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Rohan Robinson, head coach of the St George’s Slayers, said despite securing the National Basketball League (NBL) mid-season title, he was left heavily disappointed with his team’s performance on the court.
The Slayers dismissed the Upper Room Eagles 60-44 at the National Stadium court on Thursday as they capitalised heavily on the Eagles’ faulty shooting on the night.
Despite the win, Robinson had a lot to critique about the team’s winning performance, particularly the number of turnovers during the game.
“That’s not the best that our team can play,” Robinson said.
“I think that we have two more levels to go up that we can play. We have been complacent tonight and we didn’t take care of the ball. We averaged 22 turnovers and that’s horrible.”
He continued, “I told them if you’re going to turnover the ball then you’ll need to play a strong defence and I think they listened to me on that.”
The two teams started the game in similar fashion as they traded early jabs in the opening minutes, ending the first quarter tied 14-14.
13 POINT LEAD
The Slayers would pull away in the second quarter, however, opening up a 13-point lead with a score of 38-25 as the Eagles failed to sink several of their shots at the basket.
The following two quarters were simply a matter of game management for the leaders. Despite improving their shooting, the Eagles could not close the deficit with the Slayers racing to the title with a 16-point lead.
Richmoor Morris led the way for the Slayers as he ended the night with a game high 16 points, enjoying an impressive night on the court.
Simon Brown, head coach of the Upper Room Eagles, said his players were the architects of their own demise.
“To lose a match like this, obviously was not a good performance. At the end of the day, I think that we were our own worst enemy. Too many turnovers, too many poor decisions and not playing as tough as we did in the last few games,” he assessed the game.
Brown said they will need to improve come the second round of the competition as their season’s ambitions is to walk away with the NBL title.
“We have to go back, have a look within and come back harder. We were really poor in our showing so we have to use that as an analysis going forward because at the end of the day, the goal is the NBL title, not the mid-season trophy.”
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