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Now the part of my commissioner's duties that I like the least, assessing penalty points. I also check our Yahoo! group site, too, to look for results, but since Yahoo! is not reliable, you must email me directly to avoid getting penalty points. Please let me know ASAP if I've made an error. Sometimes my email server screws up. And if you are gonna be late for some legitimate reason, let me know by telephone or email what's going on so you can avoid getting penalty points.

It's your responsibility to follow up with coaches that don't send you instructions. You have to stay on top of the schedule to find out who's supposed to be sending you what and when. "I didn't get any instructions" better not be your only defense. Did you contact your opposing coach and make an effort to get those instructions? "Why did you wait and let the games get two weeks late?" will be the question I'm gonna ask.

Home games are the home coach's primary responsibility. You need to let me know that you have tried to contact your late opponents to avoid penalty points. If you didn't try to contact them and find out what's going on, then you'll probably get some penalty points. Get enough of them and you'll drop down places in the draft.

LATENESS KILLS LEAGUES. IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO PLAY THE GAMES, YOU DONT HAVE TIME TO BE IN THE SABL. UNLIKE OTHER LEAGUES YOU MAY HAVE BEEN IN, THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME HERE.

River City- 16 points total. River City falls five places down in our 2003 Draft

Quad City - 6 points total. Quad City falls two places down in our 2003 Draft

Bakersfield - 6 points total. Bakersfield falls two places down in our 2003 Draft

River City- 5 points total. River City falls one place down in our 2003 Draft

Bettendorf - 5 points total. Bettendorf falls one place down in our 2003 Draft

Bakersfield Coach David Squires keeps an old Windows98 computer around just to play Strat's basketball game. It finally died this month, and since he can't play Strat on his new Windows XP computer, that means he is out of commission for the rest of the season. He isn't quitting the league. But he can't play his games. He will have to quit the league this fall, however, if the game doesn't go to Windows. I'm confident that it will make the switch, though.

Autoplay Bakersfield and play any home or away games you have with them and send me and David the results. Of course, since the Blades are on autoplay, that means Bakersfield cannot be in the playoffs because autoplayed teams are not allowed to make the playoffs. Another bummer, but it's Strat's fault, not David's.

THESE DEALS TAKE EFFECT AFTER OUR 2002-03 SEASON IS OVER. THEY ARE FOR NEXT YEAR, NOT THIS YEAR. DO NOT ADJUST YOUR ROSTERS. I WILL NOT ADJUST OUR WEBSITE ROSTERS UNTIL AFTER THE SEASON IS OVER.

8. Chapel Hill trades Olowokandi. T. Thomas & St. Lucie's 1st to Holcomb for Kirilenko & K. Brown

7. Bakersfield trades Kidd and its 1st and 2nd picks to St. Lucie for S. O'Neal

6. Holcomb trades E. Jones & Abdul-Rahim to St. Lucie for Iverson & McKie

4. St. Lucie trades House & K. Brown to Holcomb for R. Strickland & Richmond's 3rd pick

3. St. Lucie trades Stockton & Holcomb's 1st to River City for R. Hamilton & East Asia's 3rd

2. St. Lucie trades Nash, D. Johnson, Gugliotta & Chapel Hill's 2004 1st to Good News for Iverson, House, Brooklyn's 3rd & Bakersfield's 3rd

THIS DEAL TAKES EFFECT AFTER OUR 2002-03 SEASON IS OVER. IT IS FOR NEXT YEAR, NOT THIS YEAR. DO NOT ADJUST YOUR ROSTERS. I WILL NOT ADJUST OUR WEBSITE ROSTERS UNTIL AFTER THE SEASON IS OVER.

1. Chapel Hill trades Bender & Sura to Holcomb for VanExel, Newble, Finney's 2nd & Holcomb's 2004 1st

In a game delayed by technical problems, Good News nipped Brooklyn 93-91. Mobley missed a three pointer with only two seconds remaining in the game. Jason Terry was on fire in the 4th quarter and finished the game with 27 points.

The St. Lucie Aces swept the Good News Roosters three games ,shooting over 60% from the field for the three games.

Game 1
Aces have six players score in double figures.Duncan pulls down 15 rebounds in 106-94 victory. Iverson scores 34 for the Roosters.

Game 2
Jason Terry scores game high 39 points for Good News but it is not nearly enough. Nash contibuted 30 for the Aces in their 128-107 win.

Game 3
A slaughter!!! Kobe scores 29 and the Aces have seven players in double figures as they fly over the Roosters 134-85.

