CJ Bruton's miss allowed the Cairns Taipans to stay unbeaten. Picture: New Zealand Herald.
A RARE CJ Bruton potential match-winning miss kept Cairns' unbeaten NBL record intact at the weekend, the Taipans confident of correcting the defensive error before Friday's home match with Adelaide.
Bruton's shot to win rimmed out, leaving Cairns with an 86-85 victory and on a 2-0 win-loss record, Adelaide taking out Wollongong 97-91 at Adelaide Arena to bring its record to 1-1.
A depleted 36ers line-up lost 80-83 to Perth on the road in round one, the Wildcats the only other unbeaten team after taking out Sydney at home, then additionally Melbourne on the road.
The 36ers also run into the Tigers this round, facing them in Melbourne on Sunday in an extremely taxing road double after travelling from Cairns.
"It was poor to give an open shot like that, but sometimes they roll out," Taipans coach Aaron Fearne said of Bruton's final fling.
"We were cruising along and it broke down," he said of squandering an eight-point lead in the last quarter.
"We broke our rules and it built pressure."
Sixers coach Joey Wright was equally unimpressed with his team's inaugural home performance, even though the crowd, just short-change shy of 6000, was loud, raucous and perhaps even grateful to again have a team worth cheering.
The stadium resembled the fortress of years long since passed as the crowd, in full voice, even gave its team a standing ovation to close a 28-16 third quarter.
They were standing and roaring again at game's end in scenes reminiscent of 2003, a long time ago.
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