Birmingham
Bullets grabbed a share of the NEBL Pool A leadership on Wednesday night,
improving their record to 3-0 with a 94-87 win over Russian side Samara
at Aston Villa.
The hosts started
slow to trail by as much as 16 points during the opening stanza but rebounded
for a four points lead by half-time.
Rashod Johnson -
who missed Bullets' 88-83 victory over
Kiev on Tuesday - then put on a majestic third-quarter performance
to guide his team to a 78-63 lead which they never relinquished.
Johnson led all scorers
with 30 points and added 7 steals while Ben Walker added 22 points of his
own while according to coach Lance Randall "along with Emiko Etete playing
some tough defence of (Samara's) Jay Wiley ".
