Match day programme-27-2-22-London Lions by Plymouthcitypatriotsbasketballclub

PATRIOTS VS LONDON LIONS 27/2/22

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Chairman’s comments A word from the coach Junior Basketball Fixtures The team at a glance Meet the team Today’s visitors Match report

A FLYING FRIDAY AND A SMASH AND GRAB IN THE BIG SMOKE Words from the Chairman - Carl Heslop

We return to the pavilions following an amazing last outing against the Bristol Flyers where we dug ourselves out time and time again and got the win. The fantastic five as I called them were immense and players playing 50mins, Joe Hart struggling to walk and crucial 3s from Rowell and Elvisi produced a performance fitting for a movie. I’m so proud of this group of players and couldn’t be any prouder…. then came London! To go to the copper box and put in a second half team performance like that is something that we could only dream of. The effort and professionalism of the team was breath-taking and feel really honoured to have been sat courtside to witness it. The way the guys came together and celebrated in the changing rooms afterwards showed me how much it means and how well this group work together. It’s a culture I wanted to have both on and off the court and to see this happening is truly magical. It’s also breath-taking that we also turned in this performance following an extremely busy week of coaching camps and working our schedule

around this. The community side is so important for us, and PJ has been dead on his feet this week working 3 camps and a training schedule following a very late night from Cheshire. The work he is putting in with the club and these players deserves real credit. Any then we have the new arrival of Troy Simons, a sharpshooter who has vast experience playing with Antonio Williams and this understanding will be invaluable as we go down the stretch this season. We looked at the roster and we felt a few injuries could hurt us as we push to cement our place in the play offs and Troy’s sudden availability meant it was a good situation for both parties to work together for the remainder of this season. I would also like to close with congratulations to the Patriots ladies team who have won the Exeter and District league and it’s great to see ladies basketball in the city delivering success. From all of the above it shows how far all aspects of Plymouth basketball has come this season and today in front of a packed house at the pavilions we look forward to another amazing show.

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Good evening and welcome to the Plymouth Pavilions for today’s BBL Championship match against London Lions

The lions have a very formidable team. They have great quality, strength, and depth throughout their roster.

Last weekend was fully of incident and talking points. Bristol ﬂyers at home on Friday, probably was the game of the season so far. This game had everything. Some great basketball played at both ends of the court.

Having just played the Lions two days ago in London at the Copper Box and coming away with a fantastic win, this sets today’s game up nicely. We showed some real grit and toughness on Friday, and we will have to do the same today if we are to repeat the win and get that all important head-tohead over London.

Drama with both teams benches being ejected from the game in the third quarter, leaving both teams with only ﬁve players for the remainder of the fourth quarter. Little did we know that the game would go into double overtime! We had the game won, then we lost it, then we drew level not once but twice before we won the game again. There was an unbelievable atmosphere in the pavilions as we pulled this game out the bag. Two days later we played Cheshire away and this was a game that we had won, but with a little over three minutes to go we made some very disappointing errors at the defensive end and failed to close the game out as I would want. This ended up costing us the game. Without question the efforts of the Bristol game took its toll in the end. I was supper proud of those players that put their bodies on the line for their teammates and this club, a great effort was made.

This is going to be a tough game, but we have shown in recent weeks that we can compete with any team when we are fully focused as a group, and everyone plays their part. With some of the injuries that we are carrying it was decided to try and bring in some extra help. It very nearly didn’t happen, but I’m so delighted to welcome Troy Simons into the Patriots family. Troy is a former teammate of our very own Antonio Williams back in college, so I’m very excited to see the impact he has on the team for the remainder of the season. With a playoff position now in our control, I’m looking for us to continue playing in a very positive way, work hard and trust each other. If we do this, we will get what we deserve at the end of the season.

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