Box Out vs. What’s Luv

On paper, you expect a What’s Luv blow out. What’s Luv the only undefeated team…Box Out the only winless team. What’s Luv is coming off a 38 point win and have yet to be challenged this season. They’ll meet #1 pick D’Andre Hospedales who is an MVP candidate despite the team’s record. For Box Out, they’ve got to defend, defend and defend. What’s Luv leads the league in scoring and it’s not even close. They picked up some size with acquisition of Andrew Mitchell so that should help. For What’s Luv, it’s really about continuing to play unselfishly and if that formula is working I don’t see them changing anything at all. They lead the league in 3 point shooting at 40% (36/90) and field goal percentage at 47.7%. If Box Out can’t bring down those percentages they don’t have a shot.

S.W.I.S.H. vs. Unruly

Both of these teams made some changes so expect some unfamiliarity early on in the game. For SWISH, they picked up Gabriel Ferriera and rookie Hussein Mahdi. Both are going to bring some much needed energy and defense. Last week they had a hard time keeping their opponents off the glass so these additions will help right away. They’ll need everyone to chip in especially against Unruly who have a tonne of size upfront. For Unruly, they shipped out one of their bigs, but thanks to their depth at the 4-5 spot, they’ll be OK. They picked up the perfect PG for their team in Chris Bongolan who is going to make things easier for everyone on the squad. It seems like this team has so much talent they can get a big performance from anyone on the roster. In their first 3 games, 3 different players have led in scoring. This should be a great game.

The Investment Academy vs. Grind Time

Two teams going two different ways, but maybe that changes on Monday night. The Investment Academy shook things up a bit and maybe that will help. Last week, The Investment Academy couldn’t recover after a slow start and looked out of sync all game. That can’t happen on Monday. They’ll need to get to work early because the Grind Time offense is just as dangerous as What’s Luv’s offense. The Investment Academy needs to focus on getting high quality shots early in this game and defending the perimiter. They allowed 14 three pointers last week and Grind Time can do that too. For Grind Time, they’re feeling good going into this game. Grind Time shouldn’t go into this game overconfident though, it’s not like they’re playing flawlessly. They just edged SWISH last week and went through some poor sequences on both sides of the court. This is a game they should take serious as they look forward to What’s Luv the following week.

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