AS the play-offs begin on Saturday, the Cheshire Jets – whose starting five all now boast Mohawk haircuts to mark the achievement – head into a double-header against this season’s bogey side, Worcester Wolves.

John Lavery’s Jets are the form team in the league but they have not beaten the Wolves in three BBL Championship meetings this season.

But Kai Williams believes over two legs the in-form Jets can overcome Paul James’ men.

“Two times I’ve played them since I’ve been here,” he said. “We played well for three quarters and fell apart in the last at their place and back at the Northgate Arena we give just a lacklustre performance.

“But everyone’s feeling good now, I’ve been here longer and I think we’ll play much better on Saturday

“We’ve been playing much better basketball of late so I think we’ll be confident. It comes down to execution, and playing our best but I think we can beat them.”

The play-offs see the Jets go to Worcester on Saturday night before returning for the second leg at the Northgate Arena on Sunday (5.30pm). The winning team on aggregate goes through, the losers go home.

“The play-offs is the ultimate pressure and we have to come ready to play,” said Williams. “It’s especially important on Saturday because you can’t win it all in the first leg but you can definitely lose it.”

He attempted to dismiss praise for his role, despite teammate Adam Brown and coach Lavery both recently highlighting his contribution to the balance of the team.

“I don’t know if I’ve been that much of a catalyst,” said the Canadian. “But ever since I’ve been here Colin has had some really good games, Matt has been a lot better on his ankle, Bill’s been great and Adam has been doing a good job at the point guard position. I’m just a piece that I guess is just trying to help out a little bit.”

Williams was the last member of the Jets starting five to adopt the Mohawk, which the team is hoping will catch on with fans and be a light-hearted way to unify people behind their play-off push.

“It started with three and everybody followed suit,” said Williams. “It’s kind of an ongoing joke now.”