Photos by Josh Finkelstein
Charm City Ballers sponsored by Advanced Security rolls on with a hard fought week 3 featuring strong individual performances as well as a dramatic game tying 3 pointer leading to an overtime thriller!
Fired Up Promotions 46 Orshan Legal Group 30
Fired Up Promotions held Orshan Legal Group scoreless for the first 10 minutes of the second half, carrying an 18-0 run from the late first half deep into the second and turning what had been a close game into a blowout, winning 46-30.
Chesky Lewin was uncheckable and led a dominating effort in the paint, as Fired Up outrebounded Orshan Legal 47-34. Lewin finished with 17 points and 21 rebounds, both easily game highs. Including Lewin, Fired Up had 4 players grab at least 7 rebounds in the victory as they coasted to a 2-0 start. Avromi Gartenhaus was one of those and also scored 11 points, while Zev Namrow added 12 points.
Orshan Legal was led by Heshey Green and sub Moshe Gerhardt, who each managed 9 points. Yoseph Orshan grabbed 13 rebounds and dished out 5 assists, but was left ruing many missed shots that could have given him double figures in the latter category as well. Orshan Legal shot just 23% from the field for the game, repeatedly failing to capitalize on open looks. Orshan Legal slides to 0-3 with the defeat.
Councilman Schleifer 47 Platinum Insurance Group 39, OT
Yali Rothenberg nailed a game tying 3 in the final 30 seconds of regulation and Eitan Hariri scored the first 6 points of overtime as Councilman Schleifer rallied from a 9 point second half deficit to defeat Platinum Insurance Group, 47-39.
Hariri shook off a slow start to finish with game highs in points (21) and rebounds (17), continuing his strong early season play. Rothenberg’s game saving 3 was one of 4 he made in the game on the way to 17 points of his own. The rest of the Schleifer team combined to total only 9 points, sorely missing Avner Shotz. Yeshayahu Schwartz did grab 10 rebounds in the win, as Schleifer moves to 2-0 with the victory.
Outside of a hot stretch from Yoni Gugenheim, who led his squad with 15 points and grabbed 7 rebounds, Platinum Insurance struggled to hit shots and score consistently, wasting multiple chances to extend their lead. Mordi Spero did hit a pair of key free throws in the final minute before the tying 3 that ultimately kept the game from becoming a regulation loss, but he was only 2-15 from the field on the game. Spero did manage a 10 point & 10 rebound double-double in the loss. Noach Schwartz added 8 points and 7 rebounds in the defeat, as Platinum dropped to 0-2.