The Tigers won the 1st game easily 119-94, pulling down a stunning 18 offensive rebounds. Mobley and Gasol each scored 30, and Pau added 14 rebounds. Marbury led the Blackhawks with 18. The Brooklyn fans were excited sensing a rare dominant series for this team. But as usual they were disappointed. Trailing by two at the half, Tri-City outscored Brooklyn 68-45 in the second half for a 122-101 victory. Marbury led the Blackhawks with 35 and had 11 assists. Larry Hughes contributed 24 points, and Magliore had 11 rebounds. For Brooklyn Gasol scored 31. This game was also won on the boards, both teams shot 51% from the floor, but Tri-City outrebounded Brooklyn 49-26. Tri-City led game 3 by 13 points after the 3rd quarter, but the Tigers clawed back to within 2 during the 4th only to let the game slip away. 109-101. 7 Blackhawks scored in double figures led by Marbury's 18, Davis, Fortson and Magliore had 17. Fortson had 17 rebounds Swift 11, as Tri City outrebounded Brooklyn 51-38. The Tigers leading scorer again was Gasol with 33, his third consecutive game over 30, a 31.3 avg for the series. Mobley had 20.

Game 1 Tulsa 102
Galactic 114

O'Neal lead Twisters with 32 points and 9 rebs.

Thunder was lead by Payton with 22 points and 10 assists amd Malone with 21 points, 8 rebs, 7 assists and 2 steals.

Game 2 Tulsa 110
Galactic 128

O'Neal lead Twisters with 28 points, 9 rebs and 4 assists. Marion had 26 points, 8 rebs and 2 steals.

Thunder put 7 men in double figure scoring lead by Bonzi Wells with 29 points and 6 rebs. Patterson had 20 points, 6 rebs and 3 assists in 25 mins of action. Payton added 11 points with 17 assists.

Game 3 Tulsa 77
Galactic 118

O'Neal was again team leader in scoring for Tulsa with 16 points and 7 rebs.

Thunder was lead by Payton with 26 points and 13 assists and Bonzi Wells with 21 points and 6 rebs. Carl Malone failed to reach doulbe figure scoring for first time this year with only 8 points but had 10 rebs, 3 assists, 2 steals and a blocked shot in 29 mins of action.

For game Tulsa shot only 33%(25% on 3's(5 for 25)) while Galactic shot 63% from the field.

Game #1
Miles--112 - Richmond--130

Miles had 7 players score in double figures. They were led by Antowine Walker's 18 points and 11 rebounds. D. Mutombo scored 11 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Jamal Mashburn scored 17 points, and Mike Bibby scored 15 points and handed out 8 assists. Richmond had 6 players in double figures. They were led by Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, Predag Stojakovic score 24 points with 6 rebounds. Michael Finley score 19 points and Keon Clark scored 14 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.

Game #2
Miles--115 - Richmond--129

Miles was led by Reggie Miller scored 20 points, as Miles again had 7 players score in double figures. A. Walker scored 18 points, and Mike Bibby scored 17 points, but also had 7 turnovers. Richmond again had 6 players in double figures. Dirk Nowitzki had 26 points with 11 rebounds. Predag Stojakovic scored 23 points, Baron Davis scored 18 points with 6 assists. Mark Jackson scored 13 points with 10 assists to lead the category.

Game #3
Miles--105 - Richmond--107

Miles was again led by Reggie Miller who scored 20 points, followed by Jamal Mashburn with 19 points. A. Walker scored 17 points with 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Mike Bibby and Chucky Atkins both scored 12 points. Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley both scored 18 points. Michael Redd scored 17 points in just 16 minutes and Predag Stojakovic scored 14 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Keon Clark scored 12 points with 7 rebounds.

Game #4
Miles--124 - Richmond 134

Miles had 6 players in double figures. Reggie Miller led Miles with 27 points. Mike Bibby scored 20 points and dished 7 assists. Jamal Mashburn had 12 points and Ron Mercer scored 12 points. Richmond had 4 players score 21 points or more. Predag Stojakovic had 24 points. Dirk Nowitzki had 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Baron Davis scored 23 points and dished out 10 assists. Keon Clark had 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.

Game #1
Akron--109 - Richmond 127

Akron has 6 players score in double figures. Kevin Garnett scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. D. Stoudamire scored 19 points and dished 7 assists, Ray Allen also scored 19 points. Z. Ilgauskas had 16 points and P. Brown scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Wally Szczerbiak scored 14 points.
Dirk Nowitzki leads Richmond with 29 points and grabs 11 rebounds. Michael Finley scored 18 points, Mark Jackson scored 17 points and dished out 9 assists. Keon Clark scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, while Baron Davis also scores 16 points with 7 assists and 5 rebounds.

