BBL Championship
Manchester Giants 104-80 Cheshire Phoenix (29-21, 50-38, 74-56)
(Giants: Green, 31; Lee, 19; Roberson, 17 – Phoenix: Austin, 27; Anderson, 15; Ochereobia, 10)
BBL Championship
Newcastle Eagles 72-85 London Lions (21-22, 40-41, 53-66)
(Eagles: Hamlet, 29; Kennedy, 9; Cohn/Varner, 8 – Lions: Dekker, 15; Soko/Hruban, 12; Zubcic, 11)
BBL Championship
Bristol Flyers 87-77 Plymouth City Patriots (22-23, 53-45, 64-67)
(Flyers: Olison, 18; King/Watson-Gayle, 13; Bell, 12 – Patriots: Dusha, 21; Simons, 14; Hassan, 11)
BBL Championship
Sheffield Sharks 70-74 Caledonia Gladiators (21-20, 37-41, 54-58)
(Sharks: Nichols, 21; Ratinho, 14; Delpeche, 11 – Gladiators: Bailey, 15; Sloan, 14; Fraser, 13)
Manchester Giants continued their hot start to the BBL season with a 104-80 win over the Cheshire Phoenix at the National Basketball Performance Centre on Friday night.
In a hotly anticipated north-west derby, Giants’ firepower from three-point land proved too much for Cheshire to handle in front of the Sky Sports cameras.
Manchester shot 61% from the field, drilling 14 three-pointers in the process, with Tajh Green going 6/6 from distance for his 31-point, 10-rebound double-double, which also included a highlight reel slam, where he threw it off the backboard to himself.
“It was a rivalry game, so we had to attack them,” Green said. “We got to bring that same energy from last game, and we have to bring it every game.”
William Lee also managed to snag a few highlight plays, adding 19 points, seven rebounds, three steals and three blocks.
Rahmon Fletcher buried the first of the 14 triples for the Giants to give them an early 5-0 lead, quickly answered by a mid-range jumper from Jamell Anderson, playing against his former club.
Green hit the first of his six triples to give the hosts a 10-6 lead with three minutes of the first played, and the Giants maintained their advantage in a high-scoring opening period.
Manchester kept their momentum going in the second; a one-handed slam by Lee gave the hosts a 34-24 lead with 7:49 of the quarter left.
But led by the aggressive Larry Austin and the accuracy of Anderson, Phoenix attempted to stay in touch. Still, Manchester’s shooting was impeccable in the second as they took a 50-38 cushion to the locker rooms.
From there, Manchester’s three-point marksmanship went up a level. Within the first 12 seconds of the third beginning, Green stringed one from the top, which led to Giants going 6/11 from distance to extend…
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