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Charge Drop Heartbreaker to Ignite

By Cleveland Charge Staff /February 28, 2021

ORLANDO, FL – The Canton Charge (4-7), powered by the Cleveland Cavaliers, fell at the buzzer by a 113-112 score against NBA G League Ignite (7-4) on Saturday night at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World.

Down by 11 with 5:32 in the game, Canton delivered an 11-0 run, including nine points from Sheldon Mac, to tie the contest at 109-109.  Ignite responded with a bucket of their own, but it was new Cavaliers Two-Way Player Brodric Thomas who had a sequence of a steal, split free-throws and a turnaround jumper with 4.9 seconds to give the Charge their first lead of the half, 112-111. On the other end of the court, Ignite’s Isiah Todd managed to knock down the 16-foot rainbow bank shot to take the game.

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Sheldon Mac recorded his sixth 20+ point game with 21 points off the bench and two steals in 23 minutes of action. Two-Way Player Devon Dotson tied his season-high of 21, shooting 7-for-9 from the floor and coming away with three steals. Thomas tallied his first double-double with Canton, finishing the night with 18 points and 10 rebounds in 35 minutes. Antonio Blakeney was hot off the bench, knocking down 16 points, including a perfect 3-for-3 mark from behind the arc while Marques Bolden was one rebound short of a double-double, posting 15 points, nine boards and two blocks in 31 minutes.

Jalen Green scored a game-high 26 points, including six threes, in 34 minutes. Jonathan Kuminga notched a double-double with 20 points and 13 boards in 35 minutes while Todd had a team-high three blocks to go along with 17 points in 28 minutes of action. Jarrett Jack came off the bench for 16 points and five assists on an 8-for-12 shooting line and Daishen Nix had a game-high nine assists plus eight points in 33 minutes off the bench.

Canton came out of the gate quickly, taking a 24-8 lead off baskets from four different players in the opening minutes of action. Ignite responded with 12 unanswered points to close the deficit to four. Both teams battled in the second quarter, but Ignite took the reins with a go-ahead bucket from Brandon Ashley at the 8:53 mark and would hold onto the lead until those final seconds of the game.

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The Charge get a day off before taking on the Raptors 905 at 3:30 p.m. on Monday  – Watch on FOX Sports Ohio or listen along on 99.7 FM, Canton’s New Country!  Fans can stay up-to-date on the latest team news by following: @CantonCharge on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CantonCharge and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CantonCharge.  Fans can download the new Canton Charge App on their smartphone via the iTunes Store or Google Play Store.

Become a member of Charge Nation and be there when the action returns to the Canton Memorial Civic Center! For more info, visit www.CantonCharge.com or call 866-444-1944.  The Canton Charge are part of the Cleveland Cavaliers organization and are also owned by a group led by Cavaliers Chairman and Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert. The group also owns and operates the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League, who play their games at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in downtown Cleveland.