Tauranga Whai v Franklin Bulls | Full Basketball Game | @SalsNBL 2024
[Music] [Applause] [Applause] new hello there and welcome to More Sky Broadband rapid league basketball action for 2024 round 14 we’re in toonga for the toonga fight against the Franklin bards thank you for joining us this evening here at Mercury Bay Park looking forward to bringing you this game which is tipping off in just a moment Glen ly here with Tom everby in for the this game tonight Tom it’s uh yeah another big game for the fire isn’t it they did get the win over Franklin back on April the 28th in the rapid Le game 32 to 27 but they find it I suppose a challenging season their first season in the in the NBL this year yeah good evening hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the far in their first season as you mentioned but we’ll have a little quick look at the Sky Broadband rapid ladder here in the toong ofi sitting down there in eighth spot in the rapid League they’ve had their moments they’ve had their struggles as well up against the Bulls who have experienced a similar roller coaster in the rapid League this year sitting on 5 and 10 so both these teams would have liked to have slightly better records at this stage of the season but what’s the rapid League all about developing our young talent and they’ve had plenty of opportunities to do that well based on the the latter standings it should be a good even match maybe between these two coming up this evening here in toonga as we have a look at the Bulls lineup L up vanor kok gray Miley and Davis for Sebastian glim and we’ve seen most of these players feature in this team all the way through the season couple of players to keep you look out as Le up there he’s going at 11 points per game in the rapid League at 43% let’s have a look at the FI lineup Thompson that’s jet Thompson Xander master touille Lewis Jaden Boucher and Carter H boy the 18-year-old for Coach Matt Lacy t l getting another chance eight points per game he’s been going in the rapid League of 45% he’s also going at 40% Beyond The Arc so those two Tom not surprising to see them in the top scorer line there but uh what do we make out of the other statch there well as you mentioned Glen Leo sagaa I called their rapid game last week he was absolutely fantastic in their game against the airs had one electrifying dunk in that first quarter which was really really impressive he he carries this rapid League team he got impressive Talent all over the court both teams putting up decent numbers in the head toad there but hopefully we get treated to a a good game here tonight these youngsters every chance for them to go out there and play is a valuable opportunity Lewis certainly one who’s grasped there this year he’s done fantastic job building confidence in the rapid League being able to carry that over into the Sal NBL as well awesome to see so many of these youngsters just Thrive with the opportunities they’ve been given yeah really enjoyed seeing the growth of Lewis this year that’s for sure and of course not too far from Franklin down to down the road over the kimay Rangers to toonga for this game they’re pretty much Rivals aren’t they absolutely Battle of the kimise exactly let’s call it the battle of the kimise four quarters only so let’s get this rapidly game underway F in the pink of course and Franklin the visitors as we see the fire get the first possession now Lewis looking at for baa can’t open the scoring good contest for the rebound there and there’s a foul there on H booy so nice energetic start by the five yeah good first position from the F get the ball through hands get R A Touch generate a pretty good look for their their top scorer touille Lewis and hboy on the boards he’s a big young athlete great to see him doing what he does getting Second Chance points boy hard off the rim for the first one he’s been getting six points per game in the rapid league for the five of season opens the scoring there for the home team number 27 Hy right two jet Thompson there number four for the fight he’s got plenty of energy too here’s a a nice drive oh HW boy gets the block but Franklin get the ball again nice rebound this is excellent Second Chance play here by the balls as we see vanor set it down again now here comes M high off the glass nice basket from M lovely take there from mle second third opportunities for the bus there and fin someone who benefited from lots more opportunities in the Sal game against the a last week as we see tou Lewis makes no time getting his name on the board here come the Bulls in transition very nicely done by Liam Davis he’s going to go to the Chemist Warehouse line for a a three-point play love the speed as D up caught here the walls yeah the energetic youth showing their athleticism getting up and down the court nice and quick Liam Davis fantastic young athlete yeah just having his rookie season in the NBL this year can’t get the three-point players H tiies up for the F oh sloppy pass and there’s vanel grabbing two points for Franklin heads up play from vano just bit sloppy from the fire bring the ball up the court and sniffs out that steel lovely finish was brilliant oohs a little unlucky there Miley is going to be called for the foul yeah a little unlucky there from Mar looked like he slid those feet pretty well just enough contact though Boucher draws the foul Lewis to him bound it again oh and we got a foul off the ball here and that’s going to go against the FI Thompson moving screen down low there on the Block didn’t look like he did all that much but just enough to Wobble the defender referee was right there for the call almost getting the Ste there with the F that was a tight one for Christian vano as he comes down caught again Lewis back to Christian vano yeah here’s a little Baseline move very close to another basket there for for Koka gray here is again in the spin cycle in fact that one right there was nonga up there and Jet Thompson has it nice pass to bouer woy for three nice rebound there and easy put him there by touille Lewis well he just came floating through the lane unchecked by any of the Bulls Defenders there far too easy for an offensive rebound for a young guard swooping through there good little passage of play here from the [Music] F absolutely as Thompson comes forward again nice ball to boy who dropped it I don’t think there was too much wrong with the pass there as the balls look to capitalize again from that turnover and M did he call a player time out there looked like he might have been I think they’ve just used it to get a sub and he might have injured himself May something to himself unfortunately looks like something on his maybe a finger injury there for for Hal this’s hope is right as I mentioned Glen he played a lot in the Sal NBL gaming as the airs last week the Bulls had all sorts of foul trouble going on and Mal played career high minutes in that game so it’s going to have a big impact on game later tonight too so hopefully looks like he’s just getting something reted or checked over there let’s hope he’s all right might be just hyperextended or something nice drive to basket there from perryy so that’s Cory Perry tonight his brother Brody not playing today Thompson for the five the balls by three with just over a minute left in this first period Lewis again three-pointer sweet right there from Green first three of the game and we’ve got a tie ball game lovely shot there from greens feet set really solid foundation shot looks smooth just checking into the game and straight from the scoreboard oh you can see the class right there of L up there just explodes to the basket there Tom yeah he’s a level above in the rapid league with his athleticism and physicality really knowing who can stay in front of him when he’s got his head down that was a cool finish from kok Gray great finish there looked like ball got taken out regathered it midair and able to just flick it back up there he back to the [Applause] basket Thompson lures another foul out of number four for the Bulls check it out here on the GJ Garden hommes replay touille Lewis good job getting a hand on the ball but K gray with the Poise presence of mine just to reather Fantastic finish from him a J Thompson the line here he’s a key player in this rapid League team for the F being played pretty much every game for them eight points per game 44% 36% from the three-point line yeah really solid numbers Glenn one of those youngsters who’s been get plenty of opportunities later tonight too he plays some significant minutes for s’s NBL team as well so he’s taking a rest quickly in this one keep his legs fresh we’ve seen a bit of full court pressure from both both teams ear on in this one and the F once again making that Baseline inbounds pass difficult for the balls 17.7 seconds left nicely broken down there by Davis and Koka gray still has it still got time for it a shot to settle it up here now Christian vano is going to settle it down gives it to L up again who is fouled with 2.8 to play in this first quarter well whenever the Bulls need a bucket they can just give it to that man and he can put his head down physically as we mentioned he’s on a different level lovely little hesitation crossover wasn’t a whole lot of contact but it was an awkward looking finish and he’s been rewarded for that two free throws pretty energetic first quarter from both teams not much in it two from two on that [Music] visit so oh tipped out of court it might work out okay for the F they’ve got to the halfway line and they’ve only soaked up point8 of a second there we see it again that full court pressure though both teams not making things easy getting the ball up the court arer to him Bounder oh it’s over there for Masters almost gets it to drop in fact that was green Sil with that attempt right at the end of the first quarter so pretty even between these two teams it’s the balls up by four 14 points to 10 yeah pretty even start from both teams Glenn both teams scoring the ball pretty well 14 and 10 respectively in the first quarter it’s not too shabby shared that scoring Lo load around both sides have get our first look at the Sal’s pizza deal for the week $ large cup pepper I’ve been waiting for this one to pop up yeah that’s my favorite yeah I did last night’s game with Brooke and he pretty much you’ve just repeated exactly what he said Tom I don’t know what it is about the cup pepperoni but just gives it that little extra crispiness and well that’s the deal to next Tuesday anyway only 30 bucks perfect for the long weekend absolutely everyone getting SI for the weekend happy birthday tell traffic in Oakland from what I hear this afterno it was nightmarish didn’t matter where you were going that’s right everyone heading off on holiday or few people heading over the K going watch this game maybe absolutely reable crowd coming in for this game that Sals NBL Clash which of course starts in 45 minutes but we’ve got three more quarters of this rapidly game to enjoy first as vanel has it for the balls again Miley back out there from that finger injury that’s a good sign now here Perry that Perry Just shuffling his feet a little bit on that catch I think P for the treble there turnover and the fight have a chance to [Applause] here’s Thompson again oh poor pass easily anticipated by Lea up a there he is out in the open court giving us a little teaser of what he’s capable of Sixpoint lead now for the Bulls biggest in the ball game so far as Thompson finds some space can’t get the two points and Here Comes Le s up here again going coast to coast is he he is didn’t get the foul either but disappointed but he’s on a teer at the moment it’s so tough he so he knows that he can just put that shoulder down generate the first Contact that is he’s going to get the separation he needs from his man bit of a volleyball match on the rebounding Stakes here and Christian vano coughing up the foul down low Zion Anderson will head to the line for two Z Anderson coming into the game today pass and that gim me two points there up who has eight points in the game now for the balls bouer gets the ball back jadden Boucher excellent ball rotation and that rattles in very nice finish there from greens yeah lovely possession from the F great Twan action on that far side as they find the roller to the rim about the great quick pass out for the corner three they needed it to Tom they were down by eight shot clock down to seven and it looks like it’s just been lost out of court No in fact a foul is going to be called there on jet Thompson lucky there K gray looked like he could have shuffled His Feet Again on that catch but that one not picked up by the referees and he will head to the Chemist Warehouse strike for two Harry Koka gra 19 years of age again having his rookie season in the NBL this [Applause] year had six appearances in the NBL team and this is his 13th in the rapid league and he gets one out of two woy gets the the rebound for the fight now Boucher trying to get around Perry Boucher and he’ll go to the line to shoot to Jaden Boucher lovely take there Jaden Boucher has a good job as that dble handoff guy on those second sides for the fire got those basketball smarts that his dead head and a good sense for breaking down the play on that occasion going away from it the crossover just feeling his man stepping up a little bit too much and crosses up gets straight to the rim B has been a good bench contributor the season for the F seen plenty of minutes he’s averaging 11 minutes a game in the NBL and his 12 appearances this season and he gets two from two there from the line so 18 to 10 becomes 19 to 15 so nicely done by the fighter cut that Bulls lead in half Koka gray looking for Davis oh intercepted by hooyo almost losing the ball there and he just smashes his way now it’s a offensive foul isn’t it unlucky from the big fella picked the pass nicely at the other end tried to take it coast to coast and did all the hard work K gray just in the right position right at the end there one obstacle too many for big boy yeah it’s good from kok gr got to put your body on the line in those situations don’t you top you do never easy when the big Fell’s steaming down at you it’s one thing when it’s uh H boy but some big bodies in our league a nice feet to Perry but Hao gets the block but Franklin still have it again I do it all can he your s up there up to 11 points well he is doing it all tonight so far from the inside now from the outside Davis tearing after this