Muslim Basketball

Kenny made sure they did not lose this game. He was hot from all over, and with William and Ryan grabbing all of the boards (27 combined), Cairo just couldn’t close out. They are sitting pretty with a bye week, and await the winner of Bukhara vs Medina.

Beirut keeps it going winning their 6th game in a row, after losing 2 of their first 3. Looking at their schedule, their toughest games look like Amman, Sarajevo, Mombasa, and Kazan. They played Amman without Farhad (lost), Sarajevo fully loaded (lost), Mombasa without Pete Brown and Raza (won by 6), and Kazan without Pat (won by 7). They obviously cannot control another team’s attendance, but luck has to play a major factor. Nevertheless, they in contention for a bye week and a top seed in the playoffs. Can this team repeat its championship from 4 years ago?

Mingo and fam came up with the W in the game of the week against a Pat-less Kazan squad. As people always say, a win is a win. It wasn’t particularly the prettiest win, but it counts in the standings. Mingo had a great game, but one person who has kind of gone under the radar is William. He only scored 11 and grabbed 7 boards, but he is the one new name which has taken this team from above average to great. They should have another win this Saturday against Cairo, unless AMP decides to drop 50 again.

Only thing worse than not playing because the other team doesn’t have enough players is showing up to the court expecting to play and finding out on the spot they are forfeiting. At least give them some notice. Waste of gas.

Beirut was able to come in and take care of business against a Pete-less and Raza-less Mombasa squad. What are you going to do if the other team’s best players don’t show up? You win. It looks as if when Nick takes less than 10 3s a game, he seems to be way more efficient. Surprising game from Anthony as well. If he can get in on the scoring contribution as well, it would only make them that much harder to beat.

Surprisingly, Beirut was actually down at halftime by 3 points to Riyadh. Mingo had the type of game we are used to seeing from him. Mingo and Kenny carried them to victory. Nick couldn’t hit, and although I didn’t watch the game, they are probably used to him scoring more than 7. The fact of the matter is they played one of the worst teams in MB and were in danger of losing at one point. Good teams find a way to win, and they still did, but this wasn’t a good win at all.

Beat up on a lowly Lagos team who played with 4 guys for the first 10 minutes. From the looks of the box score, they let their heavy hitters take a seat during this game. They didn’t need them. They have an even easier matchup next week against Riyadh. The challenge will be the week after against Mombasa.

You are never going to win a game with 14 turnovers. They had 4 guys in double digits, but they just have to do a better job taking care of the ball. Will Dais had a great game with 16 and 9 shooting 7-11 from the field. Nick with the usual 3 ball, this time shooting it much more efficiently. He attempted two non-3-point shots, making both. If he becomes more two-dimensional, it will only make his 3 ball even better. Look for Mingo and fam to bounce back against Lagos next week.

Welcome home Kenny Jenkins! Kenny was the spark Beirut needed. 23 and 10 on 11-14 shooting. When their BIG3 (Kenny, Mingo, Nick) are all there, they are tough to beat. 

Nick is still shooting 42984 3 pointers and Mingo is still filling up the box score. They took an L to a new Amman team without arguably their best player. Granted, Kenny was not present, but not a good start. When is this team going to start feeding Mingo?

Same Beirut team as last year, with the addition of William, another big man. Will the one roster change bring them back to the championship team they once were?