RL 268: "Ultimates vs NRG Play-By-Play"
Update: 2025-09-24
Description
Game 1:
- Series of 50s to start the game
- First killer has 70% goal participation in the tournament
- Daniel hit a post that really could have gone in
- NRG scores after keeping Ultimates to low boost and using demos
- NRG consistently keeps it in the Ultimates side and score again
- Side note, catching ball into airdribble
- NRG keeps them to low boost and sees out the first game
Game 2:
- First Killer scores first for Ultimates with a 101 kph shot off the crossbar, catches NRG not paying attention
- Side Note, practicing bar down shots, is that a thing?
- NRG has a lot more East-West carries or crosses than Ultimates
- Atomic almost scores on a double tap, but Daniel manages to come in a clean up 1-1
- Beast most almost scores, NRG has two more chances but don’t manage to score
- Defensive mixups and low boost for the Ultimates but they don’t manage to get punished before overtime
- First killer with a solo plays wins it for the Ultimates
Game 3:
- Atomic fakes to get NRG the lead the third time
- Passing play into Atomic double tap 2-0 lead, Atomic feeling good
- Lj fakes out play and First Killer gets the Ultimates first goal of game 3
- Ultimates have switched out their timing and pattern
- NRG seems to be more consistently in the opposition end, Atomic demos and redirects to get his third
- NRG wins the game 4-2
Game 4:
- After a time out the ultimate start off game 4 aggressively
- Chronic finds an opening and bangs it in 1-0 Ultimates
- Pressure from NRG East-West Coast and constant demos
- NRG Blocks on clears get a 50 that sets up Atomic
- Game goes to overtime, seems like NRG are keeping their strategy
- Relentless pressure
- Beast Mode passes to Atomic to score
Game 5:
- Daniel pinches and keeps with the ball to tap it in (been quiet the whole series from a goal perspective)
- Chronic messes with NRG and lets Firstkiller get a double tap
- Chronic makes a crazy save off the line
- Beastmode capitalizes on Ultimates mistakes (some bumps included)
- NRG should really win from here
- Firstkiller beats two and passes it to LJ to tie it up
- Passivity?
- Great Passiving from Ultimates for the next goal
- NRG misses and Ultimates survive for game 6
Game 6:
- Chronic gets a dunk early and momentum is in the Ultimates favour
- More side to side passes form the Ultimates
- Atomic scores after Chronic dodges a bump
- Great pass and Chronic scores, RULE 1 BROKEN
- NRG had the CLOSEST POST
- Daniel sneaks a goal in by faking a pass and seeing the opportunity
- Passing play into the First Killer Double tap
- Atomic scores in the funniest bump almost won save off the post but went in 3-3
- Chronic gets a goal, the games getting messy, beast mode passes to opponents
Game 7:
- Tactical Timeout Used by NRG
- Chronic get ANOTHER DUNK in the beginning, Ultimates take the lead
- NRG get a goal off kick off, right back to 1-1
- Crazy Beast Mode play, to beat 2 players and pass to Atomic for the Goal
- Both teams Making more mistakes and going for it more
- Beast mode hits a goal after messy defence from Ultimates
- Chronic gets back to clear the line
- Ultimate get disorganized and don’t manage to get any control back and loss
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