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Plymouth Raiders
Vs
Cheshire Jets
Friday 21st
September 2007
Plymouth Pavilions
7.30pm Tip | Attn: 1245
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Top Scorers
Plymouth Raiders
Lasker - 36pts
Noel - 13pts
Beasley - 12pts
Cheshire
Jets
Obazuaye - 37pts
Brown - 16pts
Pratt - 9pts
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 The Kularoos Plymouth Raiders opened their BBL Championship campaign
with a home win after defeating the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 89-74
at the Plymouth Pavilions.
It was a showdown between shooting guards Drew Lasker and Jayson
Obazuaye (Jets). The former scored 36 points and the latter netted
37 in vain on the night.
The teams could barely be separated in the early exchanges, although
the hosts did not take their first lead until seven minutes in at
17-15. The Jets edged in front again before a three-pointer with the
last play of an offence-focused first q uarter saw the Raiders go in
25-22 in front.
The visitors rattled off the opening 6 points of the second stanza
and extended that to a 10-2 run and a 27-32 lead. The lead was still
five points before the Raiders closed the half with a 12-2 surge
that gave them a 46-41 edge going into the interval.
The teams traded runs early in the third. Plymouth scored 4 in a
row, the Jets responded with 5, before the home team nailed 9
without reply to stretch the lead into double-digits at 62-52.
However, the Jets finished with a 6-0 burst to go into the decisive
period just 62-58 down.
 The Raiders maintained a four-point lead up to 74-70 before making
the decisive move. They closed the game with a 15-4 run which
included 9 points from Lasker and 4 from DeAntoine Beasley, the
knockout blow was a Lasker triple that made it 79-70 with 2:49 left,
from where there was no way back for T.J. Walker's team.
Words:
BBL Web Site
Photos:
Damian Pudner
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