Game 10 against Celtic Tigers started off in a frenzy with players missing and appearance fees not paid. Accordingly the Sovs started the game behind the 8-ball with a 4-point defecate.

The Sovs went into the game without Rainbow Age due to unfortunate work commitments and Chunka. Still absent with his niggling ankle injury.

This left the burden fall upon MVP candidate Mark, Azz, Crash, Simon and Alex.

It soon became apparent to the Sovs that the Celtic Tigers didn’t bring their ‘A-Game’ (or even have any game), as the skills displayed were at best laughable. Nevertheless the Sovs didn’t capitalise on their transition and rotation offence with some questionable dribbling from guard Alex.

Throughout the first half the bash brothers (Ro and Azz) dominated on defence preventing the opposition from getting anywhere near the basket. This was done either by their sheer defensive prowess or some not so subtle attacks on the ball resulting in the foul count increasing.

Last weeks star the Pocket Rocket (Simon) again came through with the goods shooting the ball from the perimeter consistently and driving to the basket taking contact on numerous occasions that sent him to the charity line.

With Simon lifting the team with his constant hard work, players like Alex, Mark and Ro begun to shine. Hooking up on offence to extend the lead through baseline inbounds where the defence was left dazzled.

The Sovs went into the half time break confident that they would walk away with the ‘W’ as the Tigers hadn’t scored a single point, nor looked like scoring. Much more of the same was the message from Coach Matt Lee who decided that a half court trap would force further turnovers.

As requested the Sovs came out firing, pressing the Tigers at every opportunity. Azz and Simon starred by taking the ball off the incompetent offence of the Tigers and passed the ball quickly to thrust the Sovs into their own offence.

The points kept piling on for the Sovs through clever drives and dishes from starting guards Simon and Alex to the muscle inside of Ro and Mark. The scoring wasn’t consistent or extravagant but was somewhat effective as the lead constantly increased for the team.

With the increased intensity on offence the Sovs defence suffered marginally with the Tigers scoring a total of 10 points in the second half.

The Sovs ran out the game strongly finishing with a 27-14 victory over the Tigers.