ABBA Round 5 (Regular Season): First victory of Slam

There are only two more rounds left in the Regular Season in ABBA. Coincidentally all hosts won their games. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

Slam's fans can celebrate the first win of their team after two consecutive losses. They used home court advantage to defeat Navigators (0-3) 85-46 on Thursday. Slam held Navigators to an opponent 23.2 percent shooting from the field compared to 43.6 percent accuracy of the winners. Slam forced 29 Navigators turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists comparing to just 7 passes made by Navigators' players. Davon Fludd orchestrated the victory with a double-double by scoring 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. American guard Andre Burnett contributed with 16 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks for the winners. Guard Michael Barton answered with 2 points and 21 rebounds for Navigators. Slam (1-2) left bottom position moving up to fifth place, which they share with DA-Project. It was Navigators' third loss in a row. They still close the standings with three games lost. Slam's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in to the arena .
Bottom-ranked Red Hawks is still unable to win any game. This time they lost on the road their second consecutive match to fourth ranked Lava SSW (2-1) 82-73. American forward Joshua Minner (198-1990, college: MACU) stepped up and scored 26 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners and Brycen Thomas chipped in 13 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. Guard Humroy Wright responded with 33 points (!!!) (was perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line !!!). Lava SSW maintains fourth place with 2-1 record. Red Hawks at the other side still closes the standings with two games lost. Lava SSW's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in to the arena .




Lava SSW - Red Hawks 82-73

Bottom-ranked Red Hawks is still unable to win any game. This time they lost on the road their second consecutive match to fourth ranked Lava SSW (2-1) 82-73. Lava SSW dominated down low during the game scoring 54 of its points in the paint compared to Red Hawks' 32. They outrebounded Red Hawks 56-34 including a 23-11 advantage in offensive rebounds. American forward Joshua Minner (198-1990, college: MACU) stepped up and scored 26 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners and Brycen Thomas chipped in 13 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. Four Lava SSW players scored in double figures. Guard Humroy Wright responded with 33 points (!!!) (was perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line !!!) and the former international forward Cohen Desouza (201-1994) produced a double-double by scoring 16 points and 14 rebounds. Lava SSW maintains fourth place with 2-1 record. Red Hawks at the other side still closes the standings with two games lost. Lava SSW's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in to the arena .
Top scorers:
Lava SSW: J.Minner 26+9reb+4ast, K.Lee 16+7reb+1ast, S.Matthew 14+1reb+4ast, B.Thomas 13+11reb+6ast, D.Azille 7+17reb+3ast, J.James 4+4reb
Red Hawks: W.Humroy 33+1reb+1ast, D.Cohen 16+14reb+3ast, S.Bryce 16+3reb, M.Nikon 4+5reb+1ast, F.Aubrey 2+9reb+5ast, R.Terry 2+1reb+1ast

Slam - Navigators 85-46

Slam's fans can celebrate the first win of their team after two consecutive losses. They used home court advantage to defeat Navigators (0-3) 85-46 on Thursday. Slam held Navigators to an opponent 23.2 percent shooting from the field compared to 43.6 percent accuracy of the winners. Slam forced 29 Navigators turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists comparing to just 7 passes made by Navigators' players. Davon Fludd orchestrated the victory with a double-double by scoring 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. American guard Andre Burnett contributed with 16 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks for the winners. Four Slam players scored in double figures. Guard Michael Barton answered with 2 points and 21 rebounds and Baldwin Anthony added 5 points and 14 rebounds in the effort for Navigators. Slam (1-2) left bottom position moving up to fifth place, which they share with DA-Project. It was Navigators' third loss in a row. They still close the standings with three games lost. Slam's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in to the arena .
Top scorers:
Slam: D.Fludd 19+10reb+4ast, A.Daigle 17+5reb+1ast, A.Burnett 16+5reb+6ast, J.Simon 11+7reb+1ast, O.Durr 11+5reb+1ast, K.Rolontae 9+12reb+5ast
Navigators: M.Beniah 17+2reb, J.De-Lornge 11+4reb, L.Tyreke 7+3reb, A.Baldwin 5+14reb+1ast, S.Raheem 4+6reb+5ast, B.Michael 2+21reb