Link In The Chain
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Dominion Finance NBL Player of the Week – Link Abrams (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
32 points (14/19 FG, 4/7 FT), 18 rebounds & an assist v Youthtown Auckland Stars
The beauty about Abrams is he doesnít have a vast array of scoring weapons Ö he doesnít have an outside shot of any kind, he doesn’t really attack the rim, heís not even a trusty free throw shooter. But, boy, heís hard to stop when he gets the ball in the paint.
ìHe just works really hard around the basket,î observes Airs coach Trent Adam. ìHe knows what he can do and doesnít try to do too much.î
With Auckland forward Casey Frank serving a one-game suspension, Abrams was free to roam against the league leaders and is again averaging 20/10 for the season, while leading the rebound rankings.
He beat out Auckland rival Dillon Boucher (20 points, seven assists, seven rebounds & five steals) and team-mate Garry Hill-Thomas (28 points, eight rebounds, four steals & two assists) for his second POW award of the year.
Stat Leaders (Round 10)
Points
Link Abrams (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs) 32 v Stars
Bakari Hendrix (Century City Wellington Saints) 31 v Hawks
Hayden Allen (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat) 29 v Pistons
Rebounds
Link Abrams (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs) 18 v Stars
Mika Vukona (Blue Chip Nelson Giants) 17 v Nuggets
Kareem Johnson (Easy LPG Bay Hawks) 12 v Saints
Assists
Paul Henare (Easy LPG Bay Hawks) 11 v Saints
Dillon Boucher (Youthtown Auckland Stars) 7 v Airs
Four players 5
Steals
Reece Cassidy (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets) 5 v Heat
Dillon Boucher (Youthtown Auckland Stars) 5 v Airs
Two players 4
Blocks
Five players 2
FT
Kevin Smith (U Park It Waikato Pistons) 13 v Heat
Reece Cassidy (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets) 9 v Heat
Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars) 7 v Airs
3pt
Paora Winitana (Easy LPG Bay Hawks) 5 v Saints
Five players 4
Player Power Rankings
1 (1) *Josh Pace (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
2 (3) Dillon Boucher (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
3 (2) Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
4 (6) Link Abrams (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
5 (4) *Michael Joiner (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams)
6 (5) Casey Frank (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
7 (8) *Justin Bailey (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
8 (11) *Garry Hill-Thomas (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
9 (13) Hayden Allen (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
10 (9) *Mychal Green (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams)
11 (15) *Bakari Hendrix (Century City Wellington Saints)
12 (7) *Tim Behrendorff (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
13 (12) Luke Martin (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
14 (10) *Oscar Forman (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
15 (20) *Kareem Johnson (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
16 (19) *Kevin Smith (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
17 (18) Paora Winitana (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
18 (22) Mika Vukona (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
19 (16) *Nick Horvath (Century City Wellington Saints)
20 (21) *Andrew Rice (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
21 (14) *George Byrd (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
22 (24) *Branduinn Fullove (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
23 (17) Aaron Nowell (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
24 (23) *Brandon Payton (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
25 (26) Ed Book (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
26 (27) Pero Cameron (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
27 (25) Jeremy Kench (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams)
28 (32) Reece Cassidy (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
29 (29) Brent Charleton (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
30 (31) Paul Henare (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
31 (28) Everard Bartlett (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
32 (30) Troy McLean (Century City Wellington Saints)
33 (-) *Jamil Terrell (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
34 (37) Ben Jeffrey (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
35 (36) Stacey Lambert (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
36 (40) Chris Daniel (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
37 (33) Darryl Cartwright (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
38 (34) Adrian Majstrovich (Century City Wellington Saints)
39 (35) Miles Pearce (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
40 (39) Mike Fitchett (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
41 (38) Nat Connell (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
42 (43) Ben Hill (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
43 (45) Jarrod Kenny (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
44 (44) *Gabe Stephenson (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
45 (42) Damon Rampton (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
46 (41) Puke Lenden (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
47 (46) Terrence Lewis (Century City Wellington Saints)
48 (47) George Leafa (Century City Wellington Saints)
49 (-) *Corey Hallett (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
50 (48) Damian Ekenasio (Century City Wellington Saints)
* Denotes Import