Game #2
Akron--89 - Richmond--108

Akron is led by Ray Allen who scores 19 points with 8 rebounds. Kevin Garnett scores 18 points with 9 rebounds, Wally Szczerbiak scored 16 points. P. Brown scored just 4 points, but grabbed 15 rebounds in just 26 minutes. Richmond is led by Dirk Nowitzki with 22 points and grabs 8 rebounds. Keon Clark scored 21 points, Predag Stojakovic scored 15 points. Michael Finley and Baron Davis both scored 13 points.

Game #3
Akron--118 - Richmond--108

Akron is led by Ray Allen who scored 28 points. Kevin Garnett scored 16 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. Z. Ilgauskas scored 22 points, and Wally Szczerbiak scores 19 points. Richmond is led by Predag Stojakovic scored 20 points and grabs 7 rebounds. Keon Clark scored 18 points and grabs 8 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley both scored 13 points.

Game #4
Akron--108 - Richmond--125

Akron was led by Wally Szczerbiak scored 33 points, Ray Allen scores 27 points with 7 rebounds & 6 assists. Kevin Garnett scored 14 points and grabbed 9 rebounds and dished out 8 assists. Richmond is led by Dirk Nowitzki who scored 31 points, followed by Predag Stojakovic who scored 29 points. Baron Davis scored 20 points with 7 assists.

Tulsa--97 - Richmond--120

Tulsa is led by Shawn Marion who scored 15 points, followed by Jermain O'Neal who scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Wesley Person scored 13 points and grabbed 7 rebounds, and Antonio Davis scored 11 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Richmond is led by Perdag Stojakovic scored 27 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Michael Finley & Baron Davis each scored 14 points. Keon Clark scored 9 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while Mark Jackson dished out 10 assists.

Good News--98 - Richmond--117

Good News is led by Allen Iverson who scored 43 points on 17 of 32 shooting from the field. Jason Terry had 10 points, and Al Harrington scored 11 points. Richmond was led by Baron Davis who scored 20 points, and Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points. Keon Clark scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Mark Jackson scored 14 points and dished out 6 assists. Courtney Alexander chips in 11 points, too.

Quad City was led by R. Lewis with 34 points and 7 rebounds, Vin Baker had 17 points and 6 rebounds, including 5 offensive rebounds. James Posey had 16 points on 7 of 13 shooting. Richmond is led by Predag Stojakovic had 23 points, Michael Finley had 17 points and Baron Davis had 17 points and 7 assists. We shot 58% from the field.

Game #2
Quad City 121 - Richmond 119 in OT

Quad City was led by R. Lewis and Vin Baker who both scored 23 points and grabbed 9 rebounds respectively. K. Thomas had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Jamal Tinsley scored 19 points and had 17 assists. James Posey had 18 points. Richmond is led by Dirk Nowitzki who also scored 23 points & grabbed 7 rebounds. Baron Davis had 18 points and 8 assists, and Predag Stojakovic and Michael Finley each scored 16 points. Courtney Alexander scored 10 points on 5 of 5 shooting from the field.

Game #3
Quad City 78 - Richmond 105

Quad City was led by R. Lewis with 17 points. Vin Baker scored 13 points and had 7 rebounds. Richmond was led by Predag Stojakovic who scored 21 points. Dirk Nowitzki had 18 points, Baron Davis had 13 points and 10 assists.

Holcomb 118 - Richmond 113

Holcomb was led by J. Williams who scored 28 points and 9 assists. Eddie Jones scored 26 points and had 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Nick Van Exel scored 18 points and shot 4 of 5 from 3-point range. Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 19 points. Richmond was led by Predag Stojakovic with 31 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 23 points, Baron Davis 10 points and 10 assists. Mark Jackson also had 10 assists.

After sweeping the hapless Bulldogs at home, the Davenport Dazzlers went north and took two of three from Miles before a comatose crowd at the Mayo
Civic Center in Rochester, Minn.

To chants of "We want the Druid," Miles lost Game 1 89-78 and Game 3 97-88. Sandwiched between was a 95-90 win in Game 2. Bulldog fans were burning Miles owner Tom Jargo in effigy in the streets of Rochester.

"Too many turnovers," said Miles Coach Hayden Fry, summing up a lost season for the uninspired Bulldogs.

