ABA Results (Semifinals - Week 3 - Season 1)

[CharmingCavalier 1794]

 

 

THE ALMARIS BUCKETBALL ASSOCIATION

GAME RESULTS

Semifinals - Week 3

Season 1

 

STAYING ALIVE!

(THIS WEEK'S ANTHEM)

 

Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for picking up another edition of Almaris Bucketball. I am, as always, your dutiful commentator and author Martie Lickman. This week we saw both of the team which were up for elimination, the Flames and the Crows, pull back a win to stay in the semifinals and avoid a three game sweep. In San Luciano we saw the Crows offering their first counter to the 'subbing culture' of the Saints. Meanwhile, the Flames came up with an inventive strategy to catch the kidnappers of last week and avoid the same strategy this time around. In fact, when caught they found out the culprit was some rambling dwarf who said some 'pink haired lady' hired him, when everyone really knows it was the Miners! Flames fans are in an outrage, but they are also elated to see their team retain a shot at the finals. Now only two more win Flames!

 

 

 

(ABA OPENING POST LINKED HERE)

San Luciano Saints - Karosgrad Crows

 

The Crows came back from a two game deficit this week to win by seventeen points over the Saints in San Luciano. Most of this should be credited to Ser Reinhardt Barclay taking a new approach to the Saints' subbing culture. Whenever the Saints subbed a player in it was Reinhardt's job to cover them or viciously beat the ball out of their hands. The brutality and sheer tenaciousness, absolutely love to see it! Herakles was very hesitant to take the ball when he was able, only scoring fourteen points for the night. It is most likely due to his double coverage by Klaus Barclay and Carlos Mendez. The Saints most notably subbed in Ernst Barclay, who Reinhardt took to punching in the gut or face for the twenty nine minutes he was on the court. In the end, the win was hard fought and the Saints will need to find a way to counter the giant northerner or could be looking at a comeback victory for the Cawing Crows of Karosgrad!

 

Du Loc Flames - Fakhr Dunes

 

This week the climate was different than the last two weeks as the Dunes had to travel north to Nu Loc Arena to face the Flames. Then again, thinking about it, everything is north for the Fakhr. So I guess they just went the only direction they really could! On the game though, the Flames managed to win a close game and retain a chance at the finals. In fact, the Flames came prepared this week after last week's mid-game kidnappings. Not only did they catch the perpetrator with guards, but they have cleared the Dunes of all responsibility. The culprit was none other than a dwarf! Despite the dwarf claiming to have no affiliation to the Miners and claiming some 'pink haired woman' paid him get caught, the Flames' fans quickly found the holding cell where he was being detained and beheaded him center court. The fury from knowing they arch-nemesis in the Miners had tried to steal their chance at the finals put enough in the souls of Father Harold and Gill'riik to score twenty five and twenty eight points, respectively. Meanwhile, the Dunes were quite caught up by all the beheading and seemed out of their element. Murad Al-Hamad was so confused by the running chaos of the crowd's rage and the field's confusing array of traps that his calls were not as on point as usual. Regardless, we will most likely see a clean game next week between the two, which the Flames will have to win to keep their final chances alive.

 

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[Slorbin 1775]

Aether Mills raises her brow at the mentioning of a... 'pink-haired woman'. Dharas... Who have you gotten yourself involved with?

[Fionn__TWG 2616]

Those leaving the arena of the Saints would notice the Crows staff dumping buckets of liquid over the edge of the stands. Upon further inspection, they'd find the following written on the buckets;

 

"Crows Fan Brow Sweat"

[D A N N Y 962]

Jace Mareno sheds a tear, feeling the world around him collapsing and closing in on him as the Saints lost the Semifinals.

[Heart_Spam 295]

One frenzied, dedicated Dunes fan gnawed on their fingernails the entire game... And left the stands with bloodied knuckles after the match ended, from stress! Definitely. Yet the fan still strongly believed in their favorite team's capability! And in the practice of slipping small bits of cactus in the opposing team's shoes - if they could accomplish that.

[AnimeWolf0080 1493]

Kin sighed "It's always the pink haired woman!" he sighed as he found out the news