The Homegrown Kings journeyed to the House of Pain, home to the 3rd placed Tassie Devils, keen to keep their Championship dreams alive. Faced with an unexpected CT, Kings' Coach MrJ pulled the X-Man aside just before the game. No-one knows what the coach said to him, but one thing seemed clear...he got the message.
In the best match of his return and the season, the X-Man hit 17 from 30 from the field scoring 50-points in 48 minutes. He went 50% from behind the arc, burying 5 of 10, and 84% from the Free Throw line, hitting 11 from 13 attempts. His 50-point demolition of the Devils is a new club record.
"I just felt in the zone tonight," a humble X-Man told reporters post-game. "I'm just stoked that we got the win; it was important."
When Coach MrJ was asked about what he had said to the X-Man pre-game, MrJ was reserved. "I just told him to make it their house of pain," he said with a big smile. "The bigger statement I thought," the Coach continued in a serious tone, "was that ...