The Gold Coast Blaze recorded a dominant 76-49 home win over the Cairns Taipans on Sunday night.
The Blaze produced their most lethal display to date to leapfrog Cairns into fourth spot.
In stark contrast, the Taipans were miserable as they crashed to the lowest score of any team so far this season.
"We should be pretty embarrassed by that. We were disgraceful," shell-shocked Taipans coach Aaron Fearne said.
It was a win built on defence as the Blaze shut down every Taipans option, dominated the paint (30-22), the rebounds (42-27) and ultimately the scoreboard.
Boomer Mark Worthington was the main destroyer with a game-high 17 points, seven rebounds, two steals and a block, while international team-mate Adam Gibson contributed 10 points, six boards, four assists and three steals.
Only Alex Loughton (12) could trouble the scoreboard for Cairns.
"Cairns are one of the teams that run their offence better than any other team," Blaze coach Joey Wright said.
"If you can push these guys out of their offence, you've done a good job."
AAP
Tags: nbl, basketball, sport, qld, southport-4215, australia, cairns-4870 First posted January 29, 2012 22:41:47
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