History will be made when the Tasmania JackJumpers take the court in game one of their NBL semi-final series against Melbourne United on Thursday night at John Cain Arena.
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It's the new franchise's maiden play-offs and they're the first foundation club to make finals in their inaugural season since Gold Coast Blaze in 2008.
Guard Josh Magette rates the JackJumpers' Cinderella story season as one of the best achievements of his career.
"It's towards the top for sure, the special part is our improvement throughout the year, to go from 2-6 to 17-11 and make finals is a ton to be proud of," he said.
"We have a ton of room to improve and grow. I'm really proud of the group and how we stuck together and continued to improve."
He knows what the Tassie outfit must bring to what's expected to be a physical series.
"Defence has been our backbone and calling card throughout the year and it's going to be massive when we go up there, especially on the road games," he said.
"We've got to be able to sustain their runs and be able to get stops when we need to and it's been our M.O. throughout the year and I think it's going to be massive for us."
Coach Scott Roth said it would come down to which side could handle finals pressure better.
"The intensity of the game will be at a different level and that's something both teams will have to navigate during the course of the series and we'll see what happens," he said.
"There will be moments when we get in the mud and they get in the mud and I think the team that's smarter and more clever to get out of those situations and the group intelligence of Melbourne United or us to navigate some of that stuff, will probably end up deciding how this series will go."
The Apple Isle has rallied around the new club in its first season, something which hasn't been lost on the players.
"They know without question, from day one when that arena was packed, that the support has been growing and growing over the course of the months and they feel it and know what it means and completely understand about representing the state the right way," Roth said.
There were issues with Wednesday morning's members' pre-sale for game two tickets at Derwent Entertainment Centre on Saturday night.
JackJumpers chief executive officer Simon Brookhouse addressed it in a statement.
"We encountered a number of issues this morning at 9am, namely that we were unable to enter your code successfully and you were unable to enter multiple barcodes at one time," he said.
"We apologise for this issue and while we had done everything we could prior to 9am, these issues were only able to be identified when the event was on sale through Ticketek.
"I can assure you we will be addressing this issue with the ticketing agent to ensure no future problems arise."
Brookhouse also provided clarity the ticketing arrangement for finals.
"With over 4500 members filling the seats at My State Bank Arena, we were and are, unable to provide our members the opportunity to reserve their own seat at home finals," he said.
"We are aware other teams can offer this, however they have significantly greater seating capacity than we do.
"Because of an increase in league-mandated seating during the finals, we wouldn't be able to offer everyone their seat and we believe in fairness for all."
He said the JackJumpers would continue to work for the best results for their members and will have an open forum with them post-finals.
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