2012 Toilet Bowl: Fear the Pogi

In a game that came right down to the wire, heavily favored MoRRie's Pogiboys won the 2012 Toilet Bowl and the right to draft Anthony Davis. Or you know, someone else, since GM Alvin isn't ready to tip his hand yet. Even though the Pogiboys were facing off against an injury riddled Sour Snails team, this Toilet Bowl was the closest one we've ever had.

As predicted last week, Trieu's team won REB/BLK while Alvin won the two percentage categories. That left 3PT, AST, ST, TO, and PTS up in the air. The Snails won by close margins in 3PT and STL, while getting slammed in AST and TO. Most importantly, they came 16 PTS shy of upsetting Pogiboys. Sixteen points!

A closer look at the matchup reveals that franchise power forward Kevin Love contributed zero points on April 11th, in a matchup against the Denver Nuggets that started with him getting knocked out of the action by a concussion. It's pretty likely Love would have scored at least sixteen points had he stuck around for the game. Already ailing from a team that had trouble staying healthy -- Grant Hill got a DNP this week and Wilson Chandler came back for a lackluster seven minutes -- Trieu put up a mighty fight but couldn't quite pull off an upset in the end.

As for Alvin's team, he must be ecstatic. Going from 5-14 a year ago to 8-4 this year and barely missing out on a playoff spot -- then winning the Toilet Bowl -- will set them up for years of success. And it's not like Alvin didn't earn it, as his franchise guy, Amare Stoudemire, was out for this matchup. Led by Brandon Jennings, the Pogiboys didn't have many huge individual scoring games but overall his lineup shot well, controlled their turnovers, and gutted out a big win. A guard rotation of Jennings, Devin Harris, Mike Conley, and Brandon Knight really stepped up to counter the Snails' swirling guards.

Next year Pogiboys fans will get to see Stoudemire, Roy Hibbert, and The Unibrow together on a front line that could be truly scary. (I mean, if Alvin wants to take Anthony Davis.) Congrats MoRRie's Pogiboys!