To the Essex Sport Arena!
…on Sunday evening.
Volleyball one evening, basketball the next.
Whaddya mean we’s hopeless Sport Billies, left with little other sporting entertainment during the stupid international break?
The Rebels men had a home court game against Worthing Thunder.
This was very much the evening after the evening before, when Rebels stormed to a stunning away win at Birmingham in the final few seconds of the game on Saturday evening.
They were paying the price as well. The signs weren’t good when Skipper Tom Childs limped through the warm up with a dead leg, ahead of bench warming for the evening.
Worthing has a BIG DAWG of a baller bully. The fella was almost as wide as he was tall.
They also had a shocker of a purple patterned kit. It looked more like the clothing for a nursery rhyme character than a serious athlete.
But make no mistake: Worthing were bloody serious ballers.
Rebels seemed to understand this from the start. Playing with a short bench, the plan seemed to be sink the three pointers, and failing that, make no mistake with the rebounds.
But what happens if both of these fail to come off?
Oh.
Rebels had a decent first quarter, but then the game got away from them early in the second. The scoreboard was only going one way.
A HT score of 36-66 led to heads dropping as the Rebels headed back to the locker room.
Coach Hart cut a lone figure, staying on the bench, and choosing not to address what he had just seen.
The second half was all about damage limitation for the Rebs. But Worthing didn’t hold back.
Oh dear.
The final scoreline of 85-132 tells you all need to know. The only surprise is that the Rebs managed to reach 85.
Worthing were superb.
