On Friday 4 September the club played itself. Seniors, the Men plus the older U19s, beat Academy, the U17 and U19 group, 60 to 37 at Nørre Fælled Hallen. Nineteen players, one club, two benches.
We do this because it is the hardest game the Academy will get all month. A 16 year old guarding a grown man learns more in one Friday than in four weeks of drills, and the Men get pushed by kids who are quicker than them and have something to prove.
Thirty-seven points from the Academy against senior men is a real number. And it counted for something three days later: on the Monday the same senior core beat 1. Division Hørsholm 78 to 67 in the Danish Cup. DBBF annulled that result on protest, and we won the replay 89 to 87 after overtime.
What came next
BMS Herlev Cup, Friday 11 to Sunday 13 September. Five Talata teams went: U13 twice, U15, U19 and the U17 girls.
League opener, Friday 2 October, 19:30, home to ALBA at Nørre Fælled Skole. Free entry, like every Talata home game.
Update, 7 October. The ALBA game moved to Friday 6 November. The Men open the league away at Stevnsgade on Saturday 24 October, and the first home game is Friday 30 October against SISU 2 at Nørre Fælled Skole.
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