one and he gathers it nicely and finishes with style as well BS are up and about playing in transition had a couple of occasions now they’ve got the ball in the open court finished strong causing some problems here for the F big lead now nine points isn’t Ito nice finish again that was much needed comes up oh squeezes between those two Defenders very impressive play again that is tough tough tough finish there the heads up split of the hard show and able to just absorb the contact in the lane and finish making it look easy Thompson for three he’s short Perry’s got it oh the ball’s fortunate to keep possession beautiful ball again from Davis or to Davis rather that time I think Davis is just a little bit ahead of himself his head was looking up at the room he was ready for another dunk didn’t quite gather possession before he went up 1 on the shot clock so about a 3se second differential to close out the second quarter oh that’s unfortunate for Thompson but he still keeps possession for his team now Hao for three yeah is there going to be time no there won’t be time oh was the player timeout called too late it was so it’s going to be halim and it’s Frankling up by 26- 17 a nice Advantage for the visitors and what a star performance from Lea up here 13 points now Tom we had a 23o game yesterday the leading score individual score in a rapidly gave his 2 by Matt barsley so Leo up here we’ll have to keep an eye on him and see if he can tear that down well yeah he’s on his way isn’t he 13 points in the first half of this one he had 20 last week as well against the ears so he’s been putting up some big numbers in the rapid League per with two rebounds for the Bulls and hop boy’s done a good job inside for the five uh for the F the big five for the F he’s done a good job couple of blocks and rebounding the ball well Christian van three assists to leave the lead the Bulls but it really has been Leo who’s been fantastic he’s got one steal to add to those 13 points in the first half he’s the man for this Bulls rapid League Scot yeah last night’s uh performance by Nico Hill was very impressive 23 points at one stage he threatened to score more points than the entire Hawks team he was on target until about the last two minutes of that game such short games you get hot you can you can fill up the thing pretty quick 23 points in a 16-minute game is that’s impressive yeah that’s right so Matt barsley with 25 is the the season high score in the rapid League game see how close the up there can get to that in this second half here with the balls up by nine points don’t forget we have that uh sales NBL match coming up at 7:30 here on sky looking forward to your company for that game and also making it even the better by the Franklin Bulls visiting us and the fire playing well the fire just 17 points just seven points in that second quarter turnovers being a little bit costly for them they’ve coughed up seven times full court pressure of the balls it’s troubled them at times as well need to show a little bit more Poise in the second half done a good job when they do get the ball through some hands run through their stuff generating some good looks so let’s see if the home team can bring this thing back in the second half so the fire start the third quarter Here Comes green Sil he’s been pretty handy in the game so far his shooting be pretty good six points for him so far Lewis oh he’s called for steps yeah gives his head a little KN of approval just put Happy fit with three travels in that same spot so far tonight so there’s something going on the floorboards there maybe I like the way both teams are really making it difficult for the other team to inbound the ball time yeah it’s good good to see both teams just bringing that full court pressure I like to see it from these youngsters no reason they shouldn’t be up and in playing the full length of the Court as we see mle with the lovely finish there get us started here in the third that was a really well worked move wasn’t it set play there by the balls biggest lead again 11 points now oh that’s Lewis clearly squeezing between those Defenders he’s on six points now yeah he needs to get going does need leading scorer for the fight going to bring this thing back they need a big second half from touille Lewis blls have it through vannel nice pass again to M that one’s anticipated by Lewis who has it for the F needing that steel now Hao double teamed that means the FL is open now Masters can bury the three and he does for the five Great heads up play there hog boy draws the double team down low able to find the open Masters on the other side great crosscourt pass from the big fella me Jey five player scored now except Z Anderson Davis over to Perry per again trying to get around voucher shot clock down to four oh that’s unlucky H boy with another rebound for the F this is fourth in the game here’s greenel again almost getting a bit too clever in fact a little that’s a little unlucky for the blls there a little reaching there Tom yeah he was a little bit out of control wasn’t he wasn’t a great decision there from greens to drive but bailed out by the Bulls undisciplined there on the defensive end just coughing up that foul and they didn’t need to get the ball back from the outside Masters now Lewis will double team that L shut very quickly didn’t it Masters puts up a three-pointer and that’s come off Davis it’s going to be five possession shot clock goes back to 14 that was a good heads up play for K gray though just rushing at toou L knowing that he wanted to get that shot off late in the shot clock forcing him to pass it up to someone else Masters again here’s a quick run around three from Lewis and it looks like Davis came in there gave Masters A little nudge on the head fire going to get another look at this their third opportunity on this trip down the floor see if they can convert third ‘s a charm we will see will be important for the fight to score from this possession H boy posting up here on Davis no he goes back to Lewis here’s Anderson shot clock down to five Lewis fade away and H boy just miss time his jump so good defense that time from the ball yeah they hold strong three times in a row there the Bulls chance to put a little mini dagger in the F Perry not the tallest lad under the the hoop but he does a a good job almost so was just that for his team as Masters on the fast break now nice fake by Anderson but he can’t nail it that was really impressive Le s got up so high he blocked that thing on the way back down and kok gray at the other end able to draw the foul and head to the line but fantastic another fantastic show of athleticism from Drew Leo up yeah it’s a lowc scoring quarter though Tom just seven points in this quarter so far with the fire out scoring the balls five to2 and also for the number two Jaden poucher so here is Koka gray at the line shooting the ball well from the Kem Warehouse stripe isn’t he see if that Tren can continue with the second free throw back to 30 to to 22 last minute of quarter number three couple of key possessions coming up here from the F need to finish strong this F third quarter try and give themselves a bit of a sniff hidden into the fourth don’t want to fall down to double digits greel kicks it back to Lewis buries the three big basket there for the fight yeah right on Q to two stepping up for the fight starting to find his range and rhythm in this game he’s got nine points now s up here and Davis almost grabbed the ball but the fire have it again now they can settle it down for the last play of this period now here’s Lewis Thompson gets it back from Boucher 5 Seconds four here’s Thompson with the ball and tipped in beautifully by Zion Anderson that’s how to do it at the end of a period and a nice comeback there from the FI they we’re down 26- 17 at the half and we’ve got a ball game into the last quarter now with only three-point margin that we do Z Anderson with the tip there to bring this thing back to a three-point game just 30 seconds ago it was an eight-point lead for the balls threatening to blow this thing open but the F couple of big buckets there to finish the third touille Lewis the three Anderson there with the tip in and it’s game on for the fourth quarter absolutely fire out scoring the balls 10 to four in that quarter up still the leading scorer in the game with 13 didn’t score in that quarter though no didn’t add to his total the fight did a better job I think just forcing him into a couple of mid-range shot you got to pick your poison with a play like that because he’s just so tough you want to go knees to knees and and try and pressure him he’ll put his head down and get to the rim all night long but uh fight happy to live with some of the mid-range jumpers from Leo a and see if he can reather him and have a big fourth quarter here the Bulls need him to finish strong are you enjoying are you enjoying well it’s 30 to 27 every player from the fire scored now the leading score is Lis nine green s the six so those two have been uh shooting the ball really well both shooting above 50% it’s going to be the balls of the first possession hope you’re enjoying this Sky bround rapidly game up a can’t get it underway nice offensive rebound by kok gray but he stood on the Baseline there Tom it’s going to be a turnover yeah but I like that from the fight they going under that screen with leoe happy to allow him to pull up and shoot that more than capable of making it but they’re going to live with that rather than him getting downhill on the rim where he’s been so [Music] effective another offensive foul going against the f number two Jaden Boucher yeah Jaden Boucher they just moving a little bit too much on the screen we’ll get a good look at it there yeah just leaning in with the H should go back to the training court with his old man his old man would have executed that perfectly Tom well Dilly would have done the exact same thing but he just had a neck for getting away with it exactly he would get away with murder that was brilliant right there that was just about the basket of the game from leoa up here that’s what he can do when he puts his head down on the rim so athletic he’s able to get to those two feet and jump there’s no one who can hang with him up in the air back to a five-point game he has 15 now here’s Anderson Thompson he a stray with that three-pointer and there’s a bit of holding going on off the ball left the rebound it’s going against jadden voucher is watch how fast he can spin here look at that that’s outstanding that’s just a tough finish like I get dizzy just watching that Tom I don’t think I split an on ball in my life but to do it off the spin like that that’s really really tough to do explosive move there as we talked about he settled the ship for the Franklin balls he’s got the ball in his hands get some space s up here oh he’s lost it a really good defense jet Thompson’s able to get two hands on the ball as Le up and came down the lane just coughed it up but looks like the Bulls will get it back fortunately the fire just couldn’t come up with position there but great defense from Thompson he’s got the job on Leo s up for this fourth quarter time magnificent solo basket by Leong up there the only basket of this fourth perod so far BS are still going to have the ball here fin to impound it get it back from Davis oh boy there goes the three-pointer fantastic Christian vanel with a big bucket there big bucket Christian vano pushes this thing back out F can’t answer down the other end the Bulls withth possession two minutes to go They’re Up Seven Points massive possession here for both sides good on ball pressure there from jet Thompson he almost got the steel to KNE well they have turned it over fight well done to them here’s Lewis Lewis Can’t nail it but he’s got the foul and we’ll go to shoot to free TR from the Chemist Warehouse line smart play there from Lewis knew he had Le there contesting the shot gets him up in the air able to time his finish to draw the foul nicely big couple of free throws coming up here for Lewis bring this thing back time quickly running out for the F four minutes goes quickly number Lewis Lewis important free throws here he’s hit 10 points in the game now back to a six-point game under two to play banel he’s come up with a couple of big plays in this game isn’t he certainly has none bigger than that three in the last position there first three of the game too back to Koka gray taking it to the a room rather and there’s jadden B with the rebound now can the fight convert that stop and do points the end of the Court Boucher Masters shot clock down to single numbers again Masters trying to get around Koka gray and there’s a foul is it against the fight and Masters maybe just uh fting off a bit more he could chew there Tom yeah unfortunately using up all the shot clock too wasting valuable seconds and not coming up with the basket there compounding that mistake with a foul and the Bulls will take a stroll down the other end for free throws so two big free throws coming coming up here kok gray chance to almost put this thing out of reach for the fight yeah absolutely and K gra only missed one of his four free throws in the game pass by number seven Harry C he’s up to six points now impressed with him too he’s been in there giving it a crack Harry coka gray nice job back to an eight-point game now time is against the fires Lewis realizes that a quick basket here woy here’s Thompson H booy with the rebound and he’ll be uncontested and dropping that one home with a full cour pressure here up here vanor nice ball to M that’s well done by the polls they got out of that very well now Thompson looking to put pressure on vanor M oh Thompson’s done brilliantly there number Jake Thompson oh anded he’s he’s asking for a sportsmanlike foul there isn’t he looked like mlly kind of reached from behind there R having a quick chat about it they have called the unsportsmanlike foul just a bit frustrated I think and reaching from behind not making no play on the ball have a look here unsportsmanlike fou all day of the week by the letter of the law anyway so jet Thompson he’ll shoot and the fire will get the ball back [Music] that hurts does indeed six-point margin 39.5 seconds left gets the second so five-point game crucial the five score from this possession yeah massive possession game well and truly on if the fire can score here they need a quick two or a three ideally it’s Thompson high off the glass not going to