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EBC RUCKER PARK PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE

Monday, Aug 9:
6pm: Shady Records vs Ruff Ryder
7:30pm: Terror Squad vs Universal/SRC

Tuesday, Aug 10:
6pm: Definition vs RBK/Diva Mag
7:30pm: Family Tree vs Tommy Hilfiger

Wednesday, Aug 11:
Ruff Ryder vs. Definition
Terror Squad vs. Family Tree

Thursday, Aug 12:
Finals

EBC RUCKER PARK PLAYOFFS RESULTS

Monday: With superstars such as Lloyd Banks, Beanie Siegel and InsideHoops.com editor Jeff Lenchiner in the park, Monday featured one upset and one expected victory. In the first game of the night, Andre Barrett and Ruff Ryders were too much for Charles Jones and Shady Records. It was a tie game (70-70) with under ten seconds left when Barrett, guarded by Jones, drove down the middle (slightly from the left side of the top of the key), took it inside slightly from the left side of the paint and hit a twisting reverse layup from the right. Shady Records with just a few seconds left fired a half-court airball to end it. In between games, a dunk contest was won by Skywalker (more details later). InsideHoops.com approves of his victory. In one dunk he lined up five people and launched himself over them. In the second game of the night, Terror Squad beat Universal/SRC. Terror Squad is without Stephon Marbury (Olympics preparation) and John Strickland (overseas maybe?) but still had Kareem Reid, Zach Marbury, William "Beast" McFarlan and the Ponytail Gangsta. Reid did a lot of missing in the first half, but Beast and Ponytail were there to clean up the mess. Reid also hit those two with tons of great passes, leading to dunks. Terror Squad was just too big and aggressive to handle.

EBC RUCKER PARK PLAYOFFS PREVIEW

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Shady Records (7-0) vs Ruff Ryders (4-3). In Shady's most recent game, Larry “Bread & Butter” Jones, Jason McLeish and Shannell “Sha” Mack stepped up. As for Ruff Ryder, Andre "The One" Barrett is the team's weekly star, Kenny Satterfield has been known to sometimes play for the squad, Tyrone “Black Widow” Evans sometimes plays, , and Jamar “Pharmacist” Davis puts on a show while helping the team. And don't forget Phil Grant.

Terror Squad (6-1) vs Universal/SRC (4-3). Terror Squad are the current EBC champions, as we assume you read InsideHoops.com's recap of the final "game" last season (heh). Stephon Marbury usually plays for Terror Squad when they need him to, plus Zach Marbury, Kareem "Best Kept Secret" Reid, William "Beast" McFarlan and Richie Parker make them a fearsome unit. As for Universal/SRC, you need to watch out for Jameel Haywood, Laron “Mapp” Mapp, Bobby Mahoney and Andrew Adeleke.

Definition (5-2) vs RBK/Diva Mag (5-2). Definition is led by Antwan "Antifreeze" Dobie, who has torn it up all summer, plus Danny "The Brain" Artest, Curtis Stinson and Anthony Glover. Also, Godd Shammgod might bell for Definition, and watch for Anthony "Africa" Pimple RBK/Diva Mag is led by InsideHoops.com main man Larry "Bone Collector" Williams, Corey “Homicide” Williams and Christopher “Skywalker” Lowery.

Family Tree (6-1) vs Tommy Hilfiger (5-2). Family Tree has the sick backcourt of Junie “GE” Sanders and James “Speedy” Williams, plus Mike Campbell and John “Mookie” Thomas help this squad win. Tommy Hilfiger is led by InsideHoops.com main men Reggie "Hi-Five" Freeman, Peter Mulligan and Gavin Grant, plus Boakai Lalugba, Carl "Ole' Black Magic" Krauser and Jermaine "Maniac" Wright. __________________________________________________________

EBC WEEK 1

June 21:

DEFINITION 86, RUFF RYDERS 83 (2OT) - Antwan "Antifreeze" Dobie unleashed a sick show, scoring 41. Anthony Glover added 21. For Ruff Ryders, Rasul Shahuddin put up 29, while Phil Grant scored 20 and John "High Octane" Harvey added 17.

TERROR SQUAD 66, FAMILY TREE 55 - Terror Squad, the defending EBC champions (they won by default over S.Carter, who literally failed to show up to the 2003 championship game that did not get played - and yes, InsideHoops.com was in the building... err, park) was loaded to open the season, with Stephon Marbury, Zach Marbury, Kareem "Best Kept Secret" Reid, Omar Cook, John Strickland, Gordy Malone, Richie Parker and William "Beast" McFarlan. Terror Squad won with a total team effort - 16 from Gordy Malone, 13 from Best Kept Secret, 10 from Beast and 10 from Darren "DP" Phillips. For Family Tree, Rasaun Young scored 18, and James "Speedy" Williams and Junie "GE" Sanders each scored 11.

JUNE 22:

SHADY RECORDS/G-UNIT 64, REEBOK 45 - Total team effort for Shady Records. Quentin "T2" Hosley scored 11, Garnett Thompson also had 11, Vincent Whitt put up 9. Half Man Half Amazing scored 7. For Reebok, Larry "Bone Collector" Williams, an InsideHoops.com favorite (well, tons of these players are InsideHoops.com favorites, but Bone Collector is one of our tops) scored 15. David "Enigma" Sills added 8.

