Experienced American-Bahrain Chester Giles (211-C-85) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's leader Pelita Jaya and that's him to receive a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 21. The 32-year old center had a double-double of 23 points and fourteen rebounds, while his team crushed Satya Wacana (#4, 6-9) with 24-point margin 103-79. It allowed Pelita Jaya to consolidate first place in the Indonesian IBL. Pelita Jaya has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 13-1. It was one of impressive evenings for Giles as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Oregon State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Giles is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 12.0rpg) and averages solid 1.5bpg.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 24-year old American guard Madarious Gibbs (185-G-93) of Satya Wacana. Gibbs impressed basketball fans with 41 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Bad luck as Satya Wacana lost that game 79-103 to the higher-ranked Pelita Jaya (#1, 13-1). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the top position in White Group. Satya Wacana still maintains its place in the top 4 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 6-9 record. Gibbs is a newcomer at Satya Wacana and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 22.5ppg (#1). He also recorded 4.5 assists per game.
The third best performed player last round was American Jason Carter (206-F-92, agency: Haylett Sports) of NSH (#5). Carter scored 19 points and grabbed twenty three rebounds (!!!). Despite Carter's great performance NSH lost 61-66 to slightly higher-ranked Hang Tuah (#3, 6-9). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. NSH can only dream about fighting for top spots in Red Group. They have rather bad season and 2-12 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Too bad for Carter he does not play for a better team. But maybe if he did, his season stats would not be that high. Carter has individually a great season in Indonesia. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 14.0rpg (4th best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Wayne Bradford (193-G-92) of Pelita Jaya - 22 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists 5. Gary Jacobs (188-PG-92) of Garuda - 18 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists 6. Nahshon George (206-F-93) of Hang Tuah - 27 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists 7. Dom Williams (180-PG-92) of Stapac - 28 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists 8. Keenan Palmore (185-G-94) of Hang Tuah - 15 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists 9. David Seagers (188-G-88) of Pacific Caesar - 7 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists 10. Roderick Flemings (203-C/F-87) of Garuda - 10 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists
The Player of the week is selected based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
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CLS Knights celebrate ASEAN League title - 6 days ago
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Singapore S. - CLS Knights 81-84
CLS Knights earned ASEAN League title. They upset Singapore Slingers in the decisive fifth game of the championship series to celebrate the trophy. The guests trailed by 7 points after three quarters before their 26-16 charge, which allowed them to win the game. Strangely Singapore Slingers outrebounded CLS Knights 45-31 including a 18-5 advantage in offensive rebounds. American-Nigerian power forward Maxie Esho (206-F/C-91, college: Massachusetts, agen... [read more]
Singapore S. - CLS Knights 81-84
CLS Knights earned ASEAN League title. They upset Singapore Slingers in the decisive fifth game of the championship series to celebrate the trophy. The guests trailed by 7 points after three quarters before their 26-16 charge, which allowed them to win the game. Strangely Singapore Slingers outrebounded CLS Knights 45-31 including a 18-5 advantage in offensive rebounds. American-Nigerian power forward Maxie Esho (206-F/C-91, college: Massachusetts, agency: Two Points) stepped up and scored 25 points and 8 rebounds for the winners and American guard Douglas Herring Jr. (191-G-87, college: Utica) chipped in 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. American guard Xavier Alexander (198-G-88, college: S.Nazarene) responded with a triple-double by scoring 23 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists and the other American import guard Jerran Young (198-G-91, college: Wright St.) scored 20 points and 9 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Top scorers: Singapore S.: X.Alexander 23+12reb+10ast, J.Young 20+9reb+3ast, K.Chiang Goh 19+11reb, J.Fields 13+11reb+2ast, L.Hua Liew 3+1reb+1ast, H.Hanbin 3 CLS Knights: M.Esho 25+8reb+1ast, D.Herring Jr. 18+6reb+7ast, D.Watkins 17+11reb, B.Jawato 16+3reb+2ast, L.Wong-Wei 6+1reb, F.Nugroho 2
Singapore Slingers maintain composure to beat CLS Knights Indonesia 63-60 in ABL Finals Game 3 - 12 days ago
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Not even harassment by stalkers after their morning training session could throw the Singapore Slingers off as they kept their focus and defeated CLS Knights Indonesia on Wednesday (May 8). The steely 63-60 win in Game 3 of the Asean Basketball League (ABL) Finals meant the Slingers have taken a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. In front of a partisan 3,000-strong capacity crowd armed with airhorns, drums and pot covers at the GOR CLS Kertajaya, both teams played good defence to restri... [read more]
