BEASTS DEVOUR SKY
Bengaluru Beasts put up a determined performance to defeat a surging Hyderabad Sky 104-94. Hyderabad Sky’s Mahesh Padmanabhan hit his first jumper after creating space with a crossover.
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi of Bengaluru answered with a strong drive inside, something he’d do all night long. Mak Boskailo and Manu Thomas got two quick dunks in the final minute of the first quarter as they pushed Hyderabad's lead to 21-16 at the end of the quarter.
Hyderabad pushed their lead to 26-18 in the opening minute of the second quarter. Hyderabad added three threepointers from Mahesh, Mak and Joginder.
Vishesh dropped 16 points in the first half along with 3 rebounds and 3 assists to lead Bengaluru as Bengluru shot a paltry 1-12 from downtown. Hyderabad had built a 39-24 lead at one point before Bengaluru were led charging back by Vishesh to close the first quarter at 47-40.
Vishesh started the third quarter by going coast to coast and assisting Solomon on a three pointer. It seemed that every time Bengaluru got close Hyderabad would go on a run to get a comfortable lead. Kelly ended the third quarter with a three pointer to give Hyderabad a 76-74 lead. Hyderabad had four players in double figures at this point while Bengaluru were led by the trio of Vishesh, Palpreet and Solomon as they had 64 of Bengaluru’s 74 points till the end of the third.
The fourth quarter saw Bengaluru taking a early lead however, Hyderabad put up a spirited comeback.
But Bengaluru’s Vishesh assisted Solomon to increase their lead and Solomon got another two in transition to put Bengaluru on top with a 100-89 score as they pulled away to a 104-94 win over Hyderabad for their first win of the season.