There is only one ball and it wasnt because Smart and Korver missed a bunch
of shots. You earned this one for sure.
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 4:26 PM Donald Davis Jr. <donaldp.davisjr55@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
We only won because Thompson was not available.
On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 17:12 Rick Prather <rickiebebo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Reading came out hot in the first quarter and made their first four 3's--
in the first 12 minutes putting up a 36 spot. The lead reached as high as
ten at 36-26 before Ingles hit a three on a switch on the last play of the
quarter. REA grabbed 15 rebounds and dished out 10 assists in the first 12
minutes while Lake K only had 7 of each. Harrell led Lake K with 9 points
in just 6 minutes even with three missed FT's and an offensive foul.
Embiid also scored 9 points to lead REA.
In the second quarter, both teams missed the first give 3's of the
quarter. Finally Curry hit one on a blank 5 with two minutes left in the
half. Twice in the quarter, Lake K cut the lead to two and twice we cut it
to one. Then very late in the half, a Griffin dazzler gave us our only
lead of the half at 60-59. Carter scored on a switch to put REA back on
top 61-60 at the half. REA was still in the lead despite 0 for 7 from
distance in the quarter. Lake K was only 1 for 7 from three in the
quarter. Embiid was the only double digit scorer for REA with 13. Lake K
had four led by Griffin's 15 and 14 off the bench from Harrell in just 12
minutes. Gobert added 12 and Curry was up to 11.
In the third quarter, Griffin got three fouls in the first three minutes
of the second half, two coming on Embiid hoop and some harm's and one on a
loose ball foul to give him five foul suddenly. Curry missed 6 of his
first 7 three point attempts and then hit a second one on a D-4 to tie the
game at 68-68. After missing 12 consecutive 3's, REA broke the drought
with a blank 3 for Dieng and seven straight points for REA making it
77-72. Fournier and Carter hit 3's for an 83-77 lead. Two dazzlers by
Horford closed out the quarter and gave REA an 87-82 lead with 12 minutes
left. Embiid now had a game high 20 points. Horford scored 12 points and
had a game high 9 rebounds. Harrell was leading Lake K with 18 points
while Curry, Griffin, and Gobert all had 16 for Lake K.
In the fourth quarter, Griffin got a dazzler and Curry drained a three to
tie the game at 87-87 less than a minute in. REA missed their first five
shots of the quarter including four from downtown but Hardaway ended the
drought with a three on a blank 12. Lake K scored the next six to take
their biggest lead so far at 93-90. Embiid got another hoop and some harm
to cut it to 96-95 but Griffin answered with a dazzler. Bogdanovic got an
offensive rebound and rolled a D-2 for an O 1-7 and it scored on a 2 to cut
it to 101-99 with 5:07 left. Griffin missed a three and Bembry tied it
with a D-8 FB bucket. Curry missed on a switch but Bembry missed on the
break. Griffin scored on a drive and Embiid got blocked by Gobert. An Opp
Def 28 was a steal and D-8 score for Bembry to tie the game at 103-103 with
3:08 left. Gobert got an offensive rebound and Bogdanovic missed a three.
Curry missed on another switch but REA turned it over on the break.
Harrell missed inside and REA called timeout with 1:58 left. Embiid got
fouled and made both FT's but Curry answered with a blank 3 three pointer
and 106-105 Lake K lead with 1:46 left. Embiid missed inside but Horford
scored on another offensive rebound. But Curry hit another three on a D-8
for a 109-107 lead with 1:30 left. Embiid found his 7-10 dazzlers to tie
the game at 109-109 with 1:14 left. Harrell missed inside and Smith found
his 12-20 FB dazzlers to put REA back on top 111-109 with 59 seconds left.
Curry missed a three but REA turned it over on the break. Harrell tied it
with a D-6 inside shot with 33 seconds left. Horford scored on a switch
inside with 25 seconds left. Lake K ran a play for Harrell and he got his
X 1-16 but a 20 came up. Griffin got the offensive rebound but missed with
a blank 4. Lake K decided not to foul hoping for the 1-11 FB turnover but
Smith got his 12-20 dazzlers again. REA led 115-111 with 9 seconds left.
Lake K tried to run a play for Curry but he had to pass and Griffin missed
a three. REA escapes with a 117-113 road victory.
Embiid paired a game high 31 points with 11 rebounds. Horford added 16
points and a game high 12 rebounds plus 3 assists that were all dazzlers.
REA had 21 turnovers and missed 21 three pointers but Lake K could not take
advantage of that. Curry matched Embiid with a game high 31 points.
Harrell scored 24 off the bench but missed 11 FG's. Gobert scored 22
points and Griffin finished with 20 but once he got in foul trouble Lake K
couldn't pound the rock inside to him and risk an offensive foul.
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