drop but Thompson’s got the ball back still a chance here for the five he goes to Big Three he’s dropped it to toi Lewis huge three to two Lewis brings this thing back to a two-point game and we’ve got a play a timeout now from the Franklin Bulls it looked like it was Out Of Reach but to tuille Lewis from a meter behind the three-point line fantastic shot from him wow that was brilliant 14 points for Lewis but Franklin have got the ball from this player timeout interesting they caught it with 23.4 to play Tom still trying to figure out exactly why they did that you know they’ve still got a two-point game they could have soaked up some more seconds there they do have the luxury of being in the bonus yeah I’m seeing 14 seconds on the shot clock here too so don’t have to foul just play solid defense here come up with a stop and they’ll have a play a timeout themselves vano up here for three oh that is a real dagger in the F heart there what a big play Leo up there 18 points in the game his second three huge shot there Leo out have a look nothing much happening on that position and he just crosses over and steps back for the biggest three of the night yeah it’s basically won the game isn’t it yeah and it wasn’t a bad defensive position from the five two they had to live with that quick bucket here some full cour pressure and you never know what can happen 10 seconds a lot of time in basketball here’s Thompson Lewis for three from the corner he’s got it again to tuy Lewis well here we go up courau pressure here from the fight they need a quick steal they need a foul now don’t they and there’s Thompson no real option but to foul there toou Lis back to back threes clutch Tom well tou leis and Drew Leo Leo s just exchanging blows here late in the fourth quarter get a great look at that good job from our cameraman right the corner there toou he’s found his range in this one he’s got 17 points let’s see it’s game over if he gets both these free throws you would think with 3.4 there’s the first one s up here coming up to well he’s on 19 points now big free throw here oh he short still a chance here for the f they need a three Masters has missed it and the Bulls get the job done by three tell you what Masters was close to being fouled there going for that as well Tom plenty of bodies around them what an exciting finish to our Sky Broadband rapid League encounter here tonight both the toonga and the Franklin Bulls bringing it an exciting game some massive shots exchanged down the stretch as we have a look at our chemist house stats for this one Drew Leo s AP leading the way once again for the Franklin Bulls he has 19 points on this one his battle with touille Lewis was fantastic all night long he finished with 17 hot boy battled hard on the boards big fella was great in the inside he led the way with six rebounds in this one Jaden bout with a couple of assists for the fire Christian vanel unable to add to his three assists he had at halim and couple of blocks there for the fight to round out Alchemist Warehouse stats for this one all the steals too a lot of steals in that game steals what’s that 8 11 13 steals in the game but well there he is the star of the game s up here with that three near the end and great all round performance from him so there it is the Bulls get the win in the rapid League game they go to 6 and 10 now in the rapid league and it’s 6 and 12 for the five in the rapid League game we hope you enjoyed it and we hope you can join us in about 15 minutes for the Sals NBL match coming up here on sky sport we’ll see you then [Applause] know [Music] everybody thought was on record I think it’s only [Music] [Music] always e e e let [Music] [Music] ch [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] V we will be having a dance competition at some me your thbs up get your hips a little bit loose get your arms on your head like stretch we will be having a competition tonight let’s go [Music] [Music] spe [Music] take say [Music] break down what [Applause] [Applause] [Music] and the e e e of City please put your hands together and make some noise for your five men’s basketball team at number seven Mar at number four J Thompson at number 27 K Hy and number 21 Zion Anderson and number two jayen p and number 13 t L at number nine xand Mon and number 10 jenim and number 22 Phil and also a number zero dear holl and number five Cru bar Huns and number 66 J please put your hands together for your five in basketball team make some got it hey I got something I got something looking forward to this one well it’s the F coming off a win but if I was a betting man I’d say Sebastian gleam read his Franklin bll team the riot act after they lost to the tanaki is last week they’ll be fizzing for this one it’s always going to be a baptism of fire for the toong of fire in their first NBL season with a big Philip car keeping the minute as best he can pays to remember they’ve managed to win six games this season they’re not the man of with two Jets people sh e e I want to see is Theo give me I see the B going be e e basketball is a movie and every game is a blockbuster for exciting entertaining energy and epic NBL 2024 rated E don’t think you got my and welcome to Tonga we’re at Mercury Bay Park for round 14 Action of the cells NBL for 2024 Tonga fire the home team up against the Franklin Bulls looking forward to this match tipping off shortly this is 9th versus fourth as we uh get close to the stretch now of the Sals NBL the play the fight for playoff positions certainly underway with the Franklin B of course right in contention for the top six Tom aomy with me for the game nice to have you along Tom and uh well the Bulls coming off a lost to the tanaki is an under strength tanaki is and the five course have lost IE uh there’s I guess challenges for both teams heading into this one certainly is Glenn good evening everybody pleasure to be with you here tonight we get a quick look at our mix and pick early on in this one the majority of you folk at home are picking the Bulls in this one 12 plus but expect the Bulls to come out with a bit of a chip on their shoulder losing to an underst strength tanaki airs their last time out 100 to 96 they’ll be wanting to bounce back as they try and stay in touch with the the top three in the league at the moment that all important playoff positioning that picture started to become a little bit clearer now as we head into the pointy end of the season and get our first look at the Sal NBL ladder here tonight and here we see the Franklin Bulls in fourth place 10 and five three games back of the years after dropping that last one yeah they do have two games in hand don’t they the balls so that’s at least uh gives them a chance to maybe push clear of the Saints who are in fifth place for the F well they’re still tied there with the nuggets and the Hawks so if they can get a win here who knows uh Tom you know with a with a bit of a tear down the end of the season they might put some pressure on the on the Nelson Giants you never know last gasp ort here from the FI needed to really win out for the rest of the season to giv himself a chance and have a quick look at the remaining games coming up in this round the uh Bulls back in action against the or toata on Saturday at 6:30 back at home that’s that’s going to be a big game for me what about that game tomorrow night though the ears and the Rams well look no further than Friday night absolutely right Glenn that’s going to be fantastic as well the airs with their Aussie contingent back Flynn Cameron still missing away on tall blacks duties but a full strength Kenby Rams team up against a near full strength ears team that’s going to be a hell of a game well it will be and if the ears can replicate what what they produced in the second half against the Hawks last night they’ll be in with a big chance of beating and ending that massive unbeaten run of the Rams right let’s have a look at the starting FES so for you first of all we’re going to look at the Franklin balls don’t think there’s going to be too many surprises here and there isn’t with Muhammad Davidson Scott Timmons and Skinner lining up once again for Coach Sebastian glim let’s hear from Luther muhamad of course who’s heading into this game with 26 points per game Luther muhamad Franklin Bulls Luther you’re like one of the most efficient scores to come out to New Zealand um I know you had a minor setback last week and after a week you know now coming into this game you guys still sit in fourth place right what’s the mindset for you guys going into this game um last game’s over it’s time to look forward and focus on the game ahead of us and try to do better A lot better than last time um with this team here they like to slow the ball down a little bit and you guys are always into trans right that’s where you get most of your buckets um will you guys take advantage of maybe some of your inside game with Tim in uh with C poto uh for sure I I ain’t trying to give away too much of our game plan now but but yes we we definitely going to go into Sam of course H Mercedes one of one of the one of our best players so we we definitely going to utilize him a lot right so you know as you guys play tonight is there any matchups you guys are looking forward to um not really every matchup is is to look forward to all right well thank you Luther and good luck thank appreciate it he’s character Luther Muhammad yes second and points per game just point one of a point behind Isaiah Mo and of course in the Sky Broadband MVP rankings he’s number one at the moment just ahead of the two AATA Rob blow let’s have a look at the five lineup with no I there’s going to be a chance here in this game for denim Brook coming into the starting five to join Demarcus Holland Cruz perro hunt Phil Carr and Jayden bazant the coach of course is Matt Lacy let’s hear from Cruz pero hunt Cruz perau hunt um five men’s basketball as you guys go into tonight’s game you being one of the leaders of the team pretty much all season right what is your what is your mindset set for tonight yeah I think it’s just taking this game um you know as it is you know we have a tough matchup with the Franklin Bulls obviously they have the leading scorer in the league um Luther Muhammad and we got to do some some different schemes to um limit his shots and um make sure that he doesn’t get going early and you also know that they like to get up and down in trans you know how will you guys combat that yeah obviously you know we want to um jam we want to uh stop that fast break for them I think they do like you said you know a lot in the in the transition game in their offense but I think we can get them on the back foot in terms of um their transition defense so I think it’ll go back and forth but uh like you said I think the defensive side will definitely won us the game and as one of the leaders as as I said in the beginning what are you telling these boys in the locker room yeah just to be aggressive I think um you know uh aggressiveness is always um is always good for us and I think um you know we got quite a young team so I think you know just having that mindset to attack the room and um you know get after it in terms of effort um and then obviously you know things will start falling for us um all over the board so thank you Cruz good luck Cruz perro hunt talking to Byron vtoy there as’s Matt Lacy gives his final instructions just before we tip off let’s get to the tab and K fed Taylor will get to him in just a moment we’ve got the head to head stats first got ah hit of myself there Tom let’s not look past the head to as we see points per game 76 for the five they are last in the league in terms of scoring the ball they’re going to have to find some ways to put some points on tonight if they can have a chance in this one Franken Bulls lead the league in three-point percentage 36% very impressive for them uh also leading the league and field goal percentage as well so pretty efficient at the offensive end for the Franklin Bulls up against the toongi who the opposite of a fishing at the moment offensively so let’s see how this thing plays out Ruth Muhammad actually is now the league leading score he’s got 25.5 five points per game just sneaking ahead of Isaiah Mo let’s get to Third tayor from the tab looking forward to this one well it’s the fire coming off a wor but if I was a betting man I’d say Sebastian gleam read his Franklin B Team the right act after they lost to the tanaki a last week they’ll be fizzing for this one it’s always going to be a baptism of fire for the toong of fire in their first NBL season with a big Philip Carr keeping the minute as best he can pays to remember they’ve managed to win six games this season they’re not the Mana two Jets people I’m allowed to say that I’m from paliston North going off average points per game and assuming Luther Muhammad is on song the Franklin Bulls should be winning about 16 to 20 points which is currently paying $480 or do you have a hunch it could even be more my advice be wary of a threatened fire sting download the TB make your call please remember to bit responsibly and most importantly enjoy the game back to you guys thank you fed nice to see you again as we get set for a tip off here with the balls looking for their 11th win this season Ryan Jones ree Hamilton and Mikey Graham the referees for this game Timmons almost W the tip off with too much Authority there set the tone early big semi Tim spiking that thing back yeah wonderful now here is timman straight away just can’t quite get his leap right and the fight looking to capitalize through Holland exciting St potentially right there as car has it now last time these two teams met back in April it BS 85-74 an 11 Point Victory we see car shot clock down to four not going to drop there for denam Brooke and here come the Bulls again through Davidson well both teams just need to settle down a little bit here try and get a good first look on the board as the Bulls find Lee Skinner down low can’t come up with one himself so yet to get any players strugling the scoreboard here here’s Holland for the fight now car BR nice ball hunt just bowled out of that one with a shot clock down to three again now ban almost loses his footing in fact he does oh car the Bulls didn’t look interested in picking up the loose ball no ball bouncing before car’s able to get that offensive rebound just strolling through the lane and Jaden bazant gets the home team on the board with a nice mid-range