen!
Injury
- Mike - groin injury.
- Eric - finger.
- Liam - sprained ankle but able to walked off and played through it.
RGAC / Dec 3 / Game Recap
RGAC -- — The night kickoff with the surprising underdog team (led by Vlad, Chris, Sunny, AllanM and Liam) winning the first 2 matches, with Game 2 started with 6 for 6 FGs.
By Game 3, Vlad and group finally gas out and got blown out 10-20 by Fisk's team (with Fisk single handed 16 points on his own). Though that was Fisk's team only victory because the night belonged to Crash Dummy Johnny and his two 3-n-D wings JC and Jason. Their team finished the night with 3W1L and wrapped up Game 7 with another blow out victory of 25-10.
Takeaway
- Two teams mixed up the players for Game 8. It went back-n-forth until role player AllanM tipped in to beat the buzzer with a 2 points victory (19-17)
Key moment
- Broken Backstreet Boyz came out: Jeremy (achilles rehab), Mike (groin), Eric (finger) and Rob (ankle). Let sing "Backstreet's Back alright!!!" Wish you all a speedy recovery!!
Key stat
- Fisk captured 39pts & 3blks, just edged JC who finished the night with 32pts.
- Liam and Johnny both got 22 boards (Uncle Johnny's legs and ankles are looking strong still).
- Chris (our Season 3 SPG leader) finished with 3 steals.
All Star Saturday / Nov 30 / Game Recap
THE HOME COURT -- — In All Star Saturday's celebrity game, Team Generation Gap (led by Sunny, Allan M, Darren and Liam) came out victorious over Team 30'something (with Fisk, Leo, JC and Danny) with a final score of 20-15. Though the final score was controversial since it was recorded by rookie Mike.
Takeaway
- The 4-on-4 celebrity games filled with fun more than hard screens or boxing out hard in the paint (based on Leo chilling at the 3pt line).
Key moment
- Danny showed the crowd his outside shooting at the celebrity game, where he just left a "X" mark for back-to-back 3sssss.
- Vlad (the 10th man) took his talent on the couch. Zzzzzzzz....
Injury
- Mike tested his groin during warm up but eventually had to sub-off.
RGAC / Nov 26 / Game Recap
RGAC -- —Rookie Brandon scored 26 points and grabbed 16 rebounds with 4 steals and 1 block to finish the Season 3 Week 13 with 4W2L.
Offensive fire powers led by JC with 32 points and 11 rebounds, but only finished the night with 2W4L (after Mike being scouted and acquired by top Eastern European recruiter, Vlad to join his team). Mike finished the night with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists before checking out with a groin injury, which making him GTD for Saturday, Nov 30, IST games.
The night also featuring heavy battle on the boards with both Justin and Ka Ming each snatched 13 rebounds, but unmovable Vlad top the rebound category with 21 boards and led his team to 3W2L.
Takeaways
- Long range sharp shooter Owen did his usual damage at the arc knocking down 6 of his 10 treys and finished the night with 25 points. Follow by, get buckets Leo with 5 treys of his own and 27 points. Dummy Johnny was ice cold with 0 for 8 at the 3 point line.
- Veteran Sunny also finished the night strong with a nice double-double (17 points and 10 rebounds).
- G-League call up, William had a quiet night with 6 points and being sent back to G-League for further training.
Key moments
- Caitlin "Tonia" Clark VS Jack "The Asian Rich Paul" stole the spotlight. Tonia finished the night 8 points, 5 rebounds including knocking down 2 deep three pointers. While Jack looked happily (also caught on camera) took home with 5 steals.
Injury
- Southpaw Eric left the night early after injured his finger in Game 1. Report said he would be out for 4 weeks.
RGAC / Nov 19 / Game Recap
RGAC -- — Owen set the Tuesday Night Basketball's single-game record with eight 3-pointers while finishing the night with 26 points, but still not enough to bring wins to his team (JC, Owen, Danny, Andy and Sunny), which finished the night with 1W4L.
Eric had 30 points, 13 assists and 17 rebounds, and Jason had 33 points, 7 assists and 16 rebounds as their team improved to 4W2L on Nov 19 Tuesday Night Basketball. G-League called up William continued to shine by giving an all around performance with 5 points, 1 assist, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block to help the team to their 4th win of the night at the final Game 9.
William hadn't won 4 games any given Tuesday Night Basketball since February 2021.
Leo kept his Cam Thomas style offense whole night finishing with 30 points, including a single Game 2 with total of 18 points and a key 3-pointer in Game 8 to beat JC (when the bros went against each other on many isolated plays) by final score 23 VS 20.
Takeaway
- JC's team suffered multiple buzzer beater losses including Game 4 with Eric pushing the tempo with 5 seconds left and found Don for a buzzer beater victory (20 VS 18)
Key moment
- Fisk left the court with a sprained ankle after landing awkwardly on William's foot in Game 5 of the night. He had to be carried off the court by his Happy Friends and had the entire crowd on its feet and worried. Late WhatsApp message confirmed no structural damage and will be re-evaluated in a week.
