BASKETBALL: Williams feels the chill

WITH THE Budweiser League season just three games old, the Greater London Leopards coach, Billy Mims, last night axed Bryan Williams ahead of tomorrow's meeting with last season's runners-up, Birmingham Bullets.

The champions' dismal start reached crisis level with the midweek 90- 84 home defeat against the unbeaten leaders, Derby Storm. "I can't get any new players in time for the game at Birmingham, but the team have not been performing up to expectation and I had to make changes," Mims said.

Leopards won their opening fixture at Newcastle Eagles, but last weekend's defeat at Sheffield Sharks was followed by the dismal showing against Derby.

"I've got to find another 20 points from somewhere and we have to consider whether we have the right mix of players," Mims said. "Something has got to be fixed and, with a club like this, it has to be fixed quickly."