Game 1

The bleachers were tightly packed with basketball fans as the Sovereign Knights came out for their first game of the regular season against the underdone Celtic Tigers outfit.

The Sovs welcomed back starting guard Matt Lee after a 12 week layoff through his previous seasons ankle injury. The line-up was further galvanised by the return of the defensive rock Chunka

The game started unconventionally with Ro starting on the bench and with Alex entering the tip-off against a much taller opponent. Surprisingly enough the tip was won by the Tigers, but possession was soon regained by the Sovs and passed to the come back kid for the first points of the game..

The Sovs held steadfast in defence through relentless ball pressure by the guards and with strong bodies around the basket from the Widdison boys and Chunka. This intense pressure was continually applied and allowed the Sovs to run the court with relentless speed.

With a full array of players to select from the Sovs chopped and changed the team on the floor by ensuring fresh legs were available to continually run the Tigers ragged, in which they did.

Points were flying on to the scoreboard with relentless pressure and Matty fell into a purple patch where everything he touched turned to gold! The Yeti finished with 7 of 20 points for the first half, not before All-Defensive superstar Azz stamped his claim for the same award with a trademark block preventing the Tigers from scoring for the entire half.

The Sovs marched into the half time break like Jack – full of beans. Everything was working sublimely for the crew who came into the rest period with a 20-0 lead over the hapless Tigers outfit who looked very disinterested with the season that awaited them.

Unfortunately for the Tigers the second half started in much of the same manner as the first, as the come back kid stepped the tempo up a little more by drilling consecutive points from the arc.

With Ro subbing off later in the game it gave Age the opportunity to show his wares at the centre position where he flourished by playing competitive defence and pulling down countless rebounds from dreadful shots thrown by the Tigers.

The Sovies remained buoyant until the conclusion of the game with Alex attempting some trickery in the later stages, no doubt in his ambition to steal this years Globetrotter award.

In the end the Sovereign Knights humiliated the Celtic Tigers 39-8 with many media commentators suggesting is a team ready for a finals birth.