Legendary Venice Courts - Jay's Gallery

With Hollywood on the horizon for Play-Offs, competition and intensity was high on the courtthis weekend at the infamous Venice Beach. Each of Sunday’s games determined the final rankings forthe teams that made it into play-offs.The first game was a tie breaker between Sun Block and the NCAA Boys. The winning teamreceived the #4 seed going into the first round of Play Offs taking place this Thursday at HollywoodPark. Sun Block’s #45 Will a.k.a. “Porky” dominated underneath with 10 points in the first quarterand #32 Tony “Tonenator” led the team with 17 points. That wasn’t enough to stop NCAA’s #24 Pata.k.a “Stretch,” with 19 points and #11 Gary “Thunder Dunker” with 16 points from dunking over SunBlock’s players. #9 Deshawn a.k.a “Evolution” led NCAA with 20 points. Needless to say, NCAA got thevictory with a final score of 71-86 over Sun Block who just couldn’t seem to pick up the pace.Next United Nations faced off against White Collar. With United Nations holding a 10 pointlead at the end of the first quarter, White Collar was unable to bring the deficit any closer than 7 pointsthroughout the game, ultimately leading to their defeat with a final score of 52-68. Welcoming back#3 Sam a.k.a. “Zig Zag” into the mix kept the crowd entertained and made defenders dizzy. #3 Izeaha.k.a “Clutch” and #1 Tareik a.k.a “Predator” led United Nations with 16 points each.Skid Row battled against Mazel Tough to hang on for the Play-Offs. Skid Row’s consistent butlow scoring was no match for Noah a.k.a. the “Leprechaun” who was unstoppable and led team MazelTough to their 50-54 victory with 19 points, eliminating Skid Row from the competition.Finishing up the Sunday fun was the rivalry game between Advantage and Venice Beach All-Stars. Playing for the #1 seed and a Bye going into Thursday’s games the competition seemed close atthe start until the All Stars pulled away in the second quarter establishing a 14 point lead of 28-42 goinginto the second half. #11 Tim a.k.a. “Spiderman” led the All Stars into their victory with 28 of their 81points ending the game with a final score of 72-81 and securing their rank as #1 going into Play-Offs.We are just getting warmed up! Come join us in Hollywood Park this Thursday, August 25, 2011at 6pm for the first round of Play-Offs to see which teams make it into the semi-finals on Sunday atVenice Beach. Which team will walk away with the title of the 2011 Champions of the legendary VeniceBasketball League?