jumper to settle things down but this guy he can go in transition Josh Scott finds Isaac Davidson for the easy two to answer right back Isaac Davidson having another solid season isn’t he 11 points per game he’s been going out this season for the blls now car he’s lost it no foul and here come the balls again Scott back to Skinner Davidson again Muhammad beats Skinner oh and he just lost the ball out of court but he was fouled so he’s going to go to the line to shoot a couple yeah bant just reaching over there he’s going to had a couple of looks in the post early in this one the bulls making an effort to find him down L feel like they’ve got a mismatch down there have a look here on the replay just a quick spin Baseline Jaden ban caught himself napping a little bit Lee skin will head to the line good to see him being aggressive didn’t have his strongest game against the airs last week looking to bounce back in this one fifth game for the balls now le Skinner it’s time in New Zealand finishing up playing in Cyprus beautiful part of the world beautiful lucky guy Cypress to toonga exactly a beautiful part of the world worst places to be exactly here we go Holland to car again good tough defense played by the ball so far oh now bamp been called for steps yeah this is the kind of response we expected to see from the Bulls too just hurting a little bit from last week’s performance against the a didn’t feel like they came out and played with the energy that they needed to they brought a little bit of extra to the start of this one real physical defense early on from the Bulls car lets Muhammad have the shot couldn’t convert it here come the F again haven’t really had any good looks so far there Holland lost it out of cor R come off Skinner yeah really good defense defense there from Skinner moving his feet really well he’s fitted in extremely well into this bull side he only played I think four or five games now but gets after it defensively rebounds the ball really well between 13 and and 10 as we see Phil car get himself on the board with a nice bucket down low but Skinner’s been a great piece for the Bulls a hard earned Four Points though for the fight so far Skinner FS Timmons Timmons just a little hard and now he’s fouled on the second opportunity but there’s Timmons that’s the value of Sam Timmons just doesn’t give up the fight under the basket well we are going to see that all night long Sammy Tims as long as he can keep himself out of foul trouble which has bothered him in recent games there is no one on this fight team who can handle that kind of size and strength down low congratulations to Sam Tims as well he’s picked up a contract in the top league in Japan Japanese B League yeah that’s really awesome isn’t it since been in the Australian national basketball league for couple of Seasons now Sydney Kings last year try hoop okama they’ got some great team names in the Japanese League you ever get a chance to look those up well he’s going to really enjoy that course a few kiwi floating around up in Japan here car both playing and coaching of course bazant pulls up for the mid-range jumper can’t Nile that one and Timmons with the rebound here Scott P the balls now Muhammad just couldn’t quite time the pass there to Sam Timmons Here Comes Holland it’s the second occasion they’ve just tried to force it to Sam Timmons on some of those rolls we see Den Brook the lovely finish down the those on balls and get that big man Defender just to pay a bit more attention to him before he starts finding Sam on the roll also playing good defense as we see Timmons get the ball with five on the shot clock oh Davidson just losing the ball out of court there just as he had a bit of space to put him three maybe yeah I think he was thinking about the three the pass wasn’t quite on the money but see an early intention there from the five they’re not going to just allow those catches from Sam Timmons down low a double team on the Baseline nothing Sam hasn’t seen already this season both teams playing tough to start this game good intensity in the first four and a bit minutes now Holland trying to go around Isaac Davidson is in a bit of trouble theen got to put the shot up there’s Timmons with the rebound another stop for the balls on defense both teams having their issues scoring the ball early on in this one tear drops not going to drop but the tip in from Timmons is good what a luxury for the Bulls just to have big Sam inside ready to put a lid on anything that bubbles in around that paint There He Go play from Cruz perro hunt that’s his strength right there Cruz perro hunt he’s such an important player for the F HE capable of having some big games and capable making big plays like this just kissing it off the backboard drawing the foul 12 points three rebounds couple of assists on the season shooting it fantastic from the 3.1 just 29% but one of those streaky Shooters he gets it going any of these fire guy get it fire guys gets it going they can get hot from the outside and really challenge any of the teams in this league here completes a three-point play from the Chemist Warehouse line fight up by three cin PTO out there now for the Bulls Scott Timmons pass to Luther Muhammad was tough but he still got it Muhammad and he scores from the mid-range jumper first two points of the game for him without say wouldn’t be long before Muhammad was going to get on the scoreboard our League’s leading scorer he’s waited 5 and a half minutes in this one but he’s joined the party to what I’m sure will be many more tonight Scott blocks by Lewis who’s out there now for the f b still have it t immedately double teamed Muhammad Timmons for the three not to be and it’s pero hunts oh gee that’s unfortunate for the fight and Scott’s got space can’t drop it in it’s going to be bulls four oh fantastic effort play Dom kman poto into the game for the Bulls and straight on the floor generating another possession for the Bulls coming off it was a reasonably messy yeah play Sam Tim settling for the three at the end of a shot CL not what the Bulls Drew up but here we see Comm the whole thing was unexplainable really why both teams just played that last 10 seconds Lacy will be very pleased the way his teams competed so far in the game it’s really a must one for them keep their hopes of making the top six now Scott and now the is at Tim that’s the strength and you pick the top well the five done a pretty good job apart from boxing out Sam timans the rotations have been good on their double teams good intensity on the ball unlucky there for Scotty he stood on the sideline stealing that one as I was saying it’s three offensive rebounds early in this one three tippens Sam timens he’s just finished off some possessions for the Bulls made it look easy there car’s just got to back up and really be super physical with Sam easier said than done there’s a massive weight discrepancy there but it’s got to be a rebounding by committee thing too car can do all he wants but he needs some G to come in and swoop over the top and just got to try and keep Sam occupied for as long as he can TM with five points and four rebounds already Holland create space really nicely for Lewis tipped in by Phil car he did a Timmons on Timmons the Big Fellas they are just cleaning things up at the moment both teams not shooting the ball fantastic to start this one but the Big’s making sure that we are finishing off positions with nice buckets like that Dom kman poto one of the best in our league finding himself in the right spot at the right time getting the nice finish inside it’s another strength of Tim’s game he’s got good heads up eyes up ability hasn’t he two time that was a wonderful pass to come with four yeah part of his game that’s got so much better he’s demanding double teams in the post so so many times so many possessions in the Sal NBL so he’s forced to make those decisions a lot of the time and I’m really impressed with his decision making out of the post that last game against the years made some great passes led to some easy looks for his team three point play there come on MIM Warehouse line so it stays tight biggest lead of the ball game’s been just three so far F had that Lewis lost his footing there and yes he did he traveled before that ball dropped in hard luck there for touille Lewis have a look on the GJ Garden hommes replay there just got himself a little loss searching for that contact as he spun around but it wasn’t there and he couldn’t quite settle him down Tim immediately double teamed again having me the players open kman p and there’s a foul under the basket again donot Fantastic look there from Sam super patient and poised in the post it was a good double from the fire too bringing that extra help from the Baseline but to find up down on that dun spot who makes the quick Hot Potato pass two to Dom K he’s back to the line for the second time tonight com for to of course Cordon is an injury replacement into the breakers last season certainly was Glenn fantastic teammate it’s just awesome to see how Dom really transformed his body over that season put in a a heck of a lot of work to get himself in game shape and and it still looks in good shape too doesn’t he I would hope so he’s playing night and night out now so he’s looking good great to see him getting PL of but that’s an opportunity for the balls now car J Thompson out there now to and the pass all this K PTO one of those ones those 50/50 Co where passes just a little bit further away from the player there and the the defender just can’t resist the temptation yeah he could sniff a steel there just had that off hand down on boy’s hip I think holding him back it has been super physical defense here from the balls to start haven’t been pinged for too many fouls they just one team foul trouble’s been the main issue last couple of games as we see Phil car knocked down his first three of the nights up to seven points now for the fight he’s got half the points leading scoring the game Phil car going at 16 points per game this season ter beautiful ball again and there’s the finish right there from leoa API yeah leoa a fantastic job again just finding himself in that dunker spot moving without the ball and Sam Tim finding him as he’s open down low car and Tim’s really enjoying that one-on-one battle it’s been a beauty so far in this game now Thompson little floer from jet Thompson is good nice touch there J into the game and finishes down though had the Bigg of Sam Timmons on him goes straight at that mismatch looks like a Barrett doesn’t he jet Thompson for that hairstyle here’s Timmons younger Barrett look there skner with a little fade away and he gets the rim the bounce off the rim gets his first two points in the game in fact he got a free throw earlier he’s up to three car now H boy that’s bent four pass picked off by Skinner oh that little touch there from cows at Jim for the F and here’s Thompson now fouled by Skinner well good job from Thompson getting back off the turnover to deter Le Skinner in transition and the ball back pushing it down the other end and draw the foul so good job from the youngster he’s going to take a take a breather some good minutes early on here as we see him effort play to get back and then drawing the foul on this SK unfortunately just got stuck behind there it’s Holland some great battles Scott all over and there car for another three and there’s a second of the game Phil car he’s up to 10 points yeah fantastic pick and pop there from field car that’s the difference he brings as a big and hel poter in that hard show just can’t recover quick enough just 20 seconds to play you’ll sign up here for the three we it on the we re side by the F by Cruz Piro hunt so here comes the last play Holland set up for play for Phil car again perhaps Holland might go with the white blocked there by Le up there and now there’s a whistle and it goes against the Bulls does it not quite sure who the foul was on there Lyn but it will be the five ball again a chance to finish off this first quarter to be a good block from the osaga a but see some contact down low like that foul went on Skinner we’ll see 1 second left on this first quarter and that is the end of the first quarter I think with Cruz P hunt losing the ball over the sideline so it’s a two-point game to the home team what’s been very competitive first 10 minutes it’s the pie up 19- 17 and the microphone is live hello uh I am co-hosting this evening’s game with um GS and we have some special guests here for you tonight with the TOA Mar candidates and the uh voting coming up this weekend we’ve invited our M candidates to join us here tonight and we’ve asked them one question that connects with one of our five values so I want you to give up a five Welcome to our 2024 M candidates hey what up nice to see you guys awesome so first off we’ve got Greg branas Greg has actually been the May with us our 29th mayor and he’s running again one fun fact about Greg is he not only just a politician but he used to be an Undertaker which is quite cool so FRG we’ve got 45 seconds on the clock and we want to know five basketall is committed to a vibrant and socially connected City young people have their horizonal possibilities lifted if you were reelected mayor how will you contribute to this well first of all I Reon young people lift their Horizons within themselves but council’s role is to provide fantastic facilities to enable them to do this and to encourage them so places such as this and uh which also host to a fantastic event called the 19 17 as we welcome you back here to toonga for round 14 coverage of the Sals NBL it’s toonga fire up by two on the Franklin balls and the real feature of the the game so far is the Battle of the two bigs Tom a cby really enjoying the the battle between Phil Carr and Sam Tim have both got really good numbers yeah it’s been a goodie hasn’t it Glenn we’ll talk about that in a second cuz at the moment I’m distracted by the sales pizza deal of the week the large CED pepperoni Pizza $30 perfect for your long weekend grab one of those use the code sales cup it’s valid until next Tuesday but you’re right Glen it has been the two bigs Phil Carr doing it inside and out he’s got two threes on his way to 10 points and four rebounds and big Sammy Timmons doing a bit of everything Five Points five rebounds two assists early on in this one yeah it’s been excellent so far now ban got him trouble there and it’s picked up by Muhammad that’s the fourth steal in