Hey y'all! I spent the weekend moving into a new apartment, celebrating my friend's birthday, and generally being exhausted, but I've got a tweaked version of the Records' uniforms. I've come around to the white sleeves look on all uniforms, as I think it more accurately portrays the basketball-jersey-over-T-shirt look I was going for, and I think the white uniform can hold up with the darker colors making up the striping on the sleeves. I've also compromised and brought the chain up a tad, which should help assuage legibility concerns. Unless anybody has anything else they'd like me to improve, this will be the final draft:

Are the division names West, South and East? Just curious Also Let's go fugitves! Bring the championship home to trashville boys!!

Last edited by Rugrat (6/02/2020 1:19 pm)

ItDoesntMatter wrote:

Rugrat wrote:

Are the division names West, South and East? Just curious Also Let's go fugitves! Bring the championship home to trashville boys!!

The divisions are actually the West, Central, and East, although the Central might as well be named the South, given that it houses Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, and Miami. The league has just been holding onto the Central name since the division was created in 2019.

Just rename it to the south. Any chance for another expansion soon? 

Atlanta Records vs Texas Redbacks
You know that saying about the unstoppable force and the immovable object? This series was that, except that Texas was both. Having to go into the American Airlines Center to face the defending champs would be a tall task for anybody, and the Records were absolutely not up to the task. Texas beat them up and down the court in the first two games, winning the first by 84 and the second by 80. Apparently that wasn’t enough, as Texas turned Atlanta’s first home playoff game into an absolute nightmare for the home crowd. The final score of 207-92 made it by far the most lopsided game in playoff history. The Redbacks let Atlanta hang around a little longer in Game 4, but ultimately, this series was over before it began.



New York Chargers vs California Sea Lions
The Chargers had slightly more favorable odds going up against the Sea Lions, and it showed in Game 1 when they only lost by 38. New York tried to slow the pace down in Game 2, but all that happened was that both teams scored marginally fewer points, with the Lions’ D holding the Chargers under the century mark. New York would desperately look for something to turn their way as the series moved to MSG, but like Atlanta, things only seemed to get worse at home. B/ZB Brandon Walter left early with a wrist injury, and without the Chargers’ best player on the floor, California’s defense dominated, allowing just 86, while B/ZB Kenton “Snowy” Snowberger and friends hung 170. The boys in purple would finish off the sweep with another dominant win on the copper court, advancing to their eighth semifinal series in their nine year history.



Chicago Frost vs Nashville Fugitives
Chicago, back in the playoffs for the first time since their 2019 championship run, was looking to prove that they were more than just the league’s first sub-.500 division winner. That didn’t go so well in Game 1. Fugitives F/C Michel Blanchard was playing inspired dashball against his former team, putting up 57 of his team’s 158 points and assisting on a dozen more. The Frost changed strategies going into Game 2, doubling Blanchard for long stretches, but their offense was unfortunately reminiscent of their namesake, scoring just 86 points. Things went better for the first half of Game 3, but Nashville pulled away down the stretch, winning by 28.

Finally, with their backs against the wall in Game 4, Chicago’s defense finally showed up. Game 4 would be the lowest-scoring game in playoff history and only the second playoff game in which neither team scored triple digits. Unfortunately, like that first game all the way back in 2017, the Frost were on the losing end. A pivotal five-point goal from B/K Salviano Aleman was overturned after review due to Aleman stepping out of bounds just before the play. Who else would respond but Michel Blanchard, hitting the dagger to eliminate his former team and send Nashville on to the second round.



Seattle Sawyers vs Miami Palms
This “Battle of the Trees” was expected to be extremely close, with Seattle considered by many to be the better team but Miami’s home-court advantage making up the difference. With the two opposite corners of the country watching intently, Game 1 was a thriller all the way up until the eighth and final inning. The Palms kept cruising, but Seattle just couldn’t catch a break in the last frame, dropping multiple balls in the end zone and finding several crossbars and rims but rarely nets, leading to a 16-point victory for Miami’s first ever playoff win as a franchise. For the Sawyers, it was a frustrating loss for sure, but whatever head coach Keith Morris said after the game clearly worked, because the Sawyers looked like a completely different team in Game 2. F/ZB Walt Duncan and B/ZB James Terry combined for 84 points contributed on opposite sides of the switch, and the Sawyers picked up a convincing road win, earning a split as the series moved northwest.

Unfortunately for Seattle, Palms coach John Fuller is apparently also good at giving speeches, because in Game 3, Miami’s defense showed up bigtime. The Palms only scored one more point than in Game 2, but their defense was able to neutralize both Duncan and Terry, and they took a one-point lead into the eighth inning. Seattle took the lead briefly on a goal from B/ZB Horace Yazzie, but once B/K Joel Drain gave Miami the lead back, the Palms would outpace the Sawyers for the rest of the inning, picking up a crucial road win of their own. They were even able to continue that momentum into Game 4, where B/ZB Gerald Hartline and B/C Steve Locke helped kick the offense back into high gear. Miami was up 71-48 at halftime, and rode that lead out in innings 5 through 8 to put themselves firmly in the driver’s seat. With a chance to advance in front of their home crowd, the Palms did not disappoint. The Sawyers kept it close, but with a clutch shot from B/ZB Carl Goldstein, Miami was able to hold off Seattle’s last-minute desperation run to win by 8 and move on.

Last edited by ItDoesntMatter (6/04/2020 1:51 pm)

Can someone please end the Redbacks?!?!