Not even harassment by stalkers after their morning training session could throw the Singapore Slingers off as they kept their focus and defeated CLS Knights Indonesia on Wednesday (May 8). The steely 63-60 win in Game 3 of the Asean Basketball League (ABL) Finals meant the Slingers have taken a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. In front of a partisan 3,000-strong capacity crowd armed with airhorns, drums and pot covers at the GOR CLS Kertajaya, both teams played good defence to restrict each other's scoring. Only one point separated the teams at the end of each of the first three quarters. Slingers coach Neo Beng Siang said: "Defensively, we were locked in and we played as a team to hold them to another low score after Game 2 (which Slingers won 77-57 at the OCBC Arena). "It is always going to be tough playing here and even though some unpleasant things happened, we told the players to focus and play like there is no tomorrow. "I'm proud of the players. We talked about winning at least one game here and they showed how hungry they were to win. Players like (Ng) Han Bin don't usually get that many rebounds but he had six tonight with three big ones at the offensive end." Earlier in the day, the Slingers' team bus was tailed and rocked by a group of more than 10 men after their practice session at the match venue. No one was hurt but the league and Knights management added extra security personnel to ensure safety and order. While the Slingers did not seem affected by the incident, shooters Sandy Kurniawan (190-SG-86) and former Slinger Wong Wei Long (186-G-88) combined for three triples in the opening quarter as the Knights tried to pull away in the opening period. But the Slingers reeled in a 17-11 deficit to make it 17-16. It was more of the same in reverse as the visitors started the second quarter with 9-0 run, only for the hosts to erase that with eight straight points as the Slingers entered half-time with a 28-27 lead. The Knights continued to pile on the treys in the third quarter, but the Slingers showed great character to stay in the game. Instead, the Knights seemed to be the ones overawed by the pressure as they converted only six of 13 free-throw attempts, compared to the Slingers' nine-from-11, which ultimately proved costly in a close contest. Jerran Young (198-G-91, college: Wright St.)'s three-pointer midway through the last period gave the Slingers a five-point lead which proved decisive. Fields, the subject of plenty of online and verbal abuse, was the top Slingers scorer alongside Young. Both had 16 points. Fields said: "This was a good win that showed the mettle of the team. "The atmosphere didn't intimidate us. (Ng) Han Bin knocked down treys, while Xavier (Alexander) and Jerran (Young) closed the game for us. "We got to keep it cool and we are not going to think about the title. We want to recuperate, hydrate, and return for Game 4 again with a backs-to-the-wall mentality." The Slingers can lift their first ABL title with a win here in Game 4 on Saturday (May 11). If the series go to Game 5, the decider will be played in Singapore on May 15. Neo added: "We have to mentally and physically strong. We wanted at least one win here, but now that we got one, it is not enough, we want to finish off the series here in Game 4." Courtesy of: straitstimes.com
Singapore Slingers bounce back to rout CLS Knights 77-57 and level ABL Finals series at 1-1 - 16 days ago
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After surrendering so meekly in Friday's chastening 86-67 Game 1 defeat by CLS Knights Indonesia in the Asean Basketball League (ABL) Finals, the Singapore Slingers returned to the OCBC Arena on Sunday (May 5) as different beasts. Neo Beng Siang's men were hungrier, faster and sharper as they routed the visitors 77-57 in Game 2 to get their best-of-five Finals series back on track. Even without starting American point guard Jerran Young, the Slingers played great defence and made their sh... [read more]
After surrendering so meekly in Friday's chastening 86-67 Game 1 defeat by CLS Knights Indonesia in the Asean Basketball League (ABL) Finals, the Singapore Slingers returned to the OCBC Arena on Sunday (May 5) as different beasts. Neo Beng Siang's men were hungrier, faster and sharper as they routed the visitors 77-57 in Game 2 to get their best-of-five Finals series back on track. Even without starting American point guard Jerran Young, the Slingers played great defence and made their shots count to get off to a 21-9 lead in the first quarter. The Slingers were paced by ABL World Import MVP Xavier Alexander (198-G-88, college: S.Nazarene)'s 16 points and Defensive Player of the Year John Fields (205-F/C-88, college: Tennessee)'s 15 points while Young also sufficiently recovered from a hamstring niggle to claim 14 points. The Singaporean players, led by Ng Han Bin (14 points) and Oh Desmond (178-PG-86) (nine), also stepped up big time to combine for 32 points with some hot shooting from range. But the key to the convincing win was solid defence as they restricted Knights' dangermen Darryl Watkins (211-C-84, college: Syracuse) and Maxie Esho (206-F/C-91, college: Massachusetts, agency: Two Points) to a combined 20 points. The Slingers then ended the game with an all-local quintet for the last 48 seconds. The Knights still have home-court advantage as they will host Games 3 and 4 in Surabaya on Wednesday and Saturday, but the Slingers will look to build on this winning momentum. Courtesy of: straitstimes.com
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