Hamamatsu Phoenix is back on track and ready to build their winning record again. This weekend Hamamatsu Phoenix played the Shiga Lakestars the number one team in the Western conference.
Parmer reports:
During Game 1, Going into this game coach message to us as a team was to go out and treat this game as a playoff game. We did just that. The 1st and 2nd quarters were no contest. When the halftime buzzer sounded the lead was a whopping 26 points. Our coach stressed to us that the game was far from over because in recent games 3rd quarters proved to be a weak point for us. Another terrible 3rd quarter came back to bite
us, where as Shiga cut into our lead and were only down by 15 points at the start of the 4th quarter. The final quarter proved to be ours from beginning to end. We came out victorious on Christmas day with a convincing 24 point win against the #1 ranked team in the Western Conference.
During Game 2, We knew from the start of the game that Shiga wouldn't come out and play the same way they did on Christmas day. In the 1st and 2nd quarters, the lead seesawed back in forth. I say they had most of the momentum going into halftime even though we held a 2 point lead. I just felt like we weren't playing our type of basketball and were playing at Shiga's pace. The 3rd quarter was played pretty even. They went on
a run but we came back with a run of our own to close out the quarter. In the final period, it was just plain and simple we knocked down shots and got key defensive stops. Plenty of motivation came from coach constantly reminding us that closing out the year and bringing in the New Year with a victory would be big for us as a confidence builder. At the halfway mark of the season we're headed in the right direction with a
record of 20-2.
Game 21: Score Hamamatsu Phoenix 106-82 Shiga Lakestars
Parmer stats: 21 points 10 rebounds 5 assists 2 steals
Game 22: Score Hamamatsu Phoenix 90-72 Shiga Lakestars
Parmer stats: 17 points 12 rebounds 4 assist 1 steal
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