VMT MATCH REPORT: Phoenix Rise in One-Point Thriller over JackJumpers

With almost every fan on their feet, South East Melbourne’s collective breath was held when the JackJumpers had two free-throws with 3.4 seconds on the clock to tie the game.

Converting only one, it’d be the last score of the game with their attempts to foul Mitch Creek to force an extension in vain.

Gary Browne was monumental, making a habit of turning games in the penultimate quarter, finishing with 20 points in a stunning display.

Creek proved instrumental (16 points) but it was Matt Kenyon who earned the plaudits from both coach and teammates, a defensive juggernaut against his old team forcing stop-after-stop and keeping his new side steaming ahead.

For Tasmania, Jordon Crawford was a sharp-shooter with 27 points, Jack McVeigh another who kept his side in the game with 19 points.

The Phoenix now travel to Adelaide to face the 36ers on Thursday with a respectable 2-3 record in hand. Before returning home for a home game on Saturday against the Brisbane Bullets.

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Full-Time Stats

Browne: 20p/9r/4a/1stl

Creek: 16p/8r/2a/1blk

Cummings: 15p/3r/2a/1stl

Moller: 11p/5r

Kenyon: 10p/3r/1stl

Ayre: 9p/1r/1a

Te Rangi: 5p/1r

Gak: 1r/1a/1stl/1blk

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