CHYSC Friday Night B’ball League
by TOM AMODIE
Lakers alone in first place. The Lakers improved their league leading
record to 8-1 with a 54-49 win over the Kings giving them just their second
loss as the Friday night league winds down their regular season.
Noz Wynn scored 20 including 12 in the final period as his Laker team
had to fend off a second half Kings rally. Nick Myarick also scored in
double figures for the winners with 16.
The loss spoiled a 25 point game for the Kings Jessie Biddle and a 13
point game for Arthur Borgeroff.
The Kings led 25-19 at the half but the Lakers rallied in the fourth
quarter behind Wynn, Myrick and Marcelo Osorio-Soto who drained a trey.
The Sixers are tied with the Kings for second place at 6-2 as they won
over a shorthanded Piston team 51-31. The Sixers put four players in double
digits led by Jay Pabarue with 13 points. Adrian Johnson picked up 11
while Rahmel Hamilton and Anthony Johnson each bucketed 10.
Matt Levin paced the Pistons with 11. He was followed by Jordan Dean
with 10.
The Sixers led 24-19 at the half and exploded in the second half. The
Pistons are in sixth place at 3-5.
The Heat are in fourth place with a .500 record as they beat the Celtics
without their best player 47-42.
Without Josh Stevens, Keenan Kline notched a bakers dozen and Michael
McNally added 12 including four threes as the Heat stepped up their game.
Mike Gibbs counted 13 for the Celtics while Justin Berg had 11 and Ransford
Whambaush had 10.
The Spurs are tied with the Pistons as they knocked off the last place
Hawks 48-34. Ben Grant led the Spurs with 17 points while Peter Adubato
guided the Hawks with 20.
The regular season has one week to go with playoff positioning up for
grabs
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