BACKS AGAINST THE WALL, THE PHOENIX NEEDED THIS WIN TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THE BAD THING ABOUT THAT WAS, SO DID CODY... IT WAS A MUST-WIN FOR BOTH TEAMS. THE GAMEPLAN FOR THE PHOENIX WAS NOT TO LET RICHARD CARTER, WHO HAD 28 IN THE FIRST MEETING, BEAT THEM. CODY HAD THE SAME GAMEPLAN, MAKE SOMEBODY OTHER THAN CHENE PHILLIPS BEAT YOU... THE FIRST QUARTER WENT TO THE PHOENIX WITH THEIR GAMEPLAN GOING WELL. CARTER HAD JUST 3 POINTS THE WHOLE HALF AND NO MADE FIELD GOALS. PHILLIPS WOULD FIND A WAY TO SCORE 11 POINTS IN THE HALF. THE BIG FACTOR WOULD BE EACH TEAMS ROLE PLAYERS. ANGELO LEWIS FOR CODY PICKED UP WHERE CARTER SLACKED AND SCORD 16 1ST HALF POINTS ALMOST OUTSCORING THE PHOENIX BENCH, WHO COULD ONLY COME UP WITH 21 POINTS COMBINED. THE 25-17 SECOND QUARTER SET THE TONE FOR THE GAME THAT THE COMETS COULD WIN WITH THEIR STAR STRUGGLING. CODY OUTSCORED THE PHOENIX IN THE SECOND HALF39-21 AND FIND THEMSELVES IN THE PLAYOFFS WITH A 68-51 WIN AT HOME. RICHARD CARTER FINISHED WITH 21 POINTS AND ANGELO LEWIS HAS 22 POINTS FOR CODY. RENAISSANCE WAS LED BY CHENE PHILLIPS WITH A GAME-HIGH 26 POINTS.

PHOENIX BOX SCORE (CODY)