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Regular Season Round 32: Windsor Exp. - London L. 107-100
Date: February 6, 2014
It was abundantly clear from the opening minute Thursday that the addition of 6-foot-7, 248-pound Jermaine Johnson and 6-foot-8, 235-pound Dwight McCombs has changed the London Lightning. And on this night — and maybe for many evenings to come — the Lightning were a different, tougher basketball team. The result was a rock ‘em, sock ‘em game — but not a victory — against arch-enemy Windsor Express in a National Basketball League game at the Budweiser Gardens. Windsor won 107-100. The first-place Express now lead the season series four games to three with the two teams literally doing battle again Friday night in Windsor. “We traded basically an MVP for two first-team all stars,” Lightning general manager Taylor Brown said of two big-men acquisitions this week, Johnson released from Ottawa Skyhawks and McCombs traded from Mississauga Power for cash considerations. These deals came on the heels of last year’s playoff MVP Marvin Phillips leaving the team Monday to play in France. Getting Johnson was a pleasant surprise for Brown who did expect Ottawa to release him. “We had a guy ready to catch a plane and we basically shut off the deal because we got the deal done with Jermaine,” Brown admitted. Johnson and McCombs took turns neutralizing Windsor tough man DeAndre Thomas, and taking the time to score 26 first-half points between them. “It is the strangest feeling ever all season long. I was about to walk into the visitor’s locker room. And I have to get used to this,” Johnson said. Johnson said he wasn’t certain what to do when he was faced with the surprise release from the Skyhawks. “The difficulty was should I stay in Canada, should I leave, should I continue what I started here, since I was terminated in Ottawa, I just didn’t know what to do” he said. “But the guys here, they called me and talked to me here and made me feel like I would be accepted as one of their own. So I can’t do any worse going over to London.” McCombs said he has enjoyed his first few days with London. “When you’re in a some place for while and you invest so much time in it, of course you have some mixed emotions about leaving,” McCombs said. Courtesy of: metronews.ca
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 32: Windsor Exp. - London L. 107-100
Date: February 6, 2014
It was abundantly clear from the opening minute Thursday that the addition of 6-foot-7, 248-pound Jermaine Johnson and 6-foot-8, 235-pound Dwight McCombs has changed the London Lightning. And on this night — and maybe for many evenings to come — the Lightning were a different, tougher basketball team. The result was a rock ‘em, sock ‘em game — but not a victory — against arch-enemy Windsor Express in a National Basketball League game at the Budweiser Gardens. Windsor won 107-100. The first-place Express now lead the season series four games to three with the two teams literally doing battle again Friday night in Windsor. “We traded basically an MVP for two first-team all stars,” Lightning general manager Taylor Brown said of two big-men acquisitions this week, Johnson released from Ottawa Skyhawks and McCombs traded from Mississauga Power for cash considerations. These deals came on the heels of last year’s playoff MVP Marvin Phillips leaving the team Monday to play in France. Getting Johnson was a pleasant surprise for Brown who did expect Ottawa to release him. “We had a guy ready to catch a plane and we basically shut off the deal because we got the deal done with Jermaine,” Brown admitted. Johnson and McCombs took turns neutralizing Windsor tough man DeAndre Thomas, and taking the time to score 26 first-half points between them. “It is the strangest feeling ever all season long. I was about to walk into the visitor’s locker room. And I have to get used to this,” Johnson said. Johnson said he wasn’t certain what to do when he was faced with the surprise release from the Skyhawks. “The difficulty was should I stay in Canada, should I leave, should I continue what I started here, since I was terminated in Ottawa, I just didn’t know what to do” he said. “But the guys here, they called me and talked to me here and made me feel like I would be accepted as one of their own. So I can’t do any worse going over to London.” McCombs said he has enjoyed his first few days with London. “When you’re in a some place for while and you invest so much time in it, of course you have some mixed emotions about leaving,” McCombs said. Courtesy of: metronews.ca
 LONDON L.100 |
| 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 | +/- |
| 60 | WallaiBsIj, GiQQRUU | 34 | 4-65 (45%) | 5-8 (5%) | 3-2 (05%) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 6 | 5 |
| 0 | mRjjRUU, wIjF | 42 | 3-65 (35%) | 5-8 (5%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 33 | zIhjsIj, zRQBiajR | 80 | 1-1 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 65-66 (75.7%) | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 88 | 5 |
| 3 | baBs, qlLaj | 80 | 0-2 (18.0%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 7 | 65 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 85 | 5 |
| 84 | qllas, waB | 9 | 4-3 (90%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 65 | 5 |
| 64 | bZgITRll, AURphRj | 81 | 3-1 (11.9%) | 4-1 (05%) | 8-8 (655%) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 62 | 5 |
| 65 | bZCIBMs, gTaDhU | 84 | 0-7 (00.1%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4-4 (655%) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 64 | 5 |
| 4 | bRjZF, giQaj | 88 | 8-4 (11.9%) | 5-1 (5%) | 4-1 (05%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 44 | AuQBiZJ, GQRD | 85 | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 88 | zIhjsIj, cijR | 66 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | -0 | 5 |
| wIUil | 44-07 (00.7%) | 4-85 (60.5%) | 80-49 (19.1%) | 63 | 89 | 36 | 69 | 87 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 655 | 91 | |||
 WINDSOR EXP.107 |
| 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 | +/- |
| 60 | mQITj, ruajjRl | 34 | 4-7 (44.4%) | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 83 | CIBBIjs, ChQas | 47 | 1-66 (03.0%) | 8-3 (05%) | 4-3 (90%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 86 | 63 | 5 |
| 0 | mIjjRiu, AURfij | 40 | 1-7 (11.9%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 65-66 (75.7%) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 80 | 83 | 5 |
| 68 | gujZij, giQQRj | 46 | 3-9 (09.6%) | 8-3 (05%) | 7-68 (90%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 84 | 62 | 5 |
| 8 | whIBis, gRSjdQR | 69 | 8-3 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 65 | vIasRllR, KRLaj | 83 | 0-2 (18.0%) | 6-6 (655%) | 6-8 (05%) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 68 | 5 |
| 63 | muZVlRF, gIBajaEuR | 61 | 5-6 (5%) | 6-0 (85%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 33 | GIIdR, GRIQDR | 61 | 6-8 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| 66 | PppIjD, Oipi | 60 | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-8 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 44 | OiQVRQ, qQaZ | 3 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| wIUil | 82-00 (05.7%) | 2-84 (43.2%) | 89-40 (99.6%) | 64 | 89 | 35 | 62 | 81 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 85 | 659 | 99 | |||
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)