TOMMY HILFIGER/POSSE 98, SOURCE MAGAZINE 79 - Carl "Black Magic" Krauser scored 21 and did his point guard thing. Reggie "Hi-Five" Freeman (a known InsideHoops.com reader) had 12. Peter Mulligan also put up 12. Jermaine "Maniac" Wright added 8, and almost everyone else on TH/Posse had a nice game. For Source Magazine, Rasheim Wright scored 21, Byron Mouton 18, Jerome "Junkyard Dog" Williams 14, but there just wasn't enough firepower to match the awesome offensive output of TH/Posse.

June 23:

ROONEY ENT. 79, MBK 78 (OT) - Darryl "Showtime" Hill scored 23, Kenny Adeleke 16 and Rashid "Got Milk" Byrd had 12. For MBK, Andre Sweet unleashed the pain with 26, and although Damien "Cross Country" Daniels had 10 and Roscoe "The Defender" Biggers 11, it wasn't enough. Joe Forte also played for MBK, putting up 10.

UNIVERSAL 90, BMF ENTERTAINMENT 66 - Donald "Spider" Harrison put up 23. He help from the entire Universal team. Total team effort. For BMF, Troy Pierson scored 19, Kaheem Draper had 11, and Eugene Lawrence added 10.

June 24:

WWE 85, TEAM WALKER 60 - Steve Burtt Jr. scored 25 and had plenty of help. John Quintona and Ramel Allen each had 15, and Aaron "Ponytail Gangsta" Lesane added 14. For Team Walker, Amin "Boogiemaster" Wright racked up 25 points, but none of his teammates reached double figures.

JAGORE ENTERTAINMENT 67, TWIN FACES 50 - Rucker Park legend Molloy "Future" Nesmith scored 16, Preston Murphy 14, and Narada "Bo" Watt had 13. No one on Twin Faces reached double digits in points. That's a loss.

EBC WEEK 2

June 28:

TERROR SQUAD 72, UNIVERSAL 59 - No Stephon Marbury this time. But brother Zach Marbury made like Steph and impressed InsideHoops.com by scoring 16 and showing range, Kareem "Best Kept Secret" Reid had 14, Gordy Malone 10, Nakiea "Faboulous" Miller 10 and William "Beast" McFarlan also 10. For Universal, Abdullah McPherson scored 12, but none of his teammates reached double figures.

REEBOK (RBK) 90, MBK 78 (OT) - Larry "Bone Collector" Williams unleashed the pain, breaking ankles and putting up 29. Corey "Homicide" Williams was nice with 20. Marvin Gay added 12. For MBK, Robert Thomas scored 15 and Joe Forte (who didn't get the ball enough) had 13.

June 29:

SHADY RECORDS/G-UNIT 83, ROONEY ENT. 61 - Too easy. Garnett Thompson scored 21 points, Shannell Mack 14 and Quentin "T2" Hosley 14. Also playing on the winning team was Anthony "Half Man Half Amazing" Heyward, Charles Jones and David "Webb" Webster. For the losing team, Kenny Adeleke scored 12 and Lance Stevenson had 10. Darryl "Showtime" Hill was quiet with 7.

BMF ENTERTAINMENT 76, TWIN FACES 49 - Too easy. Karon Clark scored 21 points, Gary Ervin had 18, Eugene Lawrence put up 11 and Vernon Goodridge added 10. For the losing team, Johnson Walker put up 12 and Sam Sutton had 10.

June 30:

RUFF RYDERS 87, TEAM WALKER 81 - This was a nice battle. For the winners, Rasul Shahuddin scored 23 points, and special NBA guest Ronald "Flip" Murray put up 15, recently undrafted but still valuable Andre "The One" Barrett added 14, and Phil Grant rang up 11. For the losing team, Amin "Boogiemaster" Wright scored 20, Babar Curry had 16, Ike Williams put up 15, and Dwayne Lee, Marcus Williams and Henry Rivers also reached double digits. Ruff Ryders role players made the difference.

July 1:

TOMMY HILFIGER/POSSE 91, JAGORE ENT. 74 - It was like Valentine's Day at Rucker, as Tyshawn Valentine put up 22, Arturo Dubois had 21, Jermaine "Maniac" Wright rang up 16 and Reggie "Hi-Five" Freeman added 12. For the losing team, Randy "White Chocolate" Gill scored 25 and Molloy "Future" Nesmith 23. But they didn't get enough help.

DEFINITION 90, WWE 79 - It was cold again at Rucker Park, so Definition unleashed Antifreeze. Antwan "Antifreeze" Dobie, who is tearing it up this summer, scored 24, and Anthony "Africa" Pimple and Anthony Glover each scored 17. Ron Artest and brother Danny were also contributors in the win. For the losing team, Steve Burtt Jr. racked up 28 and Ramel Allen 21, but Aaron "Ponytail Gangsta" Lesane was one of the only guys to step up. Not enough help.