ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Khalil Ahmad is going to Montreal for Championship Weekend — he made sure Sunday his entire team is going with him.
The two-time Clutch Player of the Year scored 13 consecutive points in Target Score time as the Niagara River Lions rallied from behind to trump the visiting Ottawa BlackJacks 94-91 in the Canadian Elite Basketball League's Eastern Conference semifinal.
“I told TJ, throw it up and I’ll go get it. And my guy trusted me,” Ahmad said. “It was beautiful, picture-perfect.” “They literally pushed us to the limit. And if this game is not here with 4,000 people, I don’t know if it goes our way. And then we got really tough, we went small, our guys played hard as hell and Khalil Ahmad is a special talent. Like what he did down the stretch and in Target Score Time was incredible."
Shamar Givance led the BlackJacks with 19 points, while Isaih Moore chipped in with 17. Tevin Brown had 14 points and Deng Adel had 10 rebounds for Ottawa, which finished third in the Eastern Conference with a 9-11 record. The BlackJacks surprised the Scarborough Stars 90-73 in an East play-in game on Aug. 2.The visiting Calgary Surge outscored the Edmonton Stingers 24-15 in the third quarter and hung on for a victory in the Western Conference semifinal.
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