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JOEY JOHNSON and Travis Gaertner led Canada to a gold medal at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, and they continue to wheel and deal their basketball magic back home.Johnson, the big playmak-er, was named tournament MVP and Gaertner, the fast-as-wind layup artist who accepts most of Johnson’s fast-break passes, scored 31 points as the Winnipeg Thunder became the first team ever to win three consecutive Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League championships on the weekend.The Thunder overcame an early IS-14 deficit to beat the Twin City Spinners 71-57 on Sunday in the championship final at the University of Winnipeg Duckworth Centre. Gaertner scored 20 of his points in the first half to key the comeback while Johnson added 19 and Darren Bittner, the star of Manitoba’s Canada Winter Games team in New Brunswick, added 18.The Ottawa Kamikaze won the bronze medal by beating the Edmonton Raiders 71-51 while the Douglas College Royals finished fifth and the Lethbridge Steamers sixth. Gaertner was also named to the tournament all-star team.'v*)irr j?AmateurSceneChris Cariou
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