Page 12 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, February 28, 2025 Malden Neighborhood Basketball League Week 7 “The Emerald Blues” Saturday 2-15-25 @ Ferryway Game 1 – Kings 44, Bullets 42 A sneak on by type of win. As the Kings behind J. Hampton (20) and Z. Pierre (12) hold off the defending champs. After going up 29-17 at the break, the Blue guys storm back with C. Bolling scoring (14) and a pair of (10) from S. Son & A. Hassan. And they got so close with a 25-15 2nd half difference, but couldn’t find that last second offensive push over the top. Game 2 – Celtics 33, Lakers 28 The Emerald close out the day with a low scoring affair but a win is a win. R. Doricent led the way with (15) for the Green. Sadly, No Laker went over 7 points in the game. And again, where is Semaj? The Lakers could use all the help they can get, to become major spoilers IF they’re able to get fully manned? Sunday 2-16-25 @ Ferryway Game 1 – Celtics 53, Bullets 45 A Big victory for the Emerald as the Blues trickles down from Day 1’s squad. J. Thelmarque had his best game in green with (21) D. Azzolino added (13) and M. DaCosta chipped in (12) of his own. The 3rd quarter was the difference, with a strong 19-7 edge in that quarter. It was too much for the champs to dig out of. C/ Bolling once again led the way with (18) A. Clarke helped with (10) enroute to their 2nd loss of the weekend. Game 2 – Pistons 61, Sixers 56 Holding court is what the Heating up Pistons did, as they pull out the late guns for the Win. Only 4 of 8 got in the scorebook. Especially after going up 26-15 in the first frame. But it was the crimson who kept carving their way back in the game. R. Wallace had the score of the weekend with (26) N. Sullivan had (17) and J. Bly with a strong (16) to round it out. The Sixers who never gave up were highlighted with a nice (22) from J. Juarbe, N. Melvin had (17) and M. Joseph scored (14) And the victory also has the Pistons sitting atop all alone … for now. They are now the Hunted. Malden Neighborhood Basketball League Week 8 “Moving Pieces” Wednesday 2-19-25 @ Ferryway Game 1 – Pistons 60, Kings 35 Where did the offense go? Oh, yea the Pistons had their engines heating up throughout the game as the Kings fizzled in this one. 4 of their 7 players hit double digits in our opening contest of the week. Led by R. Wallace (17) J. Bly with (12) M. Cook had (11) and J. Charles ended with (10) The Kings didn’t fair as well as Only J. Hampton of the 10 Kings players, hit the double point mark. Ending with (16) on the day. Hard loss for the kings who fall behind another game on the 1st place Pistons. Game 2 – Celtics 60, Bullets 49 The Emerald show up & show out in the 1st & 3rd quarters. As they get (21) from J. Thelmarque (14) from M. DaCosta And another (13) from A. Che who has been playing rather consistently as of late & at the right time I may add. Going down 10 after 1 is a tough uphill climb for anyone but the Bullets weren’t that bad themselves as I. Pineda had his best game of the season with (14) and C. Bolling & A. Clarke both ended with (11) a piece. Saturday 2-22-25 @ Ferryway Game 1 – Kings 48, Pistons 44 Kings bounce back after a bad loss yesterday to this same squad. Albeit a 4-point win but it’s a needed win. C. Matheley led the team with (12) as both J. Hampton & teammate J. Francillon had (11) each to cap the victory. Pistons J. Charles and D. Layne get on the board with a pair of (10) but it was the kings who held off the comeback and keep themselves in the hunt for 1st. Game 2 –Sixers 64, Lakers 56 Let’s start off with the Overtime Conclusion of the 2/9 game that was never finished as the Lakers “finally get off the schnide” and get their 1st victory of the season. Thanks especially to R. Laughton who had six huge points in that frame to carry the lakers. Now onto the revenge game for the Crimson. They take care of the Lakers who came to fight for another win but fell just shy. As they had to dig out of a major hole [40-21] in the 1st half. They fought hard in the 2nd half, outscoring their opponents (35-26) but ran out of gas in the end. Sixer D. Hector had a monster game with (32) and J. Juarbe had a huge game also with (21). The Lakers W. Gavin (15) and M. Moussaoui added (11) in this tough loss. Sunday 2-23-25 @ Ferryway Game 1 – Sixers 55, Celtics 31 On the giddy up went the crimson as they jump up fast behind D. Hector (18) and J. Juarbe (10) The 21-point 3rd quarter was the dagger that helped the move toward the victory. Celtics A. Che had (12) as he has been playing very well as of late SAT. 3-1 Sixers Bullets Kings Lakers for them. But as we said earlier. They were on the giddy up by halftime [31-15] as the green could only score 4 points in the 2nd. And the sixers jump back into 3rd place in the standings. Game 2 – Pistons 55, Bullets 53 The Pistons do it again with a big 4th quarter comeback. R. Wallace (15) and N. Sullivan (14) led the way to the 1st place win as we close out the weekend. The struggling Bullets did get good games from 3 of their own. C. Bolling with (18) A. Clarke with (14) and S. Son scored (10) Seemingly the Bullets had it but let it slip away in the final minutes. They did outscore the pistons in the 4th but they just couldn’t connect fully to keep that slim lead. Looks like a tight race to the finish. THIS WEEK’S GAMES SUN. 3-2 Kings Celtics Lakers Pistons 2025 MALDEN NEIGHBORHOOD BASKETBALL LEAGUE TEAM Sixers Celtics Bullets Lakers - x W L 7 7 6 6 1 4 5 6 7 Gms behind Streak Pistons 9 3 0 W - 1 Kings 1.5 2 3 11 c - Clinched playoff spot *Clinched 1st x - Eliminated 3.5 8 W - 1 W - 2 L - 1 L - 4 L - 2
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