Exhibition Game #1

Yesterday was the teams first exhibition game and the first time to really play together. As Levi mentioned, they had only had a few days of basketball practice as a team before this game. They played a second division team so the competition wasn't particularly strong. Still they played really well and won 70-50. Levi had an awesome game! He started and played most of the game. He is really the main shooting guard with not a very clear backup so it seems as though he will play a lot this year :)

Since nearly everyone on the team is married or has a girlfriend, I had lots of people to sit with which was a nice change from last year! Some of them have kids too so there was lots of activity :) The stadium is pretty small, maybe 2,500 seats, and old. We've heard the fans are really loud and that's totally understandable because the seats are really close to the court and go up at a pretty steep angle so everyone is really packed in there. This game was closed to the public so it was pretty quiet. It was also closed to the media so you all get an exclusive look at the game ;)

I took a short video and just happen to record a possession where Levi scored. I'm not very good at knowing Levi's stats and he doesn't remember exact numbers but he scored somewhere around16-20 pts. He had a couple jump shots, a layup, and maybe 4 threes. He had a really good time and has really enjoyed playing with the other American point guard, Todd Abernethy. They are also Christians so we really like to spend time with them outside of basketball as well. So overall the game was successful and I brought some treats for everyone (plum crumble bars).

Ok, sorry. I was pretty proud of my bars. I'll post about them later. Here's the video.

It seems like the team plays pretty well together and all get along on and off the court. After the game, a bunch of the players & families went out to get pizza (no, they don't have GF pizza but I brought a granola bar). It was really fun to hang out with all of them. 1 Israeli player, 2 Polish players, and 3 Americans. All of them speak English so it's been fun to have more of a community this year.

So the game was fun and hopefully we'll be a winning team this year! The next exhibition game is Sunday so we'll have some more pics/videos soon.  Scratch that, the game is 2 hours away and we don't have a car yet so you'll have to check the team website for photos if they take any.

Maura