NBL Round 1 (Regular Season): Adroit defeat Tagawa

The Regular Season in NBL just started. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Tagawa on the court of Adroit on Sunday night. Visitors were rolled over by Adroit 75-54. Adroit outrebounded Tagawa 48-37 including 18 on the offensive glass. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international Meng Leon Kwek Wei (190-1996) who helped to win the game recording 24 points (perfect from the field making all eight shots !!!). The former international swingman Hanbin Ng (193-1989) contributed with 11 points and 5 rebounds for the winners. International forward Shi-Yu Ng (197-2000) answered with 17 points and 7 rebounds for Tagawa. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Adroit is looking forward to face Chong Ghee in the next round. Tagawa's supporters also look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Singapore to the arena Siglap.
Another exciting game for Tong Whye which played on the court of SG Bball. Tong Whye eked out just a narrow 2-points road win over SG Bball 75-73. SG Bball was very close to get their first win. But it seems they have to wait a little bit longer. Marco Kok stepped up and scored 20 points and 5 rebounds for the winners and Lavin Raj V chipped in 18 points and 7 rebounds. At the losing side the former international power forward Shengyu Lim (192-1990) responded with 17 points and 9 rebounds. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Tong Whye will play against Tungsan in the next round which should be an easy win for them. SG Bball will play against Nanyang and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
An interesting game was also tough home loss of Police in a game versus undefeated Siglap 64-60. Gavin Tay nailed 14 points and 8 rebounds for the winning side. Bayot Ferrera came up with 13 points and 9 rebounds for Police in the defeat. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Siglap's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Singapore Tagawa.

In the last game of round 1 SBA beat Tungsan on the road 60-48.
The most impressive