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I recently suffered through a 10 day withdrawal (from "hoops rush").

Since the Kings won their third minor premiership in a row, they didn't have to compete in the first round of sudden death playoffs in the NBL. The thinking in the dressing room was that the rest could be both positive and negative. Rest can help you prepare physically for a game, but the "do or die" playoff games can hone a hungry team and help them gain momentum.

So the game plan in the first of our possible three games against Brisbane was to get ahead and hang on...slowing momentum by good defense. Which is essentially what happened last Tuesday night. The boys came out firing and got the first points on the board and never looked back. At one point it looked like we could possibly win by 40 points. As it turned out, it was only 34.

Now the concern is that Brisbane, playing tonight to keep their chances alive for at least one more game in the season (and to gain back a little "pride") will be hard to beat on their home court. Should be a good one!

As always, I'm praying that every player will play his best, be protected from injury, and will (regardless of the outcome) find the experience of the game bringing him closer and closer to the Lord.