the game from the Franken Bulls they’ve been active at the defensive end just going to look at the double team on Tim instantly somehow gets the ball over to Scott here’s Josh Scott creating space for himself really well there that’s two good points for him yeah lovely finish there from Scott but as you mentioned good double there from the F good aggressive intent forcing Sam onto the back foot rotations have been really good from the fight out of that as well from a couple of occasions Sam’s been out to find the Cutters as we see bruz parro hunt finished with a nice two there but it’s going to be a feature throughout this game how the F guard big Sam down low he’s a crucial part of this Bulls offense as is Luther Maham he’s only got two points early on in this one Le Skinner rattles one in from the three in the corner he’s got six points but basket there for the balls that’s their first three-pointer of the game it’s the in the lead Again by just one point in tight biggest lead for the five has been three biggest lead for the Bulls has been two presentent for three what a rebound there from Holland and look who’s wide open for that one it’s denim Brook who can drop three-pointers on a good day and Timmons just can’t quite get the ball back Tero hunt tiies up well speaking of dropping the ball just drops into Cruz P Hun’s hands who I think it surprised him how open he was underneath the basket so we’ll have a quick look here he just turns around the balls right there in front of him the easiest two he’ll have all night long but a great position from the five Great Ball movement generate some quality looks there two quality looks they lead to extra posss and Coach Sebastian GL doesn’t like what he sees early timeout here in the second period hunt with that basket goes to Seven Points C with 10 leading scorers for the fight in the game so far leading score Le with six of five scoring really shared around that vves lineup both things shooting the ball pretty well too both 50% yeah interestingly it’s the five leading the rebounding count though at the moment they’ve got six offensive rebounds early on in this one and 13 overall to the Bulls nine they rank last in the league rebounds per game do the Toad on the fire so good signs from them early on coming up against one of the better rebounding teams and two of the best rebounding bigs in cman poto and Sam timans they can maintain this kind of effort on the glass and put them in a good good spot it’s been a strong start from the home team yeah can they keep it going and this has been a trend maybe of the teams in the bottom half of the the ladder and the games that I’ve seen Tom is that they can really put it together for you know half a game like the the Hawks did last night looked fantastic in that first half you know everything kind of they just just got Co completely outclassed in the second half by taranaki yeah consistency over 40 minutes the great teams have it the average teams are always searching for it another different look from the five they come out in a Zone and the Zone breaker Isaac Davidson knocks down the three that’s five points for Isaac Davidson great basketball for him couple of big threes falling there for backto back two for the balls now bazant marked tightly by Skinner got into a bit of trouble there jadden bazant for Demarcus Holland helped him out oh it’s been tipped right in the hands here of Lee Skinner good stop there for the blls now Muhammad only two points in the game for Luther Muhammad Davidson feeling it from Long Range maybe he deserved a one and a half points there Tom yeah well half the ball did go in but it comes out it doesn’t count but Sam Timmons draws the foul there once again finding himself on the offensive boards but a good look for the Bulls denim book denim Brook rather just tough tough for him to handle that kind of strength down low a lovely inbound pass and Skinner well he’d be disappointed not to get the layup but at least is’s going to the kimus warehouse line to shoot two well that’s two very quick fouls and three fouls overall now for denner Brook in just his 8 minutes of action in this one so he’s going to take a seat now the of this first half you would think and not a whole lot of size coming off the bench for the five so already an issue to begin with these undersized players going to come and have to play with a lot of heart try and match these uh these big players from the B that’s the thing too you talked about those teams searching for the consistency over 40 minutes while they starting fives are are competitive it’s just when the bench players come on that’s where some of the more classy teams you see take control of those matches that’s right that dep always an issue and it’s been an issue for the fire but to see as The Season’s gone along that dep for most of the teams you’d think it’s gone a lot better so much EXP experience gain from the rapid League encounters Jaden bch going to get PL of opportunity here already had a good Sky b band rord League game under his belt tonight so should be feeling good here’s Lewis gives it to Holland who’s going to put up the three-pointer can’t drop it and Skinner he’s having a good game grabs that rebound Here Comes Scott nice pass into Timmons hard off the glass bouches there to tidy up Harland again oh hard luck there for band couldn’t nail the three was perro HT with that three-point attempt now here is Skinner again Muhammad his footing just ever so slightly there Skinner again off Target that time tidied up by peroh hunt just a 94 second quarter so far both teams doing a pretty good job defensively but Phil C finding himself open once again his third three of the evening he’s up to 13 points early on in this one the bell of The Bigs to be yeah he’s five from five from the field in the game Phil car perfect five for five from the big fella Muhammad rattles one in that’s really the first time mohammed’s been able to get to his spot too loves to just drift into that mid-range in Rhythm fire done a good job just clogging up the floor so far but able to get himself just enough separation there from Holland nice a step back jumper and Lacy doesn’t want to let him get any rhythm so he calls the quick timeout have ack you have keep yours the twoo lead midrange jum see if you Cann points for moham and win andn and win let’s go going to going up nicely in this game now seven points three rebounds two steals he’s been a bit of a double double machine me Skinner since he’s arrived averaging 13 and 10 on the his short season but being a great addition spoken about it I think this Franklin Bulls team they’ll go into the playoffs feeling pretty confident about themselves they’ve had a couple of big Scouts they’ve knocked off some some good teams they’ve got good balance seems like a good good chemistry Anything Can Happen come playoff time oneoff games in that top six semi-finals and finals look out for the Bulls well if a couple of players get hot Anything Can Happen fire showing good fight Phil car start 13 points five and five from the field three three pointers four rebounds as well can he keep it going though for the entirety of this match Holland Kohan Holland hasn’t scored in the game yet averaging 12 points per game Kohan shot clock down to six here’s car again oh just overcooked the layup but great work by Boucher now pero hunts bangs the three down and toonga hit the front toonga Take the Lead bit of a scrappy possession Phil C couldn’t quite finish down low but once again on the offensive boards the toong aight Jaden Boucher doing a good job generating another look and Cru P hunt here he comes again down the floor is he feeling it car oh car blows past timman lovely move from car just the threat of that three ball draws Sam Tim out enough and gives him enough space to blow right past him if we have a look in the GJ Garden of homes replay s Tim has to respect that three-pointer car is a perfect three for three from outside so far tonight and just the one miss inside now not quite perfect but a near perfect performance so far from the big fella he’s got 15 points nice little Five-0 run now for the fight gives them a three-point lead it’s been a really good game so far Tom hasn’t it good defense playing by both teams some some good team basketball and execution and it’s been an excellent all round game for both teams yeah really like what I’ve seen I think Franklin has responded well from last week that lost to the ears them and the five they’re sitting in ninth spot 6 and 11 and pretty pretty high odds low odds sorry to to make the playoffs from here but showing that desperation and intensity at both ends of the floor they want to put in a good performance for their home fans of course just their first season in the sou indl so every chance to play at home for them is a a chance to ende themselves to the locals and show that basketball is strong in the region fantastic to have them a part of it so far they’re going to be a a good fixture in the sales NBL for many years to come absolutely and of course the women’s team will be in action again their third season later on in the year that basketball are starting in October here’s tons for the for the Franklin balls and T way too much space for s t there a lot of space mostly because Jaden bout just jumped out of the way I think he thought about taking a charge for a second but that’s a big body coming at yet here’s car again Holland hero hunt T shot for him to make and bouer got tried to get in there and get it but Scott has it for the balls Scott with that explosive PA getting a foul out of Lewis so explosive pushes the ball in trans position and then just when touille Lewis thinks he’s done enough to get back in front that little burst of speed again just to reject the on Ball and go Baseline here till he just can’t slide those feet fast enough not many of us work Timmons crosscourt to Davidson contest with a rebound and one by Timmons with the tip back to Davidson here’s Timmons trying to find space no foul yet again the balls get the ball back somehow Davidson Yeah Tim is going to try again on car interesting defensive technique and it works I’m sorry but I have never seen someone guard the low post he had eyes in the back of his head Phil car guarding it with his backside but it was effective he got the Stop and down the other end Cruz parro hunt gets the finish so unorthodox defense there from Phil car but effective aroh hunt up to 12 points now Muhammad keep relatively quiet in this first half until there this his class coming through again he has six now let keep that lead Within Reach right there on to Tui Lewis Davidson I think foul there on on Scott down low just trying to snake his way along the Bas and here we have a look at this very unorthodox defense from Phil C using his backside to try and keep Sam out Le wow that was a tough three-pointer made there by koule Lewis H up on his backside but there was no whistle for a four-point play back to a four-point game Skinner Z marking him fact pero hun is and this Skinner too good there Lee Skinner yeah they like that match up down low posted up Lee Skinner a couple of times early on in this game going back to that matchup now and Phil Carr going back to whatever matchup he’s got he’s been effective against all the bigs from the Franklin bull side his mobility and ability to stretch the defense been really impressive beautiful ball into com for can’t seal it and there’s Holland with a spectacular rebound oh lovely spin move to Marcus Holland Boucher oh the tall pass to car he’s tall but not that tall here’s Scott and a foul there by Lewis number3 Le oh Josh Scott in transition is a handful it’s where he’s at his best and where blls are at their best too pushing that ball Josh Scott Lu M’s hands those two can create Havoc Qui start to the game for Josh Scott just two points couple rebounds couple assists early on in this one chance to ease his way into it with a couple of free throws here point guards have uh found it tough to score in this game even get good looks both Tom with Holland yet to he’s only put up two shots to Marcus Holland in the game hasn’t scored yet Scott just the one basket and free throw now from the kimus warehouse strike by josua Scot goes back to a two-point game two minutes to play in the second period really good defense being played High by the Bulls sh clock down to six to two L lost at stone cold here for Muhammad and there’s a foul by Holland fantastic hands cman poto the big fell just picking the pocket down the other end leads to the transition basket from the Bulls but as you mentioned good aggressive defense position there from the Bulls a look at the end of that pick pocket from d c poto and Muhammad loves an opportunity in the open cour good free throw shooter to Luther Muhammad 80 to C’s been going in the Cs NBL chance for him to lock the scores up here Mohamed now has eight points Tim checks back in for the balls3 Helman f is going to check out two good contributions Off the Bench for him in the first half car 17 points in the first half for boy Highland on the run around jadden ban car a three and a fourpoint play coming up well I thought I saw a little bit of a grin on his face Phil car has been hot from the outside in the first half and everybody see f hot enough to get an n one on that occasion chance for a four-point play have a look on the GJ Gard homes replay the big F coming off to down from the other side he finishes off the fourpoint play so Phil C he’s up to 20 points in the first half Glen Lama fantastic stuff from him I think with their free throws up to 21 we just get confirmation that’s an incredible first half from him shooting at 80 8% in the game he’s only missed one shot it’s not bad take that major reason why the fire up by four as Scott drives nicely to the basket two more for Josh Scott well the Franklin Bulls as a whole they’re certainly not shooting at at 80% from the FL they’re just 42% from the field in the first half of this one but got themselves to the free throw line 13 times which is why they are hanging here with the fire despite the hot first half from Phil C oh what damage can car more damage can he do over this last 60 seconds he’s got his hands on the ball now heroh hun back to Jaden bzen yeah that’s a tough shot there again a really good defensive set from Franklin their defense is also keeping them in the hunt here too Tom yeah well despite some pretty physical and active defense still giv up 42 in this first