ROCKETS FALL SHORT IN TITANIC PLAY-OFF BATTLE

By STAFF WRITER sport@wokingham.today

Hemel Storm 89 Reading Rockets 86

READING ROCKETS fell just short in a titanic battle as Hemel Storm booked their place in the play-off Championship final.

The game didn’t start well for Rockets as influential point guard Jermiah Jenkins was called for his first foul inside the opening 12 seconds.

Storm capitalised on this with a 11-4 run but American guard Troy Cracknell scored and hit a bonus point before Reis Pinnock drove to score and Jenkins stroked the first of his three trebles to see Rockets ahead midway through the opening quarter.

Cracknell scored with a slam dunk but Storm finished the period with a 9-3 run to lead 26-19 at the first break.

Jenkins and Lewis Champion hit trebles as Rockets grabbed the initiative and when Jordan Jackson scored inside, Rockets took the lead by a single point but were soaring with a 13-0 run to lead 31-26.

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