Lightning Win Finals Opener
Published on March 19, 2012 under National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada)
London Lightning News Release
(London, Ontario)
The inaugural NBL Canada Championship started out with a tightly contested London Lightning win for 86-83 in front of 2200 fans a the John Labatt Centre.
London now leads the series 1-0.
"We played well in the last 5 minutes of the game," said Coach Micheal Ray Richardson on his teams first Championship series performance. "This is the first
game all year that we shot the ball 38% and won. I can guarantee you tomorrow we won't shoot that low. We were really rusty after 9 days off. This is cham- pionship basketball though so it's not about how many points you win by it's the fact that you win."
The victory was sealed when Shamari Spears hit a bucket with 10.5 seconds left and was fouled. Five players were in double figures for London: Gabe Free- man, Eddie Smith, Tim Ellis, Rodney Buford and Shamari Spears with 17, 16, 15, 10 and 10 respectively.
The Lightning take on the Rainmen for Game 2 of this Championship Series tomorrow (Monday) at 7pm.
Come GET STRUCK! Play-off tickets are now available at The John Labatt Centre box office 1-866-455-2849, www.johnlabattcentre.com or
www.lightningbasketball.ca.
For season ticket information contact 519-433-0634 or jackie@lightningbasketball.ca.
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