The day after LeBron James made his "decision" the Pinckney competitors hit the yard for the LeBron James events. However, since LeBron James' move was lame and unclassy, the Epic committee agreed to strip LeBron of the honor of having an Epic sport named after him. For the remainder of this post the events will be referred to as The Adventure and the Cup-Combine.
The day was kicked off with The Adventure as Matthew started the event. He navigated it like the true Adventurer he is, having little trouble with the difficult stairs portion and speeding around the pool and the sidewalk. He finished with a powerful time of 3-33; one he felt confident Joel could not touch.
Joel, the less experienced Adventurer, struggled particularly going up and down the stairs, an extremely difficult part of the course. He made mistakes that cost him oodles of time, finishing far behind the bigger Matthew with a time of 4-10, allowing Matthew to max-out in points and retake the lead.
The big man felt confident going into the Cup-Combine, believing he could extend his lead even more, but things were different. Joel struggled in the Friscup portion of the event, only knocking off one out of the four cups costing him three penalty laps. But after that portion of the event he dribbled his way down the stairs, around the pool, up the stairs, and back to the porch with speed and intensity, posting a time of 3-25; solid, but not unbeatable.
Matthew performed better than Joel in the cups portion, knocking of two out of four, but he ended up spending more time in the penalty area than Joel because of dozens of misdribbles on one of the easiest portions of the course. Joel remarked afterward, "It was just weird." Matthew finally made it out of the penalty portion knowing he needed something special to comeback. He made it down the first flight of stairs with ease but on the second flight his ball took an errant bounce, flying its self into the pool. Matthew was forced to dive in after it; adding approximately 7.39 lbs. on his body, most of it being water in his shoes. Despite this drawback, the blond man made it down the stairs, around the pool, and back up the stairs in record time; putting himself back in position to take the race. But on the brick sidewalk, rounding the corner, disaster struck for the white headed man. He made terrible dribbles twice in a row, bouncing his ball down the hill and forcing him to retrieve it, costing him plenty of time, and plenty of points in the overall competition. He finished 3-46, 21 seconds behind Joel, giving Joel a 46 point win.
After maxing out in the first event, Matthew only ended up gaining 4 points on his competitor; once again putting the Match as close as it has ever been: Joel) 270 : Matthew) 265
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