Brixton Topcats Vs Worcester Wolves (scoreboard buggered - no idea of the final points but Brixton lost,) 14/10/07
Bugger the NBA - it was back to basketball basics at Brixton Rec on Sunday. But first a swim. I shared the locker room (too much North American sport of late) with the Worcester Wolves. An intimate experience, what with the never-ending refurbishment of the Rec. The visitors also shared some of the toe jam, a sweaty pair of Y-fronts left on the floor and a blocked toilet.
Welcome too Brixton.
Timber! The Wolves of, um Worcester had lost the wooden prefix of the Wolves from Minnesota. They still played like planks in the first quarter, trailing the Topcats 21-8.
Who wants it?
'We're beating ourselves!' shouted out the Wolves coach to his team during a time out. I know how he felt. I once managed to beat myself at a game of I-spy. The something began with an I, and I later found out that it was Idiot.
The plug was almost pulled on the ball game in the second quarter. Not the notorious Rec refurbishment, but the scoreboard having to be reset after a cable became unplugged. But there was no 0-0 reprieve for the Wolves, chasing a 33-24 Brixton lead at the break.
The second half of the game was spent trying to find the most comfortable sitting position on the Brixton benches. It's a scientific problem that so far remains unsolved. My latest position - reclining with the back of my head resting against the thighs of some Brixton Honeyz - had no complaints from me.
Wolves pulled it back to 41-36 in the third, and then a two-point lead in the fourth. Now would be a good time for the Brixton scoreboard to be buggered again.
'Four minutes too play - who wants it?' asked the Wolves coach. Meanwhile, on the Brixton team bench and I spy with my little eye, something beginning with I...
The final buzzer went and the scoreboard was indeed broken. Wolves celebrated and I don't think it was after having survived the SW9 toe jam hell.
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