The Armor finished 12-12 at the MassMutual Center.
SPRINGFIELD – Willie Reed did not score a lot Wednesday at the MassMutual Center, but he certainly showed NBA scouts a full repertoire of offensive moves, including a game-winning jump shot.
The 6-foot-10 Reed caught an inbounds pass from Ben Uzoh and knocked down a 12-footer over Arinze Onuaku with six-tenths of a second left to lift the Springfield Armor to a 110-108 victory over the Canton Charge before 2,461.
It was the final home game for the Armor (18-27), who finished 12-12 here. The win denied – at least for one more day – a playoff spot the Charge (27-19), but the Armor's postseason hopes closed with a Sioux Falls win later in the evening.
"Willie made a great play to catch the ball and put it on the numbers, and he finished it for us," Armor coach Bob MacKinnon said. "I thought it was a good effort all around, a good team effort."
The Armor started the day by losing to recall their two assigned players from the Brooklyn Nets, Tornike Shengelia and Tyshawn Taylor. That didn't seem to affect Springfield all that much as MacKinnon played everyone and each player scored, with seven in double figures.
It was the sixth straight game the Armor scored over 100 points, and 10th time in 11 games.
"Guys played hard and shared the ball," MacKinnon said. "We had 23 assists, and that's the way the game should be played."
Neither team led by more than six points, but after each of the first three quarters, the Charge had the lead, albeit by only a point or two. They actually led by five with 3:05 to play after D'Aundray Brown (17 points) hit a 3-pointer.
Carleton Scott (10 points) scored off an offensive rebound, one of just eight in the game for Springfield, which was outrebounded 46-31.
Dennis Horner (11 points) then hit a straightaway 3-pointer on a pass from Dominique Jones (team-high 24 points and six assists) to tie the game with 1:35 to play.
Both teams then had empty trips, the Armor grabbing a defensive rebound with 2.5 seconds left. After a time-out advanced the ball to Springfield's end, Uzoh made the pass and Reed (13 points) made the shot.
"That was the play that I was looking for coming out of the time-out," Uzoh said. "I had three options, but in the back of my head, I had the one I wanted based on the time and situation.
"I told Willie to tell Dom to set a good back screen and he did that. I just threw it up there to let Willie use his height, and he did a good job finishing the shot."
"Ben had told me he was going to look for me, so he trusted in me and passed to me, and I came through with the shot," Reed said.
Reed had his customary dunks and layups, but he also showed versatility with the game-winner, as well as a face-up move in which he drove by his defender using a crossover dribble.
It wasn't the prettiest of wins, but after dropping the last two home games, a win in their Springfield finale held a little more weight for the Armor.
"We wanted to leave a lasting memory in the fans' minds," Reed said. "We thought they deserved it after supporting us all season long, so we just wanted to make sure we gave them something that they could look forward to."