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The Salt Lake City Stars started strong and blew out the NBA G League Ignite for a wire-to-wire 107-87 win on Friday, February 26 (Saturday, February 27, Manila time) at the Disney World bubble in Orlando, Florida.
With the victory, the Stars get a much-needed boost to go up 3-8, but are still anchored at 17th place in the 18-team league. Meanwhile, Ignite blew a shot to enter a four-way tie at 3rd, and fizzled down to 8th at 6-4.
Fil-Am star prospect Jalen Green dropped a career-high 24 points in the bad loss on 8-of-15 shooting, with 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals.
Fellow top-ranked prospect Jonathan Kuminga struggled on the other hand, and limped to a line of 10 points on a 3-of-12 clip in a game-high 36-minute run.
Daishen Nix and Isaiah Todd chipped in 8 and 7 markers, respectively, while 37-year-old veteran Jarrett Jack bottomed out scoreless immediately after a 22-point effort in their 104-101 win against the Memphis Hustle.
After a back-and-forth opening quarter, Salt Lake City quickly took control of the 2nd period with a massive 22-7 run, capped by a Trevon Bluiett triple at the 7:32 mark for the 16-point lead, 45-29.
Ignite squeaked in a small 6-0 response right after, but the Stars again sped ahead, and outscored their foes, 20-10, for the 65-45 lead with 1:37 left in the first half after a triple by NBA champion swingman Malcolm Miller.
Green helped cut the deficit to single digits, 64-73, after a step-back jumper at the 4:44 mark of the 3rd quarter, but Ignite simply did not have enough lasting firepower as the Stars pushed their lead back up as high as 26, 107-81, in the game’s closing minutes.
Ignite’s Indian prospect Princepal Singh managed to enter the game due to the impending blowout loss, and ended the game with a career-high 5 points, capped by a buzzer-beating triple to set the final score.
Six Stars led the balanced attack, topped by Tyler Bey’s 17 points, and 8 rebounds, while Miller and Bluiett added 16 markers apiece in the easy win.
Ignite will have little time to rest and readjust as they next face the 4-5 Canton Charge, their 7th opponent in 10 days, in the second game of a back-to-back set on Sunday, February 28. – Rappler.com
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