Key stat
Ka Ming topped the night with career high in rebound, finished with 19 boards.
IST / Nov 16 / Game Recap
THE HOME COURT -- — The Big 3 (Rob, Mike and Eric) from Boy London were on fire right at tip off after waiving Danny and signed veteran AllanM. Rob gave two back to back all around games by finishing with 7 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal to edge Will Power in Game 1 (final score 15 - 12). Then finished Game 2 with 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal to blow out The Denny's by final score 18 - 2.
Boy London hot start carried to Game 3 victory by beating Will Power again (after team sending William to G League and picked up journey man, Danny) with final score 12 - 3, behind Mike 5 points, Eric 5 points, Rob 6 points and Vlad anchoring the defense with total of 4 rebounds and 1 steal.
Game 4 then featuring The Denny's and Denny's Minions. Journey man Danny followed Dwight Howard's footstep joining the Taiwanese squad, but still fell short; letting Jerry powered The Denny's to their first victory of the night and finished with 10 points with 5 for 9 mid-range shooting.
The Denny's called up William from G League and carried the momentum into Game 5 against their rivalry The Boy London. William delivered a solid performance with 4 points and 6 rebounds to help The Denny's defeat The Boy London for the firs time.
Game 5 featuring Denny's Minions VS Will Power. Will Power applied The 7 Seconds or Less Offense from coach Mike D'Antoni and got an easy victory with Owen knocking down 2 treys with 6 points, Leo finished with 5 points and JC finished with 6 points and 3 rebounds.
The night finished with two close games with The Denny's edging Will Power in Game 6 (final score 17 - 16) and then beating The Boy London by final score of 16 - 14.
Takeaways
- Reigning MVP, Fisk, continued struggle in shooting at the IST, finished the night by shooting 8 for 33 FGs.
- Zig, signed a 1-night contract to come out from retirement to play 1 game at IST and finished with 0 point, 2 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 turnovers.
Key moment
- Jamie took a hard hit after collision with Fisk. Eventually, Jamie needed to be carried off the court and finished the night with 2 rebounds and 1 block.
RGAC / Nov 12 / Game Recap
RGAC -- — Reigning MVP, Fisk, scored night high 37 points, including 5 treys, to lead his team finishing the night with 3W1L on Tuesday basketball night at RGAC.
Wyatt despite finished with only 2 points but dished out the night high 9 assists and also 11 rebounds, 3 steals, 3 blocks in an emotional return to RGAC for the first time since he departed to kick start his COBS bakery shop in early September.
JC started and had 29 points with 50% FG shooting, but not enough to wheel his team to victory and finished the night with 1W3L.
New dynamic duo between Ka Ming (finished the night high 20 rebounds, including 12 offensive rebounds) and mid-range master Jerry (being traded by Fisk for veteran forward Denny, finished the night with 26 points with all mid-range jumpers) carried their team to 2W2L.
The Old London Alumni Twin Towers Danny (finished with 22 points, 15 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks) and Vlad (finished with 16 points, including 4 treys, 11 rebounds and 2 steals) helped the team to secure 2 key wins of the night.
Takeaways
- Owen caught on fire with his deep 3s, draining 5 in total for the night.
- Chris, before he ran out of breath, top the steal category with 4 in total. With 3 steals in Game 3 when he was still breathing.
Key moment
- The return of Tuesday Night Basketball Commissioner, Wyatt, brought the month high attendance once again at 27 players who also received a standing ovation and loud applause from his supporters when making his entrance to the game.
IST / Nov 9 / Game Recap
THE HOME COURT -- —Tuesday Basketball first In Season Tournament kicked off on Nov 9, 2024 featuring 3 teams (The Baker & The Buns, The London Alumni and Johnny & His Happy Friends).
Tourney tipped off with Game 1 The Baker & the Buns VS The London Alumni. Despite team leader Wyatt (The Baker) ruled out at tip off, but B&B took Game 1 (score 21 - 13) with PF Liam who finished with game high 8 points.
B&B carried on the momentum and easily took down the slow start Johnny & His Happy Friends in Game 2. The losing team shot combined of 1/14 2pts and 1/7 3pts.
After adjustment for Game 3, The London Alumni finally got their first win of the tourney over B&B. Led by Eric 8 points and 3 rebounds.
The tournament finished with total 8 games played. B&B finished a 4W2L record, follow-by TLA with 3W3L and J&HHF 1W3L.
Takeaways
- The London Alumni splash brothers led the team to Game 4 victory with Rob finished with 10 points (two made 3s) and Eric finished with 6 points (also two made 3s).
- Sharp shooting JC led B&B to Game 5 victory with an all around game notching 4points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 0 turnover.
- Johnny & His Happy Friends won a single grind out game, with Uncle Johnny turned himself into a crash test dummy. Crashed down but kept coming back for more to lead his team to one win.
Key Moment
- Role player, Sunny took his game to another level in front of his home crowd support. Finished the night with 13 points, 3 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover.
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