It was a quick day for the Vipers. Land in Dallas, grab some food to eat on the way to the Texas Legends practice facility, play a game, run back to the airport, eat, fly back to McAllen.
The Vipers got an exhibition against the Iowa Energy in during the trip (it was a tournament of sorts I guess. Texas-Tulsa Friday, Austin-Tulsa and RGV-Iowa Saturday, Texas-Iowa Sunday). The Vipers lost 112-92.
The Vipers played evenly with the Energy during the first quarter, but the second quarter wasn't pretty. Fouls, turnovers... The Vipers came back in the third to make it a five-point game, but the next time I looked up it was a 17-point game and the Energy maintained their lead.
Jerel McNeal had a nice shooting day for the Vipers. Patrick Patterson looked okay in his first game action since the NBA pre-season.
The Energy have a lot of talent on paper, although some of those names didn't play too well. Kyle Weaver struggled. Courtney Sims didn't look like a dominant big. I wasn't overly impressed with Conor Atchley either. Curtis Stinson did his usual thing. Chris Lofton looked great. Othyus Jeffers was unstoppable.
*shrug*
At the end of the day, it's a pre-season game. Does it mean anything? Maybe. But it's not like these teams were reviewing tape on each other before the game. They were worried about evaluating their own talent and running their own plays. So I don't worry about 20-point loss. The real thing doesn't start until Thursday.
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