half and allowed Phil Carr to score 21 but you take away Phil Carr and’ve done a pretty good job on the rest of the five players you see the lovely move there from Josh Scot who’s just starting to get into this game he’s got to that left hand a couple of times go got 21 points for the five the next best is Cru per hun with 12 no other player is above three points leis look three points a couple of other players on two so it’s been the fil C in CR per hunt show so far in this first half here for the fight the balls right in it as he mentioned it’s all about consistency can the fight maintain this kind of effort for the full 40 minutes can feel maintain this kind of hot shooting for the whole game2 you think he’s going to probably need it if they’re going to stay in touch with the bulls that’s right 33 points between them T hunt and car so just nine points scored by other players much more balanced scoring approach from the Bulls who are normally dominated by Luther Muhammad and Sam Tim in recent games they two done the majority of damage but have spr scoring out tonight Muhammad he’s got eight Josh Scott’s got eight Samy ‘s got seven Lee Skinner with nine Isaac Davidson with five so that starting five done a good job all contributing no one shooting the ball overly well from the field apart from Le Skinner so room for improvement and that end for the balls but got a close one which we like to see absolutely 27 seconds left in the second period theyy and his coaching staff had a good chance to sort things out the Bulls often like to come out of timeouts and throw different looks at teams so let’s see what they come out of this one with car around fromo Hunt L trying to shrug off his Defender now car from the corner is that another foul another yes it is a foul from Sam Timmons from Beyond the three-point line so Phil car going to shoot three yeah well Phil car at the hot start in the first half just draws Sam Timmons out a little bit too far criminal fing a three-point shooter here but catches him all over the wrist Sam looks a little bit confused there but that’s a foul all day and Phil Carr he will head to the Chemist Warehouse strike for three just what toonga needed with 8.7 left to play in the second period number 22 Phil C 77% free throw shooter perfect as well from the line seem to probably just put the markers on him did now that’s got to make the highlights of the week right there surely surely Glen I’ve been saving my one I still haven’t used my commentator’s curse but it’s real once too they always come back and get the next one here is the last play of the second per perhaps here for the the BS going to be a three-point attempt from Muhammad perfect finish for Franklin just what they needed Luther Muhammad heating up he’s going to finish with 11 points as he really made toonga pay and they take the lead by one point into the half Frankin up 45 to 44 so here we are half time 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stats at halftime 23 points Luther Mahammad much stronger in that second quarter he’s up to 11 the League’s leading scorer Phil car that name again he’s got five rebounds to lead the fight in that area as well Sam T has been big on the glass for the Bulls putting a lid on a number of possessions six rebounds early on for him in this one three assists for Jan bazant and Holland lead the fire and Sam Timmons the big F leading the way along with Josh Scott for the Franklin Bulls two assist for each of those guys few blocks to share around out there but really it has been all Phil C in that first half 23 points to lead the way one of the more impressive first halfes that we have seen all season long in the Sal NBL yeah 100% but Franklin is shared around the points as we mentioned earlier been there all the way through the biggest margin that both teams have enjoyed it’s just four points toonga having that at some point during the first half so it’s been tight all the way as we close out 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you away more money and tonight you have one500 the shout out to and the please put your hands make some s and we give money and away every single game let’s go more so not too far away from the start here in the third quarter nor hul my welcome back to toonga day par for the five Bulls game in round 14 of the NBL rning of the Bulls are in fourth place on the ladder at the moment with a 10 and five record the five back in ninth with a 6 and 11 record but proved more than competitive in this first half having just Trail or trailing by just the one point 45 to 44 now the mix and pick.com we still asking you that question who will win and by how much and there’s not really that much movement in those margins is their time despite how competitive the game’s been that’s interesting no get involved everyone at home put your vote in there being the draw to win some pizza cuz I’ve Got a Feeling there’s a few more people than just us who think the F in with a real shot of winning this one certainly the blls don’t look like they’re going to be running away with this one anytime soon biggest lead in this game as you mentioned just before Glenn only four points it’s been a close one throughout both teams had their moments but uh both teams struggling to really gain a foothold and and put the foot down but it’s been a great game back and forth action high scoring Phil car lighting things up 23 points in that first half let’s hope have plenty more High likes action in the second half coming up last minute stretches there for the balls they uh new head coach Sebastian glim very experienced coach in the German basketball system really cool that he’s come out to New Zealand to get uh a bit of life experience and I guess a challenge new challenge for him yeah that’s right he’s Part of That World Cup winning Germany side from last year as well so that would have been an incredible experience to be a part of that and bringing all that wealth of knowledge and experience down here to the Franklin B like a bit of international flavor in their head coaching ranks exactly shame he didn’t bring dir niky with him or something I don’t D on a bit now but that would have been pretty cool to bring him out play some hoops here in New Zealand yeah bring him down to New Zealand show them the country yeah who knows maybe he’ll come down to the finals who knows if the Bulls make the final Dirk will be here don’t quote Locker in I guess encouraging signs for the Bulls is thatan muhammd just started to heat up just a little bit towards the end of that second quarter score 11 points remember he’s been going at 25 a half a game leing scorer in the league yeah the real important step for me Glenn going into this one you’re really worried about the size Advantage the Bulls had big Sam Tim Dom cman poto down low how much damage were they going to do in the paint rebounding the basketball well just a one rebound advantage for the Bulls in that first half 18 to 17 the five for the most part done a fantastic job of just being physical down low not giving up too many offensive rebounds apart from a few the big Sam timans but they’ve got to continue to really work hard at that end of the floor and try and limit the balls to one shot not going to sit down until the fire scores it first point makes the five faithful on their feet well hopefully they’re not standing up for too long I’ve been in some of these where it’s got quite awkward laying down the L right there let’s have a look and see what happens as we see Skinner rolling away nicely but Den Brooke excellent job defending that we see Holland bring the ball forward again K can he continue his hot streak in this game switching through Defenders here fil car yeah took steps there still a little awkward for him Phil car yeah it did that pick and pop action up the top they’ve been so effective for the F all night long they’ve got 44 points in the on the board in that first half they only average 76 a game they last in the competition so helps when you have a player who’s been shooting the ball like full car Muhammad likes his chances from downtown not going to get it Timmons flies in it’s off him and it’s going to be five4 I like no change to the halftime score fans still on their feet yep peroh hunt very good first half for him too 12 points can’t get it back to car again tough defense being played here by the Bulls shot clock is not going to get that shot away in time was bzen there’s going to be play on in fact as we see Scott come forward through Davidson now Tim’s down low with a size mismatch there with peroh hun Davidson here Scott again BL it in for the first two points of the second half easy two there from the Bulls Sam Tim’s head Cru perah hunt down down low could have gone up on him but showed some good patience there they worked for a a good shot for a better shot speaking of better shots hopefully the F can find one here but the Bulls defense early on in the second half come out inspired but Phil car has been inspired all night he puts the crowd out of there misery allows him to take a seek he’s got whacked out of his hands into the B get there fil car he’s got 25 in the game now who else was it going to be exactly here’s Timmons nice ball and there’s a nice little fake from Isaac Davidson two more for him well that’s the weakness if the fight want to continue to bring that trap from the Baseline that Baseline cut is an area the Bulls have had some success oh how did Holland get that back I don’t know nice play from peroh hunt can’t nail the three Here Comes Scott nice pull back to Timmons that’s going to wobble in there for Sam Tims up to nine points reckons he was fouled as well Matt Lacy’s called a time out and Franklin just getting a nice little roll on and Matt Lacy doesn’t want any part of it ping a quick timeout try and halt this momentum as we see Den Brook did give him the little love tap on the back of the head luckily it wasn’t Co for him he’s got three fouls so that would have been his fourth foul but wasn’t a whole lot of contact there and no problems for Big Sam Tim going up and finishing through that don’t want Dan Brook getting a fourth foul out scoring the five 6-2 so far in fact 8-2 in this third quarter showing a bit of uh fortitude the balls at the moment yeah the F just needs some other players to step up at the offensive end they can’t rely on Phil C to keep this going the whole game hopefully he will it’s great for us to watch but had a ridiculously hot first half he’s got 25 chis perah Hunt’s got 12 the next high score for the fight is touille lwis with three so they need some of that Supporting Cast to really step up and contribute to marus Holland he stands out he hasn’t scored yet in this game he’s only put up two shots to Tom the other one struggling a little bit today is jadden Ban one from Seven from the field now he usually is a good contributor for this team averaging 12 per game that’s right both him and Holland average 12 a game so they need to get them up near their average good big Phil car some help in the second half the Holland’s not been Demarcus Holland’s not been getting any good looks at all in the game Brook oh getting it back again almost virtually every play at the moment they’re going to plan B plan C aren’t they the toong AI ah can’t nail that three-pointer tough shot here’s the balls again through Scott oh oh H Lu for denim Brook just losing it there was a lovely move from Scott off the back of another good defensive play position from the Bulls who’ come out and sped at that end of the floor to start this third quarter just the two points for Phil car for the fight in this third Franken Bulls looking locked in Tim working on Holland again freeing up Skinner oh tipped off from denim Brooke into car’s hands nice little stop there for the five chance for them to close this five-point Gap biggest off the game so far an again looking a little lost now Den Brook nice fake there on Sam Timmons lost the ball did all the hard work there denim Brook he did did everything but get the Finish denim Brooke just a little bit out of rhythm you think three fouls in that first half you see Luther Muhammad he’s never out of rhythm put his head down for the easy two now it’s a seven-point game f gone a little cold to start this second half tough basket made by pero hunt struggling a bit after that nice quick basket at the other end by Muhammad all of a sudden well at a moment time it’s PR to say I think that Franklin Looking their scoring is looking a lot easier at the moment than the F but just as I say that hland can’t na that last and he’s frustrated he didn’t complete that one well it’s that consistency as you talked about already this game Glenn Lama can the fire maintain that effort that they brought in the first half the Bulls just doing enough while they weren’t playing well in the first half to stay in touch and star to find their rhythm in transition with muhamed with a couple of easy two quick twos as you say as well keeping scoreboard pressure on ooh perro hunt just getting that one in time tough fade away from him and again the Bulls defending tough finding scoring at the other end easy they’re on a 6 and0 run at the moment the Bulls can they extend out to eight possibly nine here with muhamad and they can’t this P hunt gathers that one in nicely for jet Thompson bant it’s bant looking to create a mid-range jump for himself which he buries tough shot Jaden bazant just creating something at the end of the shot for another position where offense doesn’t really get anything going for them a lot of the credits got to go to the balls though they’ve been great Isaac Davidson for me in particular been fantastic at the defensive end walking in switching do a good job when he’s been matched up on Phil C denying things in the post and sliding his feet staying in front players he been active intent at that end of the floor he’s going to get a break for his troubles too as J Leo up eight checks into the game cman for back in there as well he got the foul on him that play there Muhammad left alone with that mid-range jumper again he’s not going to miss that too often certainly not just Walter’s straight into a sweet spot there that is easier than a layout for Luther Muhammad wow there’s no communication four players from the Bulls all there and I I can kind of see why Luther B is smiling they just have a little conversation mid a and sort things out on that occasion but it’s not a bad problem to have four players all going