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# Rational Animals: Week One - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/rational-animals-week-one/
- Published: 2006-03-01T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-26T17:02:58.000Z
- Description: Carnage. More carnage. Week One: vs. Street Ballers Recap: It was close for 32 minutes, then they pulled away. We had a number of turnovers and didn’t get back on defense, allowing a few easy baskets. I was, of course, […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson

Carnage. More carnage.

Week One: vs. Street Ballers

Recap: It was close for 32 minutes, then they pulled away. We had a number of turnovers and didn’t get back on defense, allowing a few easy baskets. I was, of course, on the sidelines during this time. The final count was something like 45-31, but it was closer than that. Really. I hold out hope for a winning season.

Matt’s line: a few rebounds (3), 2 points on 1-4 shooting (at least I think it was 4), a few more turnovers. But I played better defense (fighting through screens), blocked a few guys out (a vast improvement over last week!) and managed to not suck nearly as much wind as last week. For this I consider my performance far superior to last week!