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The buzzer beater: Derone Raukawa says Hawks crowd lifted his team to win
17 May, 2021 03:11 AM
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Match-winner Derone Raukawa is mobbed by teammates after the last gasp 82-20 win against the Nelson Giants, National League Basketball, PGA arena, Napier. 16 May 2021 NEWS Photograph/Ian Cooper
Match-winner Derone Raukawa is mobbed by teammates after the last gasp 82-20 win against the Nelson Giants, National League Basketball, PGA arena, Napier. 16 May 2021 NEWS Photograph/Ian Cooper
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Louise Gould
Derone Raukawa knows the opportunities to lift the Pettigrew Green Arena s roof won t come around every day. The Taylor Hawks point guard broke the Nelson Giants with a National Basketball League buzzer-beater at his home
Hawks blow away the cobwebs - and the Rams - in big NBL win
2 May, 2021 11:07 PM
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Canterbury Rams Sam Smith fights to contain the Hawks Hyrum Harris. Photo / Ian Cooper
Hawkes Bay Today The Taylor Hawks have shown a year out of national basketball league action has done little harm by blowing away the Canterbury Rams with victory by 14 points in a Sunday afternoon match at the Pettigrew Green Arena in Taradale.
The 104-90 win celebrated the Hawks first Sal s NBL match since losing the 2019 final but completed a dismal few days on the road for the Rams, who had bitten the dust by more than 20 in succumbing 95-74 to the Wellington Saints on Thursday night in Wellington.