Thunder boss Ibs impressed by team's aggression

Nairobi City Thunder head coach Brad Ibs has admitted his unbeaten side is far from perfect despite their weekend win in their doubleheader matches played on Friday and Saturday.

The Thunder returned to their home grounds at the Nyayo Stadium Gymnasium for the first time this season, where they welcomed Strathmore University`s Blades on Friday, winning 88-48, before administering an 80-49 blowout win over Stanbic Bank, in the late Saturday evening tip-off

The all-striking City Thunder claimed the top spot in the Kenya Premier League standings to continue their runs of unbeaten games.

Revealing the need for more tweaks in the side`s offensive executions, defensive discipline, and even remaining focused during games, he was impressed by his team`s weekend showcase.

"There are still things to clean up; we want to continue to grow in our offensive execution, the small disciplined details of our defense, we want to maintain those things, sometimes when you have a big lead, the game a little sloppier and it becomes a little more difficult to maintain focus, but it is an active conversation that we are having with them to challenge them to stay mentally tough, stay fixated on what our goals are for the game."  

Speaking to Citizen Digital, Coach Ibs was impressed by his side`s quick start to the weekend games, which he admitted has been a weakness for them over time because sometimes they would play down to their competition.  

"I think one thing that we struggled with sometimes last year, even when we played against teams that we felt we were better than, was sometimes we played down to the level of the competition, and it took us a little while to get going, and sometimes we would win by a big margin but what I was impressed with by our group this weekend was they came out swinging right away and kind of like showed what the better team was."