Picture it, November 15, 1996. The Chicago Bulls are in their prime and beginning the conquest to get the ball rolling on their quest to a second 3-peat in the 1990's(would've been 8 straight if Jordan didn't retire briefly I'm just saying.) The biggest sports star at the time, the king of the NBA, the best sneaker line in the game, you get the picture, well now he has a movie releasing by the name of "Space Jam". The movie was a hit! Kids, basketball enthusiasts, Looney Tunes & Michael Jordan fans from all over loved the film. Well it seems as if Tray Ballers and Elgin Campbell took note from the movie and all drank some of Mike's "secret stuff"(spoiler: which was just water) to either help their team get the victory or get a comeback win after being down by 10pts. With that said let's get into the recap of WLC basketball week 2! The first game featured Dat Smoke 2.0 vs Black Mambas. It was a battle for the most part. Justin Sivells got things going with an early 3 pointer followed by another by Bryon Williams. However Andre Allen countered it by getting to the line early and grabbing board after board. The first half was alot of back and forth going into halftime with the Mambas up by only 6 points. As the second half began Dat Smoke 2.0 pulled within 3pts but then something astonishing happened. Elgin Campbell checked into the game and provided the spark that the Black Mambas needed to march on to victory. He came in like Mario Elie and hit 2 big 3's follwed by two gut punching steals. It seems as if he was drinking Mike's "Secret stuff" on his way to the gymnasium knowing his team needed him towards the end. Dat Smoke 2.0 eventually evaporated into defeat with the final score of 47-33, which would be their first loss of the season. The second game featured 2k Tuesdays vs Tray Ballers and this was a thriller all the way to the end. 2K Tuesdays was on a mission to get their first win of the season and it was looking that way for most of the first half going into halftime as they held a 10 point lead. Captain D'vonte Thomas even hit a buzzer beating 2 point shot going into halftime to add salt to the wound. Adam Herrick was leading the charge as he hit 2 big 3 pointers from Steph Curry's range. Not far behind him was Zephaniah Chandler as he hit FIVE 3 pointers for the totality of the game. However it seems as if Tray Ballers had themselves a gallon of Mike's "Secret Stuff" and came in the second half guns blazing. The duo of Canaan Etheridge and Michael Lewis were determined to help the team get their first win of the season and that is exactly what they did. Canaan finished with a game high of 21pts(all two pointers might I add) followed by Michael's 17pts. As 2K Tuesday's saw their glimmer of victory fading fast they resorted to getting enough team fouls to send Tray Ballers to the line down the stretch but it was not enough as Tray Ballers prevailed. The final score of that game was 47-43. The team with the bye week was Team OT. The players are also able to go back, look at the film and gameplan for their next matchups which will be: Black Mambas vs 2K Tuesdays @ 2:30pm followed by Dat Smoke 2.0 vs Team OT @ 3:10.
WLC Power Rankings:
1. Black Mambas
2. Dat Smoke 2.0
3. Team OT
4. Tray Ballers
5. 2K Tuesdays