To accusations that the Bulldogs are tanking it for a great draft pick, Fry said: "I guaran-dang-tee that's false. We already have the talent here; whoever we draft will be hard-pressed to find minutes next year. We have the talent; we need a better manager."

The Bulldogs have found that man, shelling out millions of dollars and truckloads of Kool-Aid to hire the Evil Druid to run the team next year.

"Mark will get the most out of this team -- no doubt about it," Fry said. "The talent is in place; we'll win with Mark."

Mark Feeney, who is moving next door to Dusty Baker in the "Our Savior" neighborhood, could not be reached for comment.

Brooklyn beats Finney behind Mobley and McInnis. Loses to Holcomb, in foul trouble whole game.

Bettendorf 110
Galactic 132

Druids were lead by Cassell with 26 points, 6 assists, 3 rebs and 2 steals. Bettendorf attempted 30(made 10) 3's. Galactic fans saw what Grant Hill could mean to the Thunder franchise scoring a game high 30 points with 9 rebs in 31 mins of action. Payton had 14 with 12 assists.

Game 1: Bakersfield 113
Galactic 119

Blades were lead by Brand with 26 points, 7 rebs and 5 assists. G.Robinson added 22 points, Kidd had 14 points, 8 rebs and 9 assists.

Thunder was headed by Malone with 37 points. Payton had 14 points, 7 rebs and 11 assists. Jordan had 16 points in 20 mins.

Bakersfield, was 12 of 16 on free trhows while Galactic was 30 of 35 which proved to be the differance in game.

Game 2 Bakersfield 117
Galactic 119

Blades was a four headed moster with Brand going for 21 points and 13 rebs, Mourning 20 points in 24 mins, Kidd with 20 points, 6 rebs and 11 assists and Barry with 19 points and 6 assists.

Thunder rolled with Maline scoring 29, Payton with 20 points and 11 assists.

The following is the end of game text from the computer:

40 seconds left here in the 4th quarter

GALACTIC leads 117 to 115

Timeout charged to BAKERSFIELD

BAKERSFIELD puts the ball into play

BAKERSFIELD is trying to get the ball to GLENN
ROBINSON

GLENN ROBINSON steps back into 3 point territory

HE MISSES IT

Defensive team rebound.

GALACTIC sets up its half-court offense.

BAKERSFIELD is not able to commit an intentional
foul

NO LOOK PASS BY TERRELL BRANDON!
GARY PAYTON gets the two points

GARY PAYTON SCORES ON THE OUTSIDE SHOT

BAKERSFIELD sets up its half-court offense.

NICE PASS BY BRENT BARRY! Sets up an open shot

MOURNING manuevers inside

It's good
ALONZO MOURNING with the nice inside move!

GALACTIC can't get a shot off!

And that's the end of the game.

FINAL SCORE GAL- 119 and BAK- 117.

Game 3 Bakersfield 117
Galactic 120

Blades were sharp as G.Robinson goes for 40. Brand added 27 and 11 rebs. Kidd had only 5 points(2-12 from the field),
5 rebs and 8 assists.

Thunder stormed with Malone scoring 25 points and 12 rebs.
Payton had 26 points, 6 rebs and 12 assists. Patterson had 22 points. 3 rebs, 5 asists and 3 steals in 28 mins.

The following is the end of game text from the computer:

We're in crunch time now and GALACTIC leads 116 to
113
Here's the attempt by ROBINSON...

Good

The free throw attempt by ROBINSON is up

It's good

GALACTIC advances the ball

NO LOOK PASS BY TERRELL BRANDON!
DERRICK COLEMAN gets the two points

DERRICK COLEMAN SCORES ON THE OUTSIDE SHOT

Now BAKERSFIELD settles into their offense

GLENN ROBINSON squares up for a shot

It's good
GLENN ROBINSON with the smooth jumper

GALACTIC sets up its half-court offense.

KARL MALONE is being guarded by GLENN ROBINSON.

KARL MALONE is looking to set up a play.

GARY PAYTON slices to the hole

HE MISSES IT

Rebound pulled down by ELTON BRAND

BAKERSFIELD pushes the ball up the court.

FASTBREAK SHOT FOR ALONZO MOURNING

Timeout charged to BAKERSFIELD

BAKERSFIELD puts the ball into play

BAKERSFIELD is trying to get the ball to GLENN
ROBINSON

GLENN ROBINSON is picked up by BRANDON

GLENN ROBINSON is inside

The shot is rejected by MARSHALL!

GLENN ROBINSON DENIED ON THE INSIDE SHOT

Rebound snared by TERRELL BRANDON

GALACTIC looks to fast-break.

