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Regular Season Round 3: Ottawa S. - London L. 97-98
Date: November 9, 2013
The win was a relief to the London Lightning . . . momentary relief. But when you are a defending two-time National Basketball League of Canada champions momentary relief is not good enough. The Lightning won their first game of the season Saturday in front of 2,663 fans at the Gardens to run their record to 1-2. But the Lightning got another lesson in league parity as the expansion Ottawa SkyHawks gave them everything they could handle in the 98-97 win. The Lightning needed clutch plays by some veterans to come away with the win. The biggest was made by Elvin Mims and Tim Ellis. The Lightning were trailing by one point with less than 30 seconds left on the clock. The Lightning missed a shot but Ellis managed to snake his way to the basket, tip the ball to Mims who laid the ball in. On the SkyHawks next trip down the floor, it was Marvin Phillips who played solid defence to snuff out any chance the SkyHawks had for the upset. The relief in the stands and on the Lightning bench was obvious. Lightning coach Micheal Ray Richardson threatened to blow the team up if things didn’t change. But the win doesn’t mean that Richardson has taken his hand off the plunger. “It’s still on there,” he said. “Look -- a win is good but I’m looking at the bigger picture. I don’t want to win a game. I want to win a championship. “Unfortunately, I’ve got to find some veterans. I can’t do this. We’re not like all the other teams. They want to bring in players and develop them. I want to bring in a player so I can win a championship. You’d better be able to play when you come in here because we haven’t got time to wait. We want to win every year.” Veterans like Mims, Phillips and Ellis combined at the right time to make the difference between a win and yet another loss. Garrett Williamson led the Lightning with 24 points despite landing in foul trouble early. Phillips added 18 with Jaytornah Wisseh hitting for 13 and Mims 10. Justin Tubbs and Jermaine Johnson had 21 each for the SkyHawks. The good thing about the win was that the Lightning played with a lot more defensive responsibility. The bad was that the Lightning gave up yet again, a lot of layups. “I think our defensive intensity was there,” Williamson said. “There were moments when we had our lapses when we didn’t rotate when we should have or reached and gambled when we shouldn’t have but on the whole our defensive intensity was there. We scratched this one out.” Williamson has been the Lightning’s best player so far. “This was definitely a must win in our eyes,” he said. “It’s one game at a time. We aren’t going to win this league overnight.” It was a tough loss for the SkyHawks who led by as many as 14 in the third quarter but while it isn’t much consolation they are a team with obvious athletic talent. “I’m so proud of these guys because they played with everything they had in them,” said SkyHawks’ coach Kevin Keathley. “They took every punch that London gave tonight. You can’t ask for anything more from this team this early in the season. I really believe come February, this team will be as good as any team in the league.” Keathley believes his club has the right combination of players. The Lightning could use a guy with the ability to clog up the middle. “You don’t think I know I need a big man,” Richardson said. “You think they fall from the sky? You don’t think we’ve been looking?” If things continue to be as tight as the first three games of the season, the Lightning might want to look a little harder. Courtesy of: lfpress.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 3: Ottawa S. - London L. 97-98
Date: November 9, 2013
The win was a relief to the London Lightning . . . momentary relief. But when you are a defending two-time National Basketball League of Canada champions momentary relief is not good enough. The Lightning won their first game of the season Saturday in front of 2,663 fans at the Gardens to run their record to 1-2. But the Lightning got another lesson in league parity as the expansion Ottawa SkyHawks gave them everything they could handle in the 98-97 win. The Lightning needed clutch plays by some veterans to come away with the win. The biggest was made by Elvin Mims and Tim Ellis. The Lightning were trailing by one point with less than 30 seconds left on the clock. The Lightning missed a shot but Ellis managed to snake his way to the basket, tip the ball to Mims who laid the ball in. On the SkyHawks next trip down the floor, it was Marvin Phillips who played solid defence to snuff out any chance the SkyHawks had for the upset. The relief in the stands and on the Lightning bench was obvious. Lightning coach Micheal Ray Richardson threatened to blow the team up if things didn’t change. But the win doesn’t mean that Richardson has taken his hand off the plunger. “It’s