Phoenix Fly in Creek's 300

In his 300th game, Mitch Creek turned it on for the home crowd at the Fire Pit. 

Dropping 27 points he put the exclamation point on the Phoenix win with a monster dunk.

He had ample support from Gary Browne with 11 points and 8 assists, Allan Williams 21 points and 12 rebounds, Trey Kell III had 24 points and Ryan Broekhoff had 15 points and two steals.  

The Phoenix were in control of the game from the tip, but a  20-7 run at the end off third put the game to bed.

The final quarter was a love fest for the Phoenix fans as the bench hit the court and turned it on, Grant Anticevich hit back to back three’s and Anzac Rissetto scored his first NBL points. 

Phoenix next head to New Zealand to take on the Breakers on Thursday December 1.

(Big win for the Phoenix.)

The Result

South East Melbourne Phoenix 112 - 78 Illawarra Hawks

The Numbers

Phoenix
Creek: 27 points, 6 rebounds
Kell: 24 points
Williams: 21 points, 12 rebounds 

Hawks
Harvey: 17 points 

(Broekhoff making a dunk during the game.)

The Turning Point

Three three’s

Nearing the end of the third Kell extended the lead with a three before Browne followed up and Kell finished the quarter with another three extending the lead to 26 points. 

The Play of the Game

Creek’s Dunk

It was Creeky’s night and he capped it off with a steal and monster dunk.

Player of the Game

Mitch Creek

You can’t go past the milestone man as he notched up 27 points and 6 rebounds.

(Creek's big dunk in the third.)

From the Coach

Simon Mitchell

“He the heart and soul of the joint since he put pen to paper. All privileged to have him as a teammate. I’m not a big milestone guy but the team was up for him today.”

From the Player

Mitch Creek

“I didn’t make much of a fuss of it, everyone made a big deal out of it except me. You play 300 games and someone asks if it feels like 300 or if it feels like it’s gone quick or slow? It feels like it’s going very quick.”

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Phoenix Media (27/11/22)