BAKERSFIELD tries in vain to commit an intentional
foul

FASTBREAK SHOT FOR KARL MALONE

GALACTIC holding as the clock ticks down

BAKERSFIELD is not able to commit an intentional
foul

GALACTIC is holding for the last shot

There's a whistle on the play. An intentional
foul has been called!

The foul is charged to ELTON BRAND. That's his 3rd,
and the team's 3rd.

We're in the 2nd half and GALACTIC leads 118 to
117
MARSHALL with his attempt...

It rolls around
Good!

6 seconds left here in the 4th quarter
GALACTIC leads 119 to 117
MARSHALL puts up the foul shot

It rolls around
And in

Timeout charged to BAKERSFIELD

BAKERSFIELD takes the ball out of bounds.

BAKERSFIELD is trying to get the ball to BRENT
BARRY

BRENT BARRY moves into 3 point territory

BARRY misses from "downtown"

The ball caroms out of bounds
GALACTIC will get it

And that's the end of the game.

FINAL SCORE GAL- 120 and BAK- 117.

The Akron Blimps defeated Good News 109-90 amid rumors that the Roosters will be crowing in New Orleans next year. Iverson had 42 for the losers while Garnett tallied 30 for Akron.

Aces cruise to 4 game sweep over Chapel Hill. St Lucie wins 121 - 102, 107 - 95, 108 - 78, and 115 - 110 . Stat line of the series: game 2 Tim Duncan 11
pts 12 rebs 9 TOs and 6 blocks. The Jams came close in game 4 by going small and using Rasheed Wallace at Center. After the game Michael Olowokandi was seen vigorously complaining to his agent about PT. Hmmm.....

Druids weave their pagan spell again: 101 - 94. The Jams front office announced some big names could be leaving town SOON. The Jams big name players make more in meal money than the Druid starters (except for Cassell of course).

Druids, down 16 after the first quarter, score 74 points in the secuond half, but fall short 114-111. Bettendorf had a chance to tie with 4 seconds left but couldn't get a shot off.

Druids triumph 112-88 after forcing 26 turnovers and winning the rebounding battle.

Paul Pierce scores 30 (12-20) with 8 boards and 5 dishes to lead the Dragons on this one. The Admiral scored 20 in 28 minutes but went off with 16 boards. Kurt Thomas had a nice double-double with 19 (9-12) and 12 boards.

Holcomb won game 1, 122-104 behind Rahim's 34 pts on 13 of 17 shooting and Jones 23 pts.Jamison had 25 and Wallace 28 for Chapel Hill.

Game 2 was Fantastic as there was never more than a 4 pt lead thru the game.Chapel Hill outscored Holcomb by4 in OT to win the game 102-98. Jamison Had 23 for Chapel Hill. But it was Bobby Sura who hit the big shots that killed Holcomb's chances. Jones scored 32 to keep Holcomb close.

Holcomb wins game 3 Closer game than the final 115-94 score would indicate. Jones with 29 and Rahim with 28 led Holcomb. Jamison again led Chapel Hill with 23 but on 10 of 27 shooting.Wallace went 3 of 16 from the field. As a team the Jams were 37 of 100 from the field

The McLean Nationals swept a three game series at Good News. Here are the details:

GAME 1
McLean's great defense held Iverson to only 16 points on way to a 98-89 victory. Jalen Rose led the Nationals in scoring with 25.

Game 2
A thriller won by a Jerry Stackhouse free throw with two seconds left on the clock. Iverson scored 47 points in the 115-114 loss. Jalen Rose again topped the Nats with 28.

GAME 3
Good News led for three quarters but that is why the game has four. McLean completes the sweep with a 101-94 win. Jason Terry led all scorers with 29.

Dragons won 105 to 67. Dragons shoot 54% to the visitors 32% and have a 44-27 advantage in rebounding and 17-9 in steals. Pierce has 27 and Big Ben had 12 rebounds, 10 points 3 steals ans 3 blocks. Troy Hudson was a bright light getting 17 in 22 minutes for the Dazzlers.

Tri City 133
Galactic 129

Tri City had 6 men in double figure scoring lead by Marbury with 36 points and 6 assists. Magloire had 22 points and 8 rebs.

Galactic lead by Malone with 28 points and 8 rebs, Payton with 23 points , 14 assists, 3 steals and 2 BK.

Thunder was out scored in 3rd quarter 33-16. Brandon entered the game for the first time at the end of that quarter and spearheaded a Galactic press for the rest of the game.
Thunder got close 129-127 on basket by Payton with 1:09 to go but Marbury's 3 pointer with 1:01 was the big shot of the game.

