Southside Flyers win WNBL grand closing recreation three in opposition to Perth Lynx, Lauren Jackson wins sixth championship

The Southside Flyers had been too massive, too skilled and too good, beating the Perth Lynx 115-81 in recreation three of the WNBL grand closing collection to clinch the championship.

The Flyers needed to do it the laborious means simply to get to the grand closing, beating cross-town rivals the Melbourne Boomers in three video games within the semifinals earlier than the Lynx blew them away in recreation one of many title collection.

Southside regrouped and their measurement and expertise shone by way of as they acquired the collection again on their phrases with an exciting game-two win in Perth on Thursday evening.

That took the collection again to Melbourne for the decider on Sunday and the Flyers had been by no means going to be denied as they romped to the 34-point victory on Sunday for the franchise’s fifth championship, and second since being rebranded because the Southside Flyers.

The Flyers had been capable of get the sport on their phrases by retaining it at their tempo to maximise their strengths, they usually started to claim their management with the opening 10 factors of the second quarter.

Southside went on to steer 52-39 by half-time after which it was Carley Ernst who blew the sport open for good late within the third interval. She hit three triples within the area of two minutes.

That noticed the Flyers lead balloon to 24 factors and the ultimate quarter was social gathering time with 42-year-old all-time nice Lauren Jackson (12 factors, six rebounds) profitable a sixth WNBL championship and first since 2010.