PCTI's TOP 10 Individual Performances, Part 3

As we approach PCTI 9 and the animosity between Dan and me begins to crescendo, I’ve started thinking about some of the best performances in PCTI history. While there have been many noteworthy accomplishments over the years by various players and teams, I thought I would limit the scope of this post to top 10 series performances all-time by an individual. Without further ado, here is a list of top 10 all-time individual performances with a few honorable mentions thrown in for good measure:

 

4: Joe, PCTI 3 Dallas

Joe averaged a huge 16.3 PPG, 3.8 RPG, and 2.3 APG as he led his team to one of the most dominant performances in PCTI history, dispatching the Kittens in 4 games. Ultimately, Breaking Bad will be remembered as one of the best and most talented teams of all 16 teams, boasting a lineup of JT, Abe, BC, Eskildsen, Spot, Donley, Hops, and Pitto. Once the team caught its groove in the second half of game 1, it sprinted away from its opponent and Joe was a large reason why. He shot 55% from the field with 14 triples on just 27 attempts. His game 1 helped his team erase an early 18-point deficit as he scored 19 points on 7-11 FGAs and 4 bombs. He followed that with a game 4 performance in which he set the PCTI scoring record with 30 points on an absolutely sizzling 9-14 3FGAs. In the close-out game, he also recorded the second-highest Productivity score of all 8 PCTIs with 56.  As JT might say, “Your best? Losers always whine about doing their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.” This was Joe’s moment where he fucked the prom queen.

 

3: BC, PCTI 1 Lexington

2: Abe, PCTI 1 Lexington

BC averaged 15.0 PPG, 9.7 RPG, and 2.7 APG on a team that fought 6 games before bowing out in the very first PCTI. He shot an historically blazing 50% from the field on 32-64 FGAs. He also recorded 21-27 from the free throw line for 78%, which is absolutely stunning given the fatigue factor and how players were quite literally dropping out of games due to injury on day one. Without any hyperbole, BC may have recorded the finest individual session of PCTI basketball in the history of our event with 52 points and 24 rebounds in games 3 and 4. By the way, this was his SECOND SESSION of two games on the SAME DAY! In this event, games 1 and 2 were played in the morning, while games 3 and 4 were played in the afternoon. Just thinking about that makes this feat all the more remarkable. He also shot 18-27 FGAs during this session for an amazing 67% from the field. Add to that number that he recorded two of the gaudiest double-doubles in PCTI history with a game 3 of 26-14 and a game 4 of 26-10 and you begin to get an idea of how legendary his performance was. If this list was about best individual sessions, I’d have a hard time thinking that any session ever would supplant this one. This performance should ALWAYS be remembered as one of the best ever. In this moment, BC expressed with no words what it means to be a leader and a warrior. An absolutely remarkable and brilliant all-time performance.

I want to add Abe’s performance to BC’s as part of the same PCTI. Abe averaged 16.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG, and 2.0 APG as he was BC’s counterpart and led his team to victory in 6 games. He shot 43% from the field and another 41% from deep, with 78% from the free throw line. It is hard to overstate how incredible these shooting percentages are given how exhausted all participants were from 4 games in the first 8 hours and 6 total games in 26 hours. Abe scored double figures in EVERY game, and never had a game in which he didn’t score at least 12 points or grab at least 5 boards. This all occurred while he played through the game 4 CRAMP GAME, in which overall fatigue and dehydration began to claim victims, including Abe and at least 4 others. Impressively, he also never failed to record a Productivity Rating of less than 20 in any single game, which has only been accomplished twice ever. This was Abe’s introduction to PCTI, but also PCTI’s introduction to how big of a motor this guy actually has. It was said about Secretariat in the 1970s that the horse was an unbeatable champion given that it just had a bigger engine than other competitors. In this moment, Abe became the Secretariat of PCTI.

 

1: Ben, PCTI 5 Denver

Ben averaged 22.3 PPG, 9.8 RPG, and 2.5 APG, and essentially set the standard by which all other great PCTI performances are judged. It’s not just that he averaged 20+PPG and it’s not just that he damn near averaged a double-double, it’s that he shot 50% from the field on 31-62 FGAs, shot 44.4% from deep on 16-36 3FGAs, made 11-17 FTAs for 65%, and led his team to a sweep victory. He was perhaps the biggest factor why the series was uncompetitive for the other team, which included Abe and a highly-conditioned JT. In 3 of the 4 games, he scored at least 22 points, and never had a single game in which he didn’t score at least 15 points. He also double-doubled in 3 of the 4 games, with individual outputs of 15-13, 28-12, 22-10 and 24-4. Also in 3 of the 4 games, he made at least 4 triples including game 4 where he made 6. In this tournament, he also breached the 50-point Productivity Rating in game 2 where he scored 28 points, grabbed 12 boards, dished 3 assists, had 3 steals, and shot 11-21 from the field. He also had a separate game 3 in which he passed the 40-point mark in the same Productivity category. His EFG% for the weekend was 63% and he scored 1.44 PPS, marks that are rarely seen in PCTI’s history. There’s not much in the way of description of this performance except to say that this is the standard. In my mind, this performance stands alone.

 

Sabin