On August 20, all the stars aligned in Washington, DC for an epic battle between LA’s Drew League and DC’s Goodman League. It was a great matchup, but the hometown team ultimately prevailed. Immediately after, talks of a rematch swirled so you knew it was a matter of time before it happened because both sides were very emotional about the game.
At first, rematch talks died because they couldn’t work out a date that would work for all parties involved. But they eventually figured it out and the rematch went down yesterday in Los Angeles. But it wasn’t necessarily a rematch in the true sense of the word because there were so many new faces on the court that weren’t involved in the first contest. Rudy Gay, Matt Barnes and Nick Young (to name a few) were new players this time around.
As expected it was a high scoring affair, but Drew League got their revenge with a 151 – 144 win. No that’s not an overtime score. The Drew League was able to pull this one out despite 55 points from John Wall and 50 from Kevin Durant (who played in a charity game the night before in Miami) for Goodman. James Harden and his 48 points led the way for Drew League. Assuming the lockout doesn’t get resolved in short order, I’m willing to be there will be a decisive game three on a neutral court somewhere. Here are some highlights from last night’s game:
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