for the rebound this it’s good intent right in the corner with Skinner marking him tightly still not able to score in the game don’t get really any good looks as we see car again it’s smashed out of his hands and no it hasn’t been touched by Skinner not good defense from skner has the foot speed on the outside to stay with big Phil car and slides them really well forces the turnover Isaac Davidson checks straight back in short rest for him he’s back into this thing seven-point game it is 12-6 favor of the balls in this third period there’s Muhammad again out of real estate there no whistle either whoops almost given up by Lewis to Thompson here’s Holland it’s ball rotation again to TU Lewis Holland for three oh luck oh Lewis spectacular offensive rebound and put back yeah fantastic lovely touch there to tuille Lewis the offensive Rebound in the pbus Holland still can’t get himself on the board missing the three in the corner there still scoreless so far in this game Le has been Fantastical season hasn’t he really stepped forward this year really enjoyed his growth as we see Holland after the races but again the Bulls get back in defense very quickly here’s Lewis again Thompson trying to go Baseline and has it stolen out of his hands and here comes Davidson lays it in for two more just as you think the five might start to come back and cut this deficit back BS he’s out again yeah that great physical defense once again from the balls just ripping the ball from Jeff Thompson and the paint’s been super physical all night long defensively Holland somehow gets it back to Phil car oh how luck there for car well we’ve got the smaller Le Skinner on him at the moment Phil car happy to just settle for things from the outside least skner more than capable of sliding his feet you see the sloppy pass there from Tom kelman poto he probably should have taken the shot there at least he would have been failed there Tom nonetheless it’s going to be a time out on the floor with the bulls up by seven Luther Maham with the 17 in the game now Jos Scott’s up to double figures he’s on 10j and Davidson Timmons and Skinner all have nine points really good scoring contributions by all five of the starters for the balls that’s right good balance from the balls and that balance paying dividends now in this third quarter 14 points to eight the balls leading the far in this third quarter of the fight struggling a little bit Phil car’s gone cold or he’s been guarded differently in the second half as well he’s had some some smaller players on him making life a little bit tougher hasn’t got quite the quality looks he was getting in the first half and that help is really still yet to come Bru per hunts battling away down there he’s done a fantastic job for his 14 points still waiting for the support car Supporting Cast to step up and arrive Franklin Bulls looking pretty solid and this one 2011 left in Period number three got 156 to play get the action continues tomorrow in the cells NBL got a terrific game on the schedule coming up tomorrow with tanaki hosting the Rams starting at 7:30 tomorrow night have a look at it voucher here now Holland there’s car and Oodles of space down the defense finally yeah beautiful stuff there from the fire but just a defensive breakdown a rare one for the Bulls sem ‘s out in a hard show and that last Defender who needs to rotate over into that dunker spot just not there on that occasion easy finish for Phil car called for traveling we have a look on the replay Josh Scot supposed to be that low man stepping up into the help position and just had his head turned too late on the rotation and the easiest dunk Phil car will have all night needed two easy points there he’s 27 in the game now Phil car getting close to his season’s high score now two time 31 against the Saints back in round 10 he’s closing in on that one he’s going to have to Blitz it out the water you think really fire relying on him so much tonight it’s been fantastic let’s go 27 this one so far plenty more to come Holland try to work off the screen car set there Holland with a mid-range drop from him finally Demarcus Holland is on the board in this game wasn’t the easiest shot either was it now he did it the hard way but relief for Demarcus Holland as he gets on the board but Josh Scott with the answered the other end so quick Shifty on that spin move goes Holland driving strongly Demarcus Holland to the Chemist Warehouse line he goes for a three-point play well here comes the help Demarcus Holland welcome to the game four quick points in succession for the toonga fire The Supporting Cast that Phil car needed are they starting to step up just the right time got 53 seconds left in this third period and the fight once again trying to bring this thing back three-point players completed and we’ve got a tight ball game again it’s back to a twoo game biggest lead remember was seven for the balls earlier in this quarter P Muhammed almost losing the ball shot clock down to six all of a sudden the balls look a little hesitant at the offensive end now is Skinner changes that and makes a mockery with my comment with that three-pointer well it was a messy possession didn’t look like they were going anywhere but it’s the beauty of basketball just kick it out to someone the end of the shot clock it’s the easiest shot you’ll ever get you got to let it fly Le Skinner does just that knocks it down 10 seconds left Thompson beating Holland for a three and Holland’s Got the last three baskets here for the F here go Scott a halime beauty right there and that’s the end of the third quarter that was awesome right there from Josh Scott bonus three points here from the half court well this hurts if you’re the fight you’ve done such a good job bring yourself back into that one and Josh Scott just Wales into one from the halfway line and I think he’s got cramp as a reward awesome on the sideline but what a shot 67- 62 we’ll be back for the final quarter in just a moment he it’s really good to be here e has been peer reviewed we got a go in town that can build it for us so if you vote for me you got to get your $50 million Stadium we don’t we can’t afford a $220 one that one’s gone K folks have a nice night he awesome B let’s give it up one more round for all the May candidates for 2024 so voting opens this weekend so make sure you vote and check out the to City website and check out their profiles thank youo have a good night let’s up the V well we hope you’re enjoying the game here from toer and the sales NBL with the bulls up by five heading into the last quarter that half court bazer beer from Josh Scott awesome wasn’t it he took a 15 points now and who knows how important that buzzer beater on the third quarter might be in the wash up of this game well momentum and baskball is everything and just as it looked like the fire were wrestling it back the balls come up with a shot like that check out our Sal pizza deal again large cup pepperoni it’s a favorite here in the commentary box 100% of is car Lewis back out there he’s got a three shot on him nicely gathered by Holland shot clock down to four Holland just couldn’t quite get in position there for the layup now Scott flies down Court outstanding layup there that is quick oh Scott puts the Jets on in transition capitalizing on the turnover there from the F he has been excellent in this game Josh Scott Lewis seven-point game again there’s har looking to weave some magic not going to get some so clock down to three o Holland just a strike gets his own rebound Demarcus Holland now he needs some help he’s got some here’s perro hunt for a three-pointer Skinner gets the rebound Bulls good start for them in the final period Tom strong start from the Bulls dodging a couple of bullets there from the fight some good looks might knock them down but think them Bulls matching their biggest lead of the game once again was seven Calvin PTO the offensive rebound nice gather from him and they slow it down the balls just for a moment Skinner can’t get the long range jumper and Holland’s Got the ball Holland now up to eight points in the game by the way with that little scoring Blitz towards the end of the third period eight points in the last couple of minutes of that one bringing the five back four five rebounds and four assists to go along with that too so all of a sudden a pretty good well-rounded game from Demarcus Holland speaking of well-rounded games b car has done absolutely everything for the fire tonight he’s up to 29 that lead is back to five that was an important basket for the f as they just went through a little bit of a cold patch there goes Scott with that outstanding pace of his again they can’t defend it Tom well they’re trying to get up and in on him and he’s just too quick it is just a straight line drive straight pass to TU Lewis who’s he’s got to give him more of a cushion like more of a cushion than that Josh Scott doesn’t want to shoot the three fou by Muhammad on Phil car well Josh Scott is up to 19 points now and he’s just one point off his season’s best score 20 which was against the Saints two rounds back so no shooting foul there’s kman F taking it out of court he has fouled Phil car there PTO picks up his third foul but he stays out on the court Holland Jaden bazant could have taken the shot there I reckon back to car man with the hot hands oh it’s tipped back into the hands there of Scott that was another tough contested shot from Phil car great rotation the skner Sens him open on that pick and pop and just leaves his man to rotate Scott for three buries it Josh Scott really coming into the game now he has 22 that’s a season’s best for him we’ll look out if Josh Scott knocks down a couple of three balls and all of a sudden the five got to honor that he’s an impossible player to guard it’s only shooting at at 26% from the three-point lines we see the lovely two from Jaden Boucher but not nine for his three-point shooting but you can shoot a couple just to keep the defense honest and we’ve already seen how effective he is at getting downhill BS had a 10-point lead a moment ago and that’s going to be a restored is it not just yet with Skinner going to the line to shoot two free throws so that 10-point lead the Bulls had the a moment ago was the biggest in the game they can restore it again here’s our MVP picks Josh Scott 30% yeah he’s coming really nicely into the game those drives have been really special from Josh Scott yeah he’s certainly been the standout for the Franklin bulls for me tonight car a little hard done by just 23% of the vote for his 31 points on the evening in a Monumental shift from him so far see how that MVP voting changes throughout the last part of this fourth quarter get your vote in on the mix and pick up on your screen you can win a a free pizza from SS this is Lee Skinner at the line so yes he restores that 10-point lead well one thing the Bulls have done tonight Glen that they haven’t done in recent weeks is stay out of foul trouble but all their players available at the moment in the fourth quarter coach Sebastian GL not having to manage rotations and manage minutes for guys in foul trouble so done a good job playing physical but doing so without fouling tonight reach in there from Josh Scott picked up his third foul but it was before the shot car t by kin PTO Holland go R three of his Defender there just for a second denim Brook with a fake on Timmons nice play from denim Brook he has four in the game yeah lovely finish got semi Timmons all over the shop on that close out and unorthodox finish but two points counts for denim Brook two very important points for the five with just six minutes to play now Scott to Timmons Scott has it again he goes he’s going to pull up for the mid-range jumper timans able to get the ball and car’s got another rebound it’s better from the five though they’ve got to live with that against Josh Scott he been so good in the second half we see the Fantastic finish from Demarcus Holland who’s been great in the second half too all of a sudden he’s up to 10 points and what are we having here a timeout so nice little fourpoint score here for the the five cuts that margin down to six that was high off the glass Beautiful Finish there from Demas Demarcus Holland yeah really nice finish come to his own in the second half 10 points six rebounds four assists well-rounded game get another look in our MVP voting Josh Scott continues to charge away in the league 39% of the vote Arena the rapid Le off is at 6:30. see if Phil car can climb up there a little bit higher absolutely just scan that Q code get in there and vote folks you could win a free pizza courtesy of ss it’s a six point game Josh Scott with 22 Luther Muhammad with 17 Lee skin with 14 the three American players in the blls lineup featuring strongly on the scoring the Sam T by the way 9 points8 re three assists no blocks for big Sammy in the game tonight though the leading Blocker in the in the league it’s bit unusual isn’t it leads the way in that regard for the Franken blls who are second in the league blocked per game so wouldn’t be surprised if Samy comes up with one in these last five minutes big plays needed for the Bulls to try and close this thing out let’s our enery the fire well on track to Eclipse their scoring average for the season though averaging just 76 points so they’ve got 70 with 5 1/2 to go yes yes def important minute coming up for toonga and blls the balls could kick clear here as Muhammad just pulls up Holland’s Got The Rebound calls the play Brook can shoot the three as well a mind down the stretch of this game oh little reach in there by kman poto yeah a little bit overzealous there from kman poto be his fourth foul to expect him to have a little break here as we see Josh Scot check back into the game got to get Scott back on conceding three fouls now in this fourth period by just one now jadden bzen couldn’t roll it away to car peroh hunt from the free throw line nice shot from Cruz peroh hunt 16 in the game for him he’s quietly just put together a really solid game Cruz perah hunt five rebounds as well to go along with those 16 points good solid player Cru P hunt no doubt about it he’s played a few games for New Zealand as well here goes Josh Scott back to Davidson good rebound by car Holland now looking to up the pace thought about a three there little Reach In by Muhammad or maybe it won’t go on Muhammad a little reaching there from Skinner I think yep get that right shoulder in the way out of POS position