Here is the end of game per game text file from Payton's basket on:

GARY PAYTON squares up for a shot
IT'S GOOD!

GALACTIC is in the press defense. GARY PAYTON is pressuring the ball. TRI CITY is running a set play
STEPHON MARBURY moves into 3 point territory

BINGO!
That's worth three.

GALACTIC sets up its half-court offense. DONYELL MARSHALL is being guarded by JAMAAL MAGLOIRE. There's a whistle on the play. The foul is charged to JAMAAL MAGLOIRE. That's his 4th.

We're in the 2nd half and TRI CITY leads 132 to 127 MARSHALL with his attempt. It's good

DONYELL MARSHALL is averaging 12.8 points per game Here's his attempt from the line. It rolls around
Good!

GALACTIC is in the press defense.
GRANT HILL is applying the pressure
THE PRESS WORKS - DANNY FORTSON THROWS THE BALL
AWAY!

Now GALACTIC settles into their offense
KARL MALONE is being guarded by LARRY HUGHES. KARL MALONE is looking to set up a play.
GARY PAYTON from outside
HE MISSES IT

Rebound taken by LARRY HUGHES
TRI CITY gets out on the break
FASTBREAK SHOT FOR STEPHON MARBURY
TRI CITY holding as the clock ticks down
GALACTIC is not able to commit an intentional foul

TRI CITY is holding for the last shot
There's a whistle on the play. An intentional foul has been called!
The foul is charged to GRANT HILL. That's his 2nd.
We're in crunch time now and TRI CITY leads 132 to 129 Here's the attempt by FORTSON...
He misses it
The free throw attempt by FORTSON is up
Good

Timeout charged to GALACTIC
GALACTIC takes the ball out of bounds.
GALACTIC is trying to get the ball to TERRELL BRANDON
TERRELL BRANDON moves into three point range
HE MISSES IT

JAMAAL MAGLOIRE grabs the rebound
TRI CITY pushes the ball up the court.
The buzzer sounds and that's the end of this contest
TRI CITY wins 133 to 129

FINAL SCORE TRI- 133 and GAL- 129.

River City 101
Galactic 141

Hamilton had 27 for Renegades. Malone goes for 34 and 7 steals, Payton 19 with 14 assists and 8 rebs leading 7 players in double figure scoring. Thunder shot 62% from the field.

Tracy McGrady with 23 led 3 Iowa players with 20 points in a 126-88 crushing of Finney. Moochie Norris with 23 was the lone highlight for Finney. Iowa lost to Holcomb 98-105 as Rahim (Hol) led 5 Heat players in dbl figures with 22, he also had 15 rebounds. Vince Carter led Iowa with 25. The Heat trailed by 6 going into the 4th.

Rahim finished with 25 pts on 11 of 19 shooting and had 15 rebounds. Jason Williams chipped in with 13 points and 11 assists and Nazr Mohammed had 14 pts and 13 rbs. Michael Finley led 4 Richmond players in double figures with 33.

Quad City 108
Galactic 127

R. Lewis lead Quad city with 28 points. Galactic had 7 players in double figure scoring lead by Payton with 29 and Malone with 24.

Davenport 102
Galactic 127

Peterson scored 29 for Dazzlers. Galactic had 7 players in double figure scoring lead by Payton's 25. Galactic shot 69% from the field.

Just like the NBA. The Brooklyn Tigers take on the big bad West and get their asses kicked, a 1-4 record.

Tulsa 112- Brk 105 (Jermaine O'neal: 33-11

Brk 112 - Tulsa 106 (Mobley 24m 6 Tigers in double figures

Fin 86- Brk 68 ( Might this be the lowest scoring game of the season. The Tigers had only 43 points the last 3 periods.

Bak 113- Brk 83 (Kidd: 26-10 .. Bakersfield went on a 31-7 run int he 2nd and 3rd.

GoodNews 109- Brk 103

The Nats took two of three close and hard fought games in McLean by scores of 89-95, 97-96, and 105-104. The Longhorns took the first game by scoring 20 points in a row late in the third period, building a 13 point lead. The Nats cut it to three but ran out of gas in the final minute. Ron Artest hit 13 of 17 field goal attempts in scoring 29 points. Jerry Stackhouse led the Nats with 23, but missed five free throws including two late in the fourth quarter.

Game two was the real cliff hanger, as it was close all the way. Down by a point with 18 seconds left, Jalen Rose was open for a jump shot. Rather than hold for the final shot, he took it and hit it. The Longhorns called time, but Brian Grant passed the ball as time expired. Stackhouse had 35; Doug Christie had 24.

