[candyman]

No offense intended, and I'm not taking up for Paintsville at all, but there was no blowout until Paintsville players (I won't mention names) gave LC about 5-6 uncontested layups off of turnovers in the span of about 2 minutes of the game. Other than that, it remained fairly close. Also, Paintsville fouled at the end for whatever reason because they couldn't obviously win, and that increased the margin. This game was definitely no blowout. A blowout is where a team dominates another. That didn't happen in this game as I had expected. Lawrence Co. is for certain the better team, but I expected a better game out of them than what I seen. And I will agree that Lawrence Co. had the upper hand most of the game, but the Tigers were within just a few points through 3 quarters and even had the lead a couple of times. That is not as much control as I would want if I were the coach of Lawrence Co. The kind of play from Lawrence last night won't win you many games against the better district and regional teams. But at least the Dawgs have squeaked their way to a 2-0 record which will help.

The way I see the district now:

JC
x
Lawrence Co.
Sheldon Clark
Magoffin Co.
x
Paintsville

You have made very good points. And i agree that Lawrence Co. could have played a lot better basketball but imo they came into the game expecting to blow Paintsville out and with that mindset you see games like this one or even upsets. I do believe that when playing a better opponent they will play better. I guess only time can tell. I think Paintsville's team played hard just like they always have and the crowd was loud like always. I wouldn't say that it was the players fault who were in during the LC run because the starters even struggled against the 3/4 court press that LC was in. But Paintsville is always a great place to watch basketball.