Blowout Sends Express to Send Straight NBL Finals
April 12, 2015 - National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada)
Windsor Express News Release
Windsor Express Celebrate Finals Berth
(Windsor Express)
(WINDSOR, ON) In the end, it wasn't even close.
The Express scored 37 points in the first quarter and 38 more in the second, as Windsor clinched their second straight Central Conference Championship with a 120-101 victory over the Brampton A's on Sunday afternoon.
The Express came out firing to score the first six points before Brampton threw their first punch, tying the game at 15-15.
From there, Windsor pushed forward on a 22-7 run to finish the first quarter up 37-22.
Windsor's Chris Commons and Brampton's Zane Johnson carried their teams in the first, with Commons dropping nine, while Johnson went 5-for-5 behind the arc for 15 of the A's points.
The Express kept the pedal down, extending their lead to as many as 35 points, and closing out the first half with a massive 75-41 advantage.
Brampton showed they weren't going away quietly, outscoring Windsor 29-17 in the third quarter, cutting their deficit to 22, but Windsor never let the A's get closer, closing out their second Conference Championship in a row.
Chris Commons finished with a team high 26 points, while Tony Bennett added 24.
The victory continues a shocking trend of success in elimination games for the Express franchise.
In nine games in which the Express could be eliminated from the postseason, Windsor is 8-1.
The Windsor Express will face the Halifax Rainmen for the NBL Championship.
The Express will have home court advantage in the series and will host Games 1 and 2, which will be played on Wednesday, April 15th and Friday, April 17th respectively, starting at 7:00pm at the WFCU Centre.
Games 3, 4 and 5 will be in Halifax, with Games 6 and 7, if necessary, back in Windsor.
The rest of the series schedule will be announced shortly.
Tickets for both home games will be available online at www.windsorexpress.ca and www.wfcu-centre.com tonight, while they can be purchased by phone at 519-800-3665 and at the TekSavvy.com Box Office inside the WFCU Centre starting at 10:00am on Monday, April 13th.
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