{"id":28630,"date":"2022-04-09T13:16:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T03:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/?p=28630"},"modified":"2022-04-09T13:16:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T03:16:07","slug":"jackjumpers-deliver-sting-to-keep-finals-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/jackjumpers-deliver-sting-to-keep-finals-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"JackJumpers deliver sting to keep finals alive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE competition&#8217;s newest team just seems to get the job done time and time again. On Friday night, the National Basketball League (NBL) action continued at MyState Bank Arena, with the <a data-type=\"team\" data-id=\"143\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/team\/cairns-taipans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cairns Taipans<\/a> travelling down to take on the <a data-type=\"team\" data-id=\"24101\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/team\/tasmanian-jackjumpers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tasmania JackJumpers<\/a>. The Taipans cannot make the NBL22 finals, but have been performing well of late, and look set to finish the season on a high. However, the JackJumpers are still a slim chance to make finals, and have been taking down some of the competition&#8217;s best sides in the last few weeks, so they came into the game as the favoured side. Fans at MyState Bank Arena were treated to an enthralling battle, with the match looking likely to go either way throughout various stages. After the Taipans took a big lead in the first half, the home side rallied with a magnificent effort in the third, and sneaking away to a seven-point lead and keeping their remarkable hopes of a postseason appearance alive and well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div class=\"t7_match_result match-result-comparison rmc-block is-match-preview\">\n<div class='match-result_legend'><ul><li>Team<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='match-result_team'><ul><li class='column-head'><h5 class='heading title h5'>Tasmania JackJumpers<\/h5><img src='https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/Tasmania-JackJumpers-150x150.png' \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='match-result_team'><ul><li class='column-head'><h5 class='heading title h5'>Cairns Taipans<\/h5><img src='https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/cairns-taipans-150x150.png' \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tasmania-jackjumpers-87-def-cairns-taipans-80\">Tasmania JackJumpers (87) def. Cairns Taipans (80)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match kicked off with Tasmania storming out of the gates and getting out to a quick five-point lead, with the offensive momentum of previous games carrying on. The JackJumpers starters were all getting in on the action, sharing the ball in terrific fashion to create an open look. However, the Taipans were not just going to roll over, keeping themselves in the contest, and even rallying behind <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"246\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/player\/nathan-jawai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Jawai<\/a> to suprisingly take a three-point lead into the first break after an impressive final few minutes of the period. The JackJumpers started the second term strong, looking to rectify their disappointing finish to the previous quarter, but again in the long run, the Taipans proved too strong. Cairns was able to extend its lead by the main break rolled around, and in a feeling of deja vu, it was behind the efforts of Jawai, with the veteran determined to lead his side to another upset win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be hard to ask for a better quarter from a JackJumpers perspective, with the home team producing one of their best periods of the year in the third. They went on an astounding 16-0 run, with no one player catching fire, as the team found a number of valuable contributors under coach <strong><em>Scott Roth<\/em><\/strong>. Suddenly, the seven-point half time defecit into a three quarter time advantage of the same value. The fourth quarter saw some entertaining back and forth action, but neither side could get a real advantage as they traded buckets. <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"292\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/player\/jarrad-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jarrad Weeks<\/a> delivered the dagger from behind the arc for Tassie, as they rallied behind the home crowd to claim a hard-fought win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the JackJumpers, reliable scorer <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"211\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/player\/jack-mcveigh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack McVeigh<\/a> led the scoring column with 16 points, but he wasn&#8217;t alone. <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"24107\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/player\/josh-magette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Magette<\/a>, <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"24205\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/player\/josh-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Adams<\/a> and <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"24803\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/basketball\/player\/mikyle-mcintosh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MiKyle McIntosh<\/a> all scored double-digits too, demonstrating how balanced their scoring can be, and how it impacts the result. For the Taipans, Jawai fought his hardest with a crucial 17 points off the bench, but sadly fell short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dc-block-dc-mention _dc_mention\"><div class=\"section-heading_wrap\"><span class=\"section-heading is-small\">Mentions<\/span><span class=\"hor-border\"><\/span><\/div><ul class=\"js-overflow-list overflow-list\"><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_t\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/team\/cairns-taipans\/\">Cairns Taipans<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_t\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/team\/tasmanian-jackjumpers\/\">Tasmania JackJumpers<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/player\/nathan-jawai\/\">Nathan Jawai<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/player\/jarrad-weeks\/\">Jarrad Weeks<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/player\/jack-mcveigh\/\">Jack McVeigh<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/player\/josh-magette\/\">Josh Magette<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/player\/josh-adams\/\">Josh Adams<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/player\/mikyle-mcintosh\/\">MiKyle McIntosh<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_e\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/event\/jackjumpers-vs-taipans\/\">JackJumpers vs Taipans<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - plus circle - 20px-->\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n                        <path d=\"M15,9.28h-4.3V5h0A.72.72,0,1,0,9.28,5h0V9.28H5a.72.72,0,0,0,0,1.43H9.28V15a.72.72,0,0,0,1.43,0h0V10.71H15a.72.72,0,0,0,0-1.43Z\"\/>\n                        <path d=\"M10,0A10,10,0,1,0,20,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0Zm0,18.57A8.57,8.57,0,0,1,10,1.43h0a8.57,8.57,0,0,1,0,17.14Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/span><\/button><div class=\"popover\"><div class=\"popover-content\"><ul class=\"popover-menu\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE competition&#8217;s newest team just seems to get the job done time and time again. On Friday night, the National Basketball League (NBL) action continued at MyState Bank Arena, with the Cairns Taipans travelling down to take on the Tasmania JackJumpers. The Taipans cannot make the NBL22 finals, but have been performing well of late, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":25983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2733,5880,10,2871,5861],"tags":[200,96,6154,157,5890,5893,5901,159,219,5820],"class_list":["post-28630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cairns-taipans","category-match-report","category-nbl","category-news","category-tasmania-jackjumpers","tag-cairns-taipans","tag-jack-mcveigh","tag-jackjumpers-vs-taipans","tag-jarrad-weeks","tag-josh-adams","tag-josh-magette","tag-mikyle-mcintosh","tag-nathan-jawai","tag-nbl","tag-tasmania-jackjumpers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28630"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28633,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28630\/revisions\/28633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}