Game three was also a nail biter. The Longhorns' defense was terrific, but perhaps a tad aggressive with 31 fouls. Stackhouse hit 16 of 18 free throws, and was only two of 12 from the floor. but one of those two was a dunk with 30 seconds left to give the Nats a two point lead. On the ensuing position, Andre Miller switched off on Artest, and stole the ball. When he pulled up rather than take the fast break shot, he was intentionally fouled. He sank them both for a four point lead. Jason Richardson hit a three point shot at the buzzer for the final margin. Stackhouse had 20; Christie again led Finney with 23.

Richmond used a strong 4th quarter to come from behind to defeat the Roosters. Iverson scored 40 but it was not enough.

The Miles Bulldogs finished a 5-game home stand against the Classic West Division with a 3-2 record. The Dogs managed wins over Tulsa, Finney and Good News while losing to Holcomb and Bakersfield before a sub-zero crowd at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn.

Bakersfield, led by Glenn Robinson's 31 points, beat Miles 118-110, spoiling brilliant performances by Reggie Miller and Antoine Walker, who combined to hit 13 of 20 shots from beyond the arc. A 50-26 rebound advantaged powered the Blades.

Miles broke open a tight game in the fourth quarter to topple Finney, 92-86. The Dogs built a five-point lead midway through the final frame on a free throw by Ron Mercer and a bucket from Matt Harpring. Moments later Reggie Miller hit a three-pointer to boost the lead to eight points, with 6:06 left, and Miles hung on from there.

Miles offset a 38-point performance by Allen Iverson with 20 by Walker and 17 by Mike Bibby to spell bad news for Good News, 108-97. Wasn't much help for Iverson in the game.

Holcomb jumped out early and never looked back in a 97-89 win over the Dogs. Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 28 to lead the Heat. Bibby paced Miles with 17.

Miles ended the home stand with a 104-96 win over Tulsa, utilizing a 54-36 rebounding advantage. Miles led by 13 after three quarters and hung on to win. Walker had 25 points, while Miller pitched in 22. Jermaine O'Neal led the Twisters with 26 points, but managed on 10-27 from the floor.

Stephon Marbury tried for a 48 minute night, but it did not pay off for Tri-City, as he finished with 21 on six for 16 shooting and the Blackhawks fell 115-99. Danny Fortson played well (13 points, ten boards), but overall McLean's big men contributed to a 43-32 rebound advantage, and Jerry Stackhouse again led six Nats in double figures with 30.

The Rimrockers only hit 35 percent from the floor, not enough to threaten the recently hot Nats, as Quad City fell 106-89. James Posey led Quad City with 15 on five for 14 shooting. Jerry Stackhouse had 20, Vlade Divac had 18 and 13 rebounds, and Andre Miller added eleven points and 15 assists.

Iverson wins the personal battle vs McGrady 33-27 but Iowa wins the game in convincing fashion 108-94.

Frank Rowley's Richmond Raiders (27-9) have the best record in the Royal Conference so far and are opening up a little lead in the East Division over Dave Scott's Akron Blimps (31-21). Both teams are locks to make the playoffs.

A real horse race is developing in the North Divsion. Kathleen Feeney's Quad City team (27-18) is holding on to first, just barely ahead of the charging Tri-City Blackhawks (21-15), coached by another Amazing Feeney, Chris. And don't count out Mark Feeney's Druids (24-26) just yet. Bettendorf (24-26), River City's Mike Resnick (20-29) and Dennis Derby's Iowa Tornadoes (19-25) are all vying for the last two playoff spots in the their conference.

Bakersfield (35-17), led by David Squires, is running away from Charlie Dillingham's Heat (27-28) in the West, while the Big Three are in a dead heat in the Super South Division. Steve Walter's Thunder (34-4) and Commissioner Scott Ellis's St. Lucie Aces (35-5) are virtually tied for first, while the defending SABL Champ, Paul Bennett's East Asia Dragons (47-11) are right behind them.

And even though McLean (33-23) is in fourth place in the South, Rob Storey's team looks like it's making the post-season tourney, too.

But for Tulsa (7-29), a new division isn't helping Coach Philip Creider. With the worst record so far this season, the Twisters could be getting a new tower in Yao Ming if they end up with the first pick in the draft. Tommy Field's Chapel Hill squad (13-39) has the second-worst record so far.

