Final score: Cheadle Thunder 26 - Heaton Venom 35
Half time score: Cheadle Thunder 13 - Heaton Venom 11
Thunder team: Joe, Sol, Matt, Sean, Josh, Tom
Points scored: Joe 10, Josh 8, Sol 4, Matt 2, Sean 2
The first half was a good one for Thunder who were four points clear at one point, but Venom were able to up their game in the second half and Thunder struggled to reply.
We had the now-traditional player fouled off (which we almost always get with this one ref, and never seem to even come close with any other ref), but that didn't disguise the problems in the second half.
Thunder's marking was far too loose, allowing Venom players clear space and letting them break away from their marker too easily. Our shooting was sloppy in the second half and we weren't getting people into the key to pick up the rebounds. The result was too many occasions when they took easy baskets or picked up the offensive rebound, and Venom scoring nearly as many points in the second half as Thunder did in the whole game.
There were some good moments, but Thunder's tactical weaknesses are being exposed too regularly by the opposition.
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