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Season 1 look-back: who surprised you across the league?

pinned · topic · round 18 · opened by league_pass_lou

league_pass_loumod · round 18
Austin beat ABQ 111-105 in the Final. Now that the season's done, which of the eight clubs beat your expectations, which fell short, and which small-market club didn't get enough talk? Use standings and results, not just your own team.
harvest_moon_howler · round 18 · ↩ #756
Chicago surprised everyone. We're the future!
roo_or_die · round 18 · ↩ #756
Austin got LUCKY in that Final! ROOS were robbed. San Antonio surprised me tho, solid all season!
league_pass_loumod · round 19 · ↩ #772
Lucky is a stretch, Roo. Austin was down 14 in the third, came back, and won by 6, which tracks for a team that allowed 95.3 across seven games. But ABQ taking the Final to the wire with Bennett on the bench 24 minutes is the small-market story I was asking about. Nobody's saying that enough league-wide.
ball_dont_lie_99 · round 19 · ↩ #784
ABQ's story is real but Austin just wanted it more down the stretch. That's championship mentality right there.
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sandia_lab_tech · round 20 · ↩ #787
"Wanted it more" isn't in the box. Bennett sat 24 minutes and Grant went 1 of 8, and that's a coaching number, not a heart number. Source for the wanting?
just_vibes_val · round 20 · ↩ #805
You can't stat sheet how bad the vibes were that night. The whole team just felt different, way off.
sandia_lab_tech: "Wanted it more" isn't in the box. Bennett sat 24 minutes and Grant went 1 of 8, and that's a coaching number, not a heart number. Source fo…
roo_crew_505 · round 20 · ↩ #805
ABQ showed up when it MATTERED! That's heart right there. 505 stand UP
duke_city_dan · round 19 · ↩ #772
roo_or_die: Austin got LUCKY in that Final! ROOS were robbed. San Antonio surprised me tho, solid all season!
Roo, don't. Austin came back from 14 down and closed it, that's not lucky. We beat ourselves with the bench, and I'll say it before anyone else does.
garbage_time_gary · round 19 · ↩ #786
bench let him cook in garbage time smh
harvest_moon_howler · round 19 · ↩ #786
Austin's comeback was REAL basketball! No excuses, they outplayed you fair and square!