The Big 5 alumni team began The Basketball Tournament on a legendary outdoor court. It ended the game at another famed locale — indoors.
NEW YORK — Playing The Basketball Tournament’s first-ever outdoor games at Harlem’s fabled Rucker Park was a great idea in theory. It blended the event’s pickup game nature with the atmosphere of one of the most historic courts in the country.
“It’s cold, it’s raining, we were sweating, but a lot of our guys are Philadelphia guys,” said former Temple star Khalif Wyatt, coach of the Big 5. “We showed a lot of toughness today. ... You just try to keep guys mentally ready more than physically ready.”Autism Army and Peacock Nation had the early slot for the first day of Rucker Park games. They enjoyed the day’s sunshine.
Team Big 5 led, 15-14, when the rain began, delaying the game with the clock stuck at 2 minutes, 8 seconds. Players and spectators alike scattered to find cover while the grounds crew pulled a tarp over the black-and-gold court. After the nearly five-hour break, a barrage of threes from Ramon Galloway and Ryan Daly extended Big 5′s lead to double digits. Ex-Pats crawled back, tying the score at 66 by the four-minute mark. The Elam Ending target score was 74.
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