Jack McVeigh's phone has 'pretty much been on silent and chucked under my bed' in the wake of the overwhelming reaction to his phenomenal winning shot to catapult the Tasmania JackJumpers to a chance at NBL glory — and tonight, he is hoping to go one better, with a win for the ages.
Jack McVeigh's stunning Game 3 buzzer-beater will be quickly forgotten should the JackJumpers fail to capitalise on a 2-1 NBL championship series lead.The Tasmania JackJumpers can win an inaugural NBL championship with a victory over Melbourne United in Game 4 of the championship series in Hobart tonight.
"I've received messages from people I haven't talked to in 10 or 15 years and it's been awesome," McVeigh said.Loading Twitter content "It hasn't been spoken about at all. It's just one of those things, it's a great moment but it's actually meaningless at the end of the day," Roth said.Roth's penchant for cigars and nachos is well known, but ahead of tomorrow night's potential decider, he's keeping the lid tightly shut on any championship talk.
"I'm currently working through the Lord of the Rings series, listening to it, so I've been enjoying that. So, Aragorn has been cheering me on as we go towards a championship," he said.The JackJumpers like to evoke the spirit of the scrappy underdog, but make no mistake, the club has grown from a fledgling start up to a competition juggernaut in just 3 seasons.
It prompted league chief executive David Stevenson to label Tasmania as "the most successful expansion club in any sport", while last week, league and club owner Larry Kestelman told ABC Sport he expected a review to be undertaken of the 5,000-seat MyState Bank Arena to determine steps forward for a potential expansion.
"The JackJumpers staff, they still laugh and say 'I can't believe you scheduled the birth around the game', but you gotta do what you gotta do."Hall, who owns custom shoes, courtside season tickets and has vowed to get a championship tattoo, says the team has taught him to "believe" again.
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