The Dragons' Dynamic Duo of Paul Pierce and Ben Wallace (11.8 rpg) continue to dominate the SABL. Other leaders include Bakersfield's Brent Barry (.635 FG%), Miles' Reggie Miller (.935 FT%), Akron's Wally Szczerbiak (.528 3pt %), McLean's Andre Miller (12.5 apg), Good News' Allen Iverson (2.3 steals per game), Galactic's Gary Payton (4.2 turnovers per game), St. Lucie's Tim Duncan (3.3 blocks per game), and Ben Wallace (121 defensive stops).

The Nats broke open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat River City, 117-107 in another close home game. The Renegades stayed close with 23 from Rip Hamilton and 22 from Quentin Richardson (5 for 8 on threes). But Stackhouse had 28 points and ten assists and Andre Miller had a triple double (16 points, 13 rebounds, and 13 assists) as the Nats won going away.

The Nats won two at home, having a tougher time than they anticipated against the Druids and Dazzlers, but used a fourth quarter rally in each game to pull away at the end.

The Nats beat Bettendorf 101-93 with a 14-4 rally in the final four minutes. Cassell led the Druids with 22 while Stackhouse led the Nats with 29. Overall, the Nats 51 percent shooting was too much for the Druids, who shot only 40 percent (5 for 22 on threes).

The Nats overcame a truly dreadful first half (30 percent shooting at halftime, and behind by 42-31) to rally to win. It was still tied with about six minutes to play, but McLean's late shooting led to a 92-80 win. Mo Pete (Peterson) was high with 22, but the Dazzlers shot only 39 percent (5 for 20 on threes). Andre Miller was held to only seven assists, but led five Nats in double figures with 19.

Concerned Jams fans want to know why the Jams were routed at home, while being competitive when coached by HAL and Bob Storey AT McLean. The continual shuffling of lineups and irrational of benching of players like Michael Olowokandi, has the local media wondering if the SABL commissioner should just step in and write a mandatory GPL for this struggling franchise. The Chapel Hill Jams front office had a terse "no comment" at this suggestion, noting the job losses if they were all replaced by a "disk mailed from Florida'.

The Tigers win game one in the waning moments by 109-105. Cuttino Mobley leading the way with 28. Nowitzki had 22 with 15 rebounds for Richmond.

Richmond wins easily 105-85. Stojo leads with 19.

Brooklyn led by 12 with a minute to go in the half. Richmond stormed through the 3rd quarter 38-20 enroute to a 114-104 victory. Finley led Richmond with 21, Gasol led the Tigers with 27.

Brooklyn wins another tight one, Richmond had a 106-105 lead with :40 seconds left, Mobley again took the reins for the Tigers. He drove and scored , and drew the foul and made it. With :16 left it was Brooklyn 108-106. Kenyon Martin committed a majorly dumb foul on "Super Dirk", but he missed the pair, Johnson rebounded and Brooklyn ran out the clock for the win.

Howdy everyone! The season is going great. It’s February 1, so it’s time to get all your January games played so you can make your February trades.

In response to many coaches that have asked for it, I'm emailing you a February league file that has all our February trades in it and almost all our February games. It it the official SABL league standings, stats, etc., that I keep right here on my good old computer. (The file on our website is different. It is still the pristine, Day One league file that I sent you at the first of the season. I will not be changing this file - we might need it for a rainy day.)

The reason I'm sending you this is because we have a lot of trades taking effect for February 1 games. If you don't make your trades in exactly the order listed on the website, then this can cause game plans not to import and players not to play at their correct positions. IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, UNZIP THIS FILE INTO YOUR STRAT BASKETBALL GAME AND USE IT INSTEAD. YOUR PROBLEMS WILL VANISH.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS, DO NOT USE THIS FILE. JUST KEEP PLAYING YOUR GAMES.

THESE DEALS TAKE EFFECT FEB. 1, 2003. DO NOT ADJUST ROSTERS UNTIL YOU'VE PLAYED YOUR DECEMBER & JANUARY GAMES WITH THESE TEAMS. I WILL NOT ADJUST ROSTERS ON OUR WEBSITE UNTIL FEB. 1.

69. St. Lucie trades G. Wallace & Richmond's 3rd to Holcomb for Holcomb's 1st pick & Gugliotta

67. St. Lucie trades Kukoc, Kirilenko & Abdul-Rahim to Holcomb for S. O'Neal, Garrity & M. Curry

66. Holcomb trades A. Hardaway and Lorenzen Wright to Finney for Jason Williams and Weatherspoon

64. St. Lucie trades R. Lewis & George to Quad City for Kirilenko & Claxton