Tag: London Lightning
London Lightning: This one wasn’t even close
The sweetest way to put a one-point loss in the rear-view mirror is to blow out that same team a few days later. The Lightning made sure it didn’t come down to the wire this time with a 25-point drubbing of the K-W Titans, 107-82 Wednesday at Budweiser Gardens. London improved its National Basketball League […]
Fans flocking as league-best London Lightning seek to dig deep
Forget that 30-point win over a seven-man Flint squad. Although it counts in the National Basketball League of Canada standings and drew nearly 4,400 fans Sunday at Budweiser Gardens, the London Lightning don’t feel like it was a solution to back-to-back losses in Albany and Kitchener. “The hard truth is that Flint team didn’t have […]
Home-court blowout puts London Lightning back in win column
When Josiah Mastandrea was 14 years old, his father Vinnie called up a hard-nosed hoops coach in Vancouver to see if he could make his son tough. “Josiah wasn’t supposed to play college basketball at that point,” London Lightning bench boss Doug Plumb recalled. “We put him through an absolute gauntlet for 2-3 years and […]
London Lightning: This definitely isn’t the kind of thing they’re used to
The London Lightning are dealing with their first losing streak this season. The Bolts (11-2) followed up their initial defeat in Albany Thursday by dropping their first game against a National Basketball League of Canada foe in a 103-102 nailbiter to the K-W Titans before 570 Saturday night at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. London is […]
Took half the season, but somebody finally beat the London Lightning
The London Lightning have finally been beaten.
PHOTOS: Nobody beats the Bolts
The London Lightning extended their season-starting winning streak to 11 with a big victory over Windsor on Sunday. LFP photojournalist Derek Ruttan was there to capture the action:
London Lightning: Heave-ho, 12 in a row?
The London Lightning have dominated the first half of the National Basketball League of Canada’s comeback season. Fitting, then, they took control early to knock off the Windsor Express for their 11th straight win, 110-103 Sunday at Budweiser Gardens. The Bolts overcame a late Express surge, the deadly shooting of long-time all-star Billy White and […]
Perfect 10! London Lightning’s season-starting win streak hits double-digits
The London Lightning’s start-of-season winning streak has reached double digits. The Bolts fought back late in a roller-coaster ride with Sudbury, eventually outlasting the Five 108-105 Thursday night at Budweiser Gardens. There was nothing comfortable about it. The Nickel City visitors led by six at the break and were in the driver’s seat late before […]
Sixth man Terry Thomas fuelling London Lightning’s perfect start
The London Lightning are 9-0 largely because of their bench.
London Lightning win – again – as season’s perfect start continues
The London Lightning are still rolling. The Bolts improved to 9-0 with a 109-95 victory over the Syracuse Stallions before an announced crowd of 1,551 Saturday night at Budweiser Gardens. London is off to one of its best starts in franchise history. The 2012-13 squad roared out to an 11-0 start on its way to […]