The Brisbane Bullets trounced rusty South East Melbourne Phoenix 100-84 in the NBL, setting the foundation for a record-breaking first quarter.
Brisbane (3–3) began the home game 13–2 before reaching the scoreline 31–6 in quarter time, handing Phoenix (3–2) their lowest-scoring quarter in franchise history and a franchise-record quarter to Brisbane. Gave. -time lead.
Since last played 28 days ago, Phoenix never regained a foothold in the game, with a 10 percent drop from the field in the opening 10 minutes to improve to 25 percent in the half.
It was a purple patch of team defense and shooting that gave the home side a 57-29 lead on the back of 52 percent shooting from the ground and 50 percent from behind the arc from their 14 attempts.
The hosts scored 46 percent off the ground, while sharing the ball well with 24 assists, as all five starts ended in double digits for the scoring.
Nathan Sobe led with 18 points, while Robert Franks had 17 points with 10 boards and Lamar Patterson's nine assists were also a highlight for the Bullets, who ended a disappointing loss to the Breakers last week with their highest score of the season. had to face.
Brisbane's Chuanxing Liu won the league's two international stars battle with country's Zhou Qi in a blockbuster match. The 225cm center finished with six points and five rebounds while Qi could only collect two points in his 17 minutes.
Brisbane coach James Duncan said, "We have to learn from these six matches (played) that there is a way to play basketball and when we play the right way, we will have success."
"And that's the message that's moving forward.
"It's nice to beat some of these top teams, but we have to take care of some business, especially when we're at home. We have an opportunity to get a little streak now."
Phoenix coach Simon Mitchell admitted his team was probably struggling because of the COVID-19 curveball the club dealt with last month as they fell in their third loss.
"(Break) definitely had to contribute. We felt like we were stuck in the mud," he told reporters.
"We didn't have the ability to get up and down and with any consistency in that 28 days, but you know, you need to look at where Brisbane was as well.
"They were really good, very skilled, they cut us into ribbons with their execution, they worked hard on the boards.
"I think to talk about us and what we were going through probably takes it a little too far from the performance they had the other night after their game."