still on there,” he said. “Look -- a win is good but I’m looking at the bigger picture. I don’t want to win a game. I want to win a championship. “Unfortunately, I’ve got to find some veterans. I can’t do this. We’re not like all the other teams. They want to bring in players and develop them. I want to bring in a player so I can win a championship. You’d better be able to play when you come in here because we haven’t got time to wait. We want to win every year.” Veterans like Mims, Phillips and Ellis combined at the right time to make the difference between a win and yet another loss. Garrett Williamson led the Lightning with 24 points despite landing in foul trouble early. Phillips added 18 with Jaytornah Wisseh hitting for 13 and Mims 10. Justin Tubbs and Jermaine Johnson had 21 each for the SkyHawks. The good thing about the win was that the Lightning played with a lot more defensive responsibility. The bad was that the Lightning gave up yet again, a lot of layups. “I think our defensive intensity was there,” Williamson said. “There were moments when we had our lapses when we didn’t rotate when we should have or reached and gambled when we shouldn’t have but on the whole our defensive intensity was there. We scratched this one out.” Williamson has been the Lightning’s best player so far. “This was definitely a must win in our eyes,” he said. “It’s one game at a time. We aren’t going to win this league overnight.” It was a tough loss for the SkyHawks who led by as many as 14 in the third quarter but while it isn’t much consolation they are a team with obvious athletic talent. “I’m so proud of these guys because they played with everything they had in them,” said SkyHawks’ coach Kevin Keathley. “They took every punch that London gave tonight. You can’t ask for anything more from this team this early in the season. I really believe come February, this team will be as good as any team in the league.” Keathley believes his club has the right combination of players. The Lightning could use a guy with the ability to clog up the middle. “You don’t think I know I need a big man,” Richardson said. “You think they fall from the sky? You don’t think we’ve been looking?” If things continue to be as tight as the first three games of the season, the Lightning might want to look a little harder. Courtesy of: lfpress.com
 LONDON L.98 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 30 | Ohallaps, biQLaj | 40 | 4-7 (44.4%) | 4-65 (45%) | 4-3 (90%) | 3 | 9 | 66 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 62 | 5 |
| 84 | qllas, waB | 40 | 4-1 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 68 | 5 |
| 3 | baBs, qlLaj | 44 | 0-68 (36.9%) | 5-4 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 64 | 5 |
| 60 | WallaiBsIj, GiQQRUU | 45 | 7-66 (26.2%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 83 | 82 | 5 |
| 4 | AajDlRUIj, eihRRB | 62 | 6-3 (80%) | 6-8 (05%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 88 | WassRh, ziFUIQjih | 48 | 0-2 (18.0%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 69 | 5 |
| 68 | ballRj, ziBRs | 88 | 4-7 (44.4%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 44 | AuQBiZJ, GQRD | 60 | 8-0 (35%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 80 | yQRRBij, GiMR | 64 | 6-1 (61.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| 65 | SUuihRjR, SjUTa | 3 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | mIldRj, biuQaZR | 8 | 5-8 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| wIUil | 48-94 (34.2%) | 2-80 (48.5%) | 65-63 (96.3%) | 60 | 40 | 05 | 45 | 67 | 5 | 65 | 68 | 5 | 69 | 72 | 658 | |||
 OTTAWA S.97 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 0 | zIhjsIj, zRQBiajR | 38 | 7-63 (13.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4-4 (655%) | 0 | 65 | 60 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 43 | 5 |
| 60 | wuMMs, zusUaj | 42 | 0-7 (00.1%) | 4-0 (15%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 66 | 5 |
| 33 | SjdRQsIj, eFij | 49 | 6-4 (44.4%) | 4-9 (38.7%) | 4-4 (655%) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 65 | 5 |
| 9 | miajRs, waQQRll | 48 | 4-7 (44.4%) | 5-8 (5%) | 1-7 (11.9%) | 8 | 2 | 65 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 68 | 60 | 5 |
| 4 | CQIuZh, zRQaZR | 46 | 8-7 (88.8%) | 6-3 (80%) | 4-4 (655%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 8 | 5 |
| 63 | CQIIV, ziBil | 86 | 3-2 (05%) | 5-8 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | AUuQdaLijU, yQRd | 67 | 4-2 (49.0%) | 5-6 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 85 | eIsR, baVR | 61 | 5-8 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 88 | zRBasIj, gRBRUQaus | 4 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| wIUil | 89-14 (38.7%) | 2-84 (43.2%) | 67-83 (97.8%) | 66 | 42 | 37 | 67 | 68 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 83 | 79 | 75 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
