Lloyd Pandi scored the game-winning basket on a driving layup through a pair of Montreal defenders as the Ottawa BlackJacks (4-8) managed to hold off a hard-charging Alliance (3-10) in Target Score Time to squeak out a 92-91 win Thursday at The Arena at TD Place.
Lloyd Pandi - CEBLLloyd Pandi scored the game-winning basket on a driving layup through a pair of Montreal defenders as the Ottawa BlackJacks managed to hold off a hard-charging Alliance in Target Score Time to squeak out a 92-91 win Thursday at The Arena at TD Place.
“I just wanted to make a play,” Pandi told sideline reporter Jackie Perez of his game-winning take to the basket. “Coach put the ball in my hand for a reason. If somebody else was open I was gonna spray the ball, or, if I had the lane, I was gonna go to the bucket and that's what I do best.” “We probably just had enough of a cushion going in to hang on, to be honest with you,” said Derouin after the game. “If you love then you enjoyed that, and if you don’t then time runs out and we win by 10. So that’s part of the game here in this league and, luckily, we had just enough cushion to hang on.”
Unfortunately for the Alliance that ended up setting up Pandi’s game-winning drive, but Montreal did a lot of good work during Target Score Time, outscoring Ottawa 19-9. “We don’t give up,” said Alliance head coach Derrick Alston Jr. “This is a professional sport, this is our job, so I don’t really give out awards for participation. So, we’ve got to get better. But, the guys are fighting, I know they’re giving me everything they’ve got. We’ve just got to figure some things out.”
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