There were only 2 rounds played so far and it's still very beginning of the Regular Season in NBL. There was no lack of excitement in the last round games. The round ended with loss of the undefeated team, derby games and games ending by tiny margin. Here is the last round review presented by ESL.
The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Adroit (2-1) at the home court on Sunday night. Hosts were edged by SAFSA (4-0) 76-74. SAFSA are looking forward to face Kai Xuan (#6) in the next round where they are favorite. Adroit will play against SBPHK H. in Singapore and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Another interesting game was a derby match between two teams from Singapore: SBPHK H. (#3) and Tagawa (#5). Tagawa was defeated at home 64-70 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. SBPHK H. will play against Adroit (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Tagawa will play against SG Bball and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Another interesting game was again a derby between two local teams from Singapore: SAFSA (#1) and Tagawa (#5). SAFSA (4-0) smashed visiting Tagawa (1-2) by 19 points 77-58. SAFSA will meet at home Kai Xuan (#6) in the next round where they are favorite. Tagawa will play against SG Bball and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Host SG Bball (2-1) lost to SAFSA (4-0) 95-78. SAFSA's next round opponent will be Kai Xuan (#6) where they are favorite. SG Bball will play against Tagawa and hope to win that game. Kai Xuan (1-2) saved a 1-point victory at home edging Min Yi (0-3) 50-49 on Friday evening. Kai Xuan will face SAFSA in Singapore in the next round and they do not belong to the favorites in that game.
In the last two games of round 2 SG Bball won against Xin Hua on the opponent's court 74-60. SBPHK H. managed to outperform Xin Hua in a home game 74-69.
Kai Xuan (1-2) saved a 1-point victory at home edging Min Yi (0-3) 50-49 on Friday evening. Kai Xuan will face SAFSA in Singapore in the next round and they do not belong to the favorites in that game.
The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Adroit (2-1) at the home court on Sunday night. Hosts were edged by SAFSA (4-0) 76-74. SAFSA are looking forward to face Kai Xuan (#6) in the next round where they are favorite. Adroit will play against SBPHK H. in Singapore and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Another interesting game was a derby match between two teams from Singapore: SBPHK H. (#3) and Tagawa (#5). Tagawa was defeated at home 64-70 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. SBPHK H. will play against Adroit (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Tagawa will play against SG Bball and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Very expected game in Singapore where Xin Hua (0-3) was defeated by SG Bball (2-1) 74-60 on Sunday. SG Bball will face Tagawa (#7) in Singapore in the next round. Xin Hua's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Singapore to the arena Siglap.
Very predictable result in Singapore where SBPHK H. (3-0) defeated Xin Hua (0-3) 74-69 on Wednesday. However just five-point win is not that big difference and the fans of host team counted on more convincing victory. SBPHK H. will face Adroit (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Xin Hua's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Singapore to the arena Siglap.
Host SG Bball (2-1) lost to SAFSA (4-0) 95-78. SAFSA's next round opponent will be Kai Xuan (#6) where they are favorite. SG Bball will play against Tagawa and hope to win that game.
Another interesting game was again a derby between two local teams from Singapore: SAFSA (#1) and Tagawa (#5). SAFSA (4-0) smashed visiting Tagawa (1-2) by 19 points 77-58. SAFSA will meet at home Kai Xuan (#6) in the next round where they are favorite. Tagawa will play against SG Bball and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
CLS Knights celebrate ASEAN League title - 1 month 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 - 1 month 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 - 1 month 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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