Sheffield Sharks suffer ying and yang of late drama as they split SLB weekend
The weekend began with a victory at Leicester Riders on Friday night, edging out their long-time rivals 82-79.
Sharks trailed at the end of the first and then by five points going into the final quarter but EC Matthews split a 79-79 tie with a three-pointer with 71 seconds left and Sheffield withstood Leicester’s advances thereafter.
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Hide AdMatthews led the way with 18 points, Rodney Chatman added 14 and Jacob Groves contributed 13.


But two nights later at Cheshire Phoenix, they were on the receiving end, beaten 87-86 having this time squandered a lead going into the fourth quarter. As the lead changed hands several times in the closing 10 minutes, it was the Phoenix who clung on to victory.
Chatman led Atiba Lyons’ team in scoring with 23 points but crucially when presented with two free throw opportunities to tie the game and send it to overtime, he scored the first but missed the second. Prentiss Nixon had 13 points.