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Les Bandits terminent la saison régulière avec deux victoires consécutives grâce à une victoire de 82-79 contre les Shooting Stars

Zulfi Sheikh • July 31, 2023

Le double-double de ce soir de Nick Ward a mené les Bandits de Vancouver à une victoire de 82-79 contre les Shooting Stars de Scarborough lors de la finale de la saison régulière de l'équipe, dimanche soir.

 

Le pivot a enregistré 24 points et 11 rebonds, avec 77 pour cent de réussite, aidant ainsi son équipe à remporter sa deuxième victoire consécutive et sa troisième en cinq matchs.

 

Ward a été soutenu par Marlon Johnson Jr. qui a ajouté 13 points et six rebonds en réussissant trois de ses quatre tirs tentés au-delà de l'arc. L'ailier a dirigé une deuxième unité qui a terminé le match avec un avantage de +23 sur les points du banc, chaque joueur ayant marqué six points ou plus.

 

« Un grand merci à Marlin », a déclaré Giorgi Benzhanisvhili après le match. « Il s'est montré très agressif, en faisant toutes les petites choses sur le terrain... et tout le monde sur le banc a repris l'énergie et nous avons gagné grâce à cela. »

 

Isiaha Mike a presque réussi un double-double en étant le meilleur contributeur de Scarborough avec 23 points et neuf rebonds. Cat Barber a été le deuxième meilleur marqueur de l'équipe avec 19 points, cinq rebonds et six passes décisives, alors que son équipe perdait son deuxième match consécutif.

 

Malgré la défaite, Barber a tout de même atteint un objectif personnel en réussissant un trois points en transition à 2:41 du premier quart. Les trois points lui ont donné 1000 points en carrière dans la LECB, atteignant le record seulement deux jours après qu'Ahmed Hill l'ait fait avec l'Alliance de Montréal. 

 

Les deux arrières sont maintenant les seuls joueurs dans l'histoire de la ligue à avoir marqué plus de 1000 points et Hill s'est assuré d'être présent au Centre Pan Am Sports de Toronto pour voir son ancien coéquipier atteindre la même marque que lui.

 

« C'est mon frère », a déclaré Barber à propos de la présence de Hill pour le record. « J'aurais aimé être là pour son match... ça représente beaucoup. Il n'y a pas beaucoup de gars qui y parviennent et être le deuxième joueur de la LECB à le faire, c'est un moment spécial. »

 

Au début de la soirée, la force des Bandits avait été décrite comme le jeu de leurs pivots, et tout au long du premier quart de ce match, ils ont montré pourquoi c'était le cas. Ward a marqué les sept premiers points de Vancouver, avant que Johnson Jr. ne sorte du banc et ne marque huit points à son tour. 

 

Bien que l'équipe ait commis sept revirements au cours du quart, soit près de la moitié de leur moyenne de 15,7, les Bandits ont réussi à éviter de s'effondrer grâce à des tirs de loin. Vancouver a réussi quatre tirs de trois points au cours du premier quart, avec 57 pour cent de réussite, dont trois sont arrivés dans les deux dernières minutes du quart. Le départ en force à distance a aidé les Bandits à réduire une avance de neuf points de Scarborough à une seule possession, soit 23-21 avant le début du deuxième quart. 

 

Malheureusement pour les partisans de Vancouver, les difficultés de l'équipe à conserver le ballon se sont poursuivies tout au long du deuxième quart, alors que l'équipe a commis sept autres revirements, pour un total de 14 à la mi-temps, soit six de plus que Scarborough. Heureusement pour les Bandits, les Shooting Stars n'ont pas été en mesure de tirer profit des possessions supplémentaires, puisqu'ils ont obtenu un -2 sur les points de revirements malgré leur avantage dans la catégorie.

 

Cependant, malgré quelques occasions manquées, Scarborough s'est donné un avantage de trois points à la pause, et ce grâce à sa domination dans la clé. L'équipe a marqué tous ses paniers, sauf trois, à partir d'une distance de deux points, avec un taux de réussite de 53 pour cent à l'intérieur de l'arc et un écart de +16 sur les points à l'intérieur de la clé, avec une avance de 41-38 à la pause.

 

La paire arrière-ailier composée de Barber et Young a mené le jeu, chacun inscrivant 10 points au cours des deux premiers quarts de jeu, tandis que la paire de pivots composée de Ward et Johnson Jr. a inscrit 12 et 11 points respectivement.

 

Au retour de la mi-temps, Vancouver a enfin pu compter sur la production des joueurs de départ autre que Ward, puisque l'équipe a entamé le troisième quart par une série de 15-5. Benzhanishvili a marqué les cinq premiers points de l'équipe dans le quart, avant qu'Alex Campbell et Duane Notice n'ajoutent chacun un panier, ce qui a permis aux Bandits de prendre une avance de sept points, leur plus grande avance à ce moment-là.

 

Scarborough a toutefois réagi immédiatement en lançant une série de 11-3, couronnée par un tir en suspension de Barber à la dernière seconde qui a redonné l'avantage à son équipe, 57-56, avant le début du quatrième quart.

 

La série ne s'est pas arrêtée là puisque les Bandits ont entamé le quatrième quart par une série de 9-2 qui leur a permis de prendre jusqu'à huit points d'avance, avant de prendre une avance de 72-67 à l'heure du pointage cible. Scarborough est sorti du temps mort avec la ferme intention d'éviter deux défaites consécutives en égalisant rapidement le match à 79-79 grâce à un trois points de Mike, l'un de ses trois de la soirée. 

 

Vancouver entrait dans ce match après une victoire 90-89 où Notice avait mis fin au match grâce à un trois points gagnant. C'était un peu du déjà vu pour les partisans des Bandits, car ce match s'est terminé de manière similaire lorsque Benzhanizhvili a tiré de l'autre côté de l'arc, réussissant l'un de ses deux tirs à trois points de la soirée et mettant fin au match par un pointage de 82-79. 

 

Ce match a mis fin à la saison régulière des Bandits, qui vont maintenant rentrer chez eux où ils attendront un adversaire de la conférence de l'Ouest pour les demi-finales de la fin de semaine du  Championnat.

 

Entre-temps, avec cette défaite, Scarborough s'est vu attribuer la troisième place dans l'Est et affrontera les Honey Badgers de Brampton lors d’un match préliminaire qui aura lieu la semaine prochaine. Toutefois, les partisans n'auront pas à attendre jusqu'à ce moment-là pour voir les deux équipes s'affronter, car ils pourront avoir un aperçu des séries éliminatoires lorsque les Shooting Stars accueilleront les Honey Badgers demain soir, à l'occasion du dernier match de la saison régulière pour les deux équipes.

 

Tous les matchs sont disponibles sur TSN+ et CEBL+ optimisé par BetVictor. Récapitulatif du match écrit par Zulfi Sheikh (@zulfi_sheikh).

 

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