Jerry who?

The World Cup has started, the 36 teams started strong, some insisted to play their best line destroying practicly some of the 2nd class teams.

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http://www.charazay.com/index.php?act=worldcup

When UK plays, Jerry is the man. Of course there is allstar Eric May. But the hype Jerry generated is beyond reach for the talented guard. Tonight things should have been easy. Treacy dominates the paint, May, Lee, Arbuckle, Burton assisting from the perimeter. The Uruguat are known for their heavy D, but the talent in the UK side was still too much for them..at least on papper.

Things started with UK's possetion, and Treacy missed his first. After young Ballesta puts the first 2 points after a fake on Jerry, the match seems to go on the right track when:

09:30 : Eric May tries a long jumper, but Rafael Rambla blocks the shot with authority
09:30 : The rebound is corralled in by Jerry Treacy
09:27 : Jerry Treacy can't find the rim on a difficult shot attempt
09:27 : Jerry Treacy bulls his way inside for the rebound
09:23 : Jerry Treacy receives the ball at the left angle and banks in a soft shot off the glass (2 - 2)
09:23 : The crowd goes wild after that great play

But after 3 minutes of intense basketball, Uruguay started to put point after point on the table. Superhero Tracy had a rough time in both offence and defence with Juan Carlos Ballesta. After 5 minutes the score was 4-12, Veteran Jason Currie playing with lack of determination and loosing the direct matchup against Pablo Gomez. Also Eric May seemed to have a rough time adapting to the 3 guards tactic UK had in mind for tonight. In the end Currie was fouled out, but Burton, his replacement didn't manage to improve UK's game. First half ends with an incredible 8-20 for Uruguay.

UK started with a fresh line-up ready to start climbing up. Ballesta was unfortuantly still hot. His 10 points made the score 14 - 32, and UK seemed helpless. With Brandon Rogers fired up and Owen Lee with an eagle eye in defence UK made it 22-38 untill halftime.

22 points, probably one of the weakest first halp in UK's history in Charazay.

The 3rd quarter starts, and after a shot clock violation from the Uruguay and a quick 3pointer from Sommers, UK fans started to cheer again for their favourites. Brandon Rogers even made it 29-38, and the downfall of Jerry Tracy seemed to be his tickett to becoming a star. At this moment with Ballesta resting for the final quarter, a new star emerged for the Uruaguay, 23 year old Francisco Aragorn (Curently playing for Yup, in the tough Div A, belgium). 10 points in the 3rd quarter and he managed to keep UK at 14 points behind, entering the final part of the game.

Evryone was looking at Jerry, it was time for him to do his magic. He did it before. Burton has the possesion and gives the ball to Jerry, the crowd feels that this can be the start of the come back, jerry spins inside and score with a lay-up.. and ... a free throw... no, the referee calls traveling.. what a clutch decision. Jerry stays with the referee explaining his actions, and at the other bucket:

09:32 : Alejandro Alamo avoids the trap and delivers a nice pass to the open man
09:27 : Rafael Rambla makes a pass to the open man
09:22 : Juan Carlos Ballesta loses his defender and drains the wide-open jump shot (46 - 62)

There 9 minutes to go, but the game already ended, Burton, Maya r epushing but Ballesta and Gomez are holding their defences up. UK scores, Uruguay does it too... the 20 point difference is unbrakable. 61-81 the final score, and Pablo Gomez is overwhelmed with joy as Uruguay beat one of the big names in this WC.

Playing Eric May as a SF, using a tired Jason Currie, left Jerry Treacy alone, and this time he didn't manage to get the entire team on the winning side.

Congrats to the Uruguay side, a great game, and a great effort. New star are rising, and you'd better memorise their names, becuase you don't want to miss them when they are listed on the market.