on that drive Jaden bazant another foul sorry Tom another foul conceded by Franklin here just getting into a little bit of foul trouble in this last quarter this might help the F Well just as I spoke about their foul discipline it’s been so good throughout the game but this fourth quarter the fire into the bonus very early on so could be a big factor down the stretch any fouls now from the ball to send the F to the Line This is J and bant effective found visits to the free throw line the Chemist Warehouse stripe very hard to come by this game the five that’s just their fourth visit in the entire game yeah they trally don’t shoot a lot of free throws I don’t have the St in front of me but they’ be right down near the bottom of the league in terms of free throw rate a stolen here comes Dem Marcus Holland again Holland the speed and TR transition to Marcus Holland as a new man in the second half and all of a sudden the towong a five have tied this thing up have a look on the GJ Gardener homes replay he puts the head of steam on gets to the room untouched Sebastian GL calls the quick timeout we at a tie game Glen Lama yeah awesome remember the blls were up by 10 earlier in this quarter some real resolve shown by the fire to come right back that foul count is going to be significant I reckon it’s going to be a big thing to watch down the stretch of this game can the fire manipulate things to really make that work in their favor yeah absolutely 5 minutes a lot of lot of time to play when you’re in the bonus already especially coming down the stretch you don’t have that luxury of being extra aggressive at the defensive end so they going to have to be very careful how they defend last part of this game the F on the other hand be super aggressive attacking offensively attacking shoulders trying to draw fouls get themselves to the line keep that scoreboard taken over as they have been over these last couple of minutes support I’m rubbing my hands together 76 a piece with 351 to play we love it close game down in toonga is what we’d like to see in the Sal NV we haven’t had too many overtime games we have not had many overtime games at all no you’re right certainly haven’t called any are you calling it early no not just yet but the thought has entered my mind clearly see what happens here oh that’s come off the foot there of Holland so that’s still going to be Ball’s possession fire got a little extra peping their step now don’t they they can sense a all important home win here to keep this season alive board their home fans so let’s see if they can finish this thing off scott Timmons yes shrugs free of denim Brook there nice finish from Sam Timmons 11 points yeah lovely finish in lovely pass Josh Scott just slicing the defense up and finding Qui fella down low Josh Scott 22 point six rebounds and four assists now oh brilliantly done by perro hun and traffic and is going to just give him the two points I think it was going to roll in anyway that Sam Tims just got up and Disturbed the ball in the cylinder I don’t know I don’t reckon it was I reck it was going to get out you’re right yeah there’s Timmons helping Cru perro hunt here goes Muhammad oh Timmons tried to get it spectacular it’s gone off Scot out of court things not falling for the balls at the moment no get the look they wanted great look down low for even St Luther mam s sorry I can’t quite remember but a good quality shot for them doesn’t quite drop the F chance to take the lead here La looking Enthusiast the con oh turned over it’s Scott great hands from Scott brilliant play from him what a star he’s been in this game oh Skinner for three can’t bury it car’s got it let’s go eight rebound for him still a tied ball K got real tight all of a sudden Tom hasn’t it certainly has where do the fire go down the stretch now Brook has it strapped out of his hands no foul Brook fights hard and in the end Muhammad has it this is the advantage of the balls they know exactly where their shots are going to come from down the stretch got options with Muhammad and Josh Scott on the outside creating for others as we see Muhammad here right on Q gets the lovely finish in the lane but for me it’s got to be Demarcus Holland down the lane with the ball in his hands for the fight he’s that one guy who can create things for others right B to bazant from Holland now here’s denim Brook for three there is it denim Brook we know he’s got a three-point shot on him and there’s some evidence well maybe it will be Dyan Brook down the down the Finish doing it for the fight huge three from him seven in the game for him Muhammad again that’s a tough Basket Franklin back in front by one with 80 seconds left I’m shaking my hickle and that was so tough from Luther Muhammad ridiculous Poise to finish he’s got the composure to bring this one home peroh hunt tough shot from him in the end I think it was a pass or a shot who cares it’s bent and Tim can’t gather but it was a foul he got pushed in the back by danam Brooke yeah little push in the back there from Brooke the fire they’ve got fouls to give that’s okay Frankl have been pretty solid actually after they’ve gotten a bonus have been pretty disciplined here we see the beautiful Spin and somehow Luther Muhammad just hanging in the air long enough to finish that with his right hand going have the ball in his hands coming down as well less than a minute to play Mohamed off the screen from Scott wow that was way off Target and Brook with a good strong rebound for the F now they have a chance to take the lead here’s Holland Jaden bzen we’re going to work off the screen from car bzen Holland for three big bucket there from Demarcus Holland Demarcus Holland what a huge three biggest shot on the evening part of his 15 points in the second half great drive from dren bazant destroy all the defense and Demarcus Holland with the fist bump he’s pumped as he should be the toong ofi are out in front 84 to 82 wow we got just under around about 30 seconds left Demarcus Holland with that basket yes all of his points coming in the second half it’s been a 2215 fourth quarter from the fight brilant done a brilliant brilliant job getting themselves back in this game they were down as much as 10 in the second half and they’ve come storming right back to take the lead Marcus Holland led the way in the second half as you said he’s got 15 points ay supported by Phil car who kept them in this thing in the first half he been a little bit quieter being checked a little bit tighter in the second half but the supporting staff have arrived 27.6 seconds left still plenty of time Tom for something more dramatic to play out someone whispered overtime 5 minutes ago Glenn I don’t know about that yet let’s see if we get some bonus B tonight I’ve got a feeling it might happen let’s see what the balls can execute here Muhammed oh there’s a foul by Holland but with fouls to give just gives both teams another chance to get things s 20 seconds exactly good smart foul there from Holland as Mohammed gets downhill do have fails to give Davidson oh little reach and foul from Holland that needed to be made because Muhammad was hidden well I’m pretty sure this is going to be an unsportsmanlike fing yeah marus Holland just reaching from behind just yeah there’s no way he’s making a play on the ball there so we do have an unsportsmanlike foul he got caught rely out of position there Demarcus Holland he’d be GED with giving that out but he really had no option Tom well just a little bit too overeager I think trying to chase over that Iverson screen didn’t need to go for the steel he went for it and got himself out of position just needed to slide underneath and play good solid defense this gives the chance now for Franklin to win two freee throws coming here tied ball game perhaps with 7 to play and possession position 14 seconds on the shot clock so by number so TI ball game Muhammad those two free throws goes to 23 points we need a stop yeah you’d think Franklin balls will hold this as long as they can try and get a go off a good quality shot the F will have time not much of it they’ll have time if they can get a stop to quickly call a player timeout probably Scott now Davidson Josh Scott wonderful game can he ice this for the Franklin BS Josh Scott there’s that spin move Josh Scott kicks it out to Davidson for the win hang on there’s a whistle that shot clock didn’t get the ball off in time just one too many extra passes there from from the Bulls are we good he skner probably needed to let that thing fly turn we’ll see if the refs get together here and have a chat about the time there should be about 3 seconds left on the clock I believe it’s going to be a Timeout on the floor anyway yeah Skinner it’s interesting watching that replay Skinner really wasn’t set for the shot was he he was off balance I don’t think he was expecting it I think they were ready for Josh Scott in I to go to work and try and generate a good shot there but it was a good defensive stand from the F for Scott into having to make that extra pass and as we have a look here Jane bazant moving his feet pretty well Phil car coming along and just forcing the kick out and the extra rotation forcing the extra pass just not enough time left on the clock so see what the toonga five got drawn up here I believe they’re going to have 3 seconds left on the clock so plenty of time plenty of time to try and win this one at home well in the way it would be we saw a buzzer beater at the end of the third period by the fs wouldn’t be amazing if we saw something similar but to the other team Justice may be coming here well what would you do if you met Lacy and the coaching staff what would you do who you going to set it up for Tom Phil car or Holland who’s got the hot hand at the moment well I think you’ve got to use either Jaden bazant or Holland as the primary ball guard here and try and they’ve got time to put the ball on the floor and generate something for someone else but look to get one of the those two guys the ball they probably run a little go screen for them to try and generate an advantage and see if they can get something happening well here it is it’s Jaden bazent a Jaden bant with the game winner what a shot he a man Jaden bazette outstanding it’s over it’s over what a shot I think they’re just going to double check it’s okay but for my part it looked as pure as anything ha what scenes have a look on the GJ garden homes replay Jaden bazant just stepping up and knocking down the huge three well don’t know if it’s been a better finish to a game this season than that Tom what a celebration they’re still having a bit of a chat about this I’m not sure if they there’s certainly no time left on the clock I think they’re just making sure he did get the shot off in time is there to still time left here there is there is some time there is some time extraordinary three of a second so three Glenn they got they got the player timeout three is enough time to catch and shoot no not enough time for a catch and shoot it is enough time for like a tip in so they can run an El play here but they do not have enough time to get a catch and shoot off if you’re enjoying wow wow what drama let’s see what the Bulls can cook up here def there’s the shot from Skinner it’s not going to make it and the F had the win they took the scenic route to Victory there with that last play needed but in the end the fight get the win 87 to 84 courtesy of that amazing three from Jaden bazant Take a Bow Jaden bazant capped off an absolutely fantastic game from the toonga delivering for their faithful at home what a finish what a comeback from the fire they were down as many as 10 in that second half they came storming back did enough great defensive position to give themselves the last shot as we have a look Phil car is our welld deserving MVP on the night but Jaden bazan is the hero yeah well said yeah car finished with 29 Points just behind the season side of 31 awesome in the first half to Marcus Holland really stepped up in that second half well the fire have found wins hard to come by in 2024 in their debut season but that their seventh is arguably their most dramatic as we check out the kimus warehouse stats closing out tonight yeah have a quick look here Phil Carr led the way 29 Points for the F he was fantastic but a supported Cruz per hunt 18 points in the Marcus hold of 15 in the second half Luther Muhammad League’s leading score had 23 tonight Josh Scott I thought was fantastic as well all night long for the Franklin Bulls just knifed his way to the rim at will b car leading the way and the rebound and count the two Big Fellas with nine a piece him and Sam Tims was a great battle all night long between those two Jaden is’s the man of the hour he had five assists to go along with his game winner and really throw all these steps out the window the buzzer beater from Jaden bant is all that matters but what a fantastic game from the F plenty of steals there for the Franklin Bulls who are aggressive defensively tonight unfortunately not quite enough for the Bulls who’ve dropped two in a row down to 10 and six on the season so that top three spot looking pretty Out Of Reach now for them but it’s happy campers for the fire oh looks have a look at this shot again from jadden ban no matter how many times you look at it it always looks good on the replay doesn’t it and that’s awesome scenes right there well there’s no better feeling than that let me tell you J Lama absolutely exhilarating so happy for Jaden bazan well you know what it’s like to hit baz’s time and uh it’s an awesome feeling well that was a great game and we let’s see what happens tomorrow on Friday night Hoops with tanaki and canbury can on that amazing winning run what’s it 13 games I think tanaki flexing their muscles last night against the Hawks then we’re in Wellington on Saturday for the first of the double hitter games against otago and then the Franklin balls will try and stop the r doesn’t get any easier for them they walk into a t might be down on a few trips though of course over on the tall blacks at the moment might fancy their chances at home in that game in FY well there we are wraps it all up one of the better finishes we’ve had in the Cs NBL this season congratulations to the toongi who get their just over the Franklin balls 87 to 84 enjoy mariku weekend folks and we’ll catch you for more Friday or catch up more sales inba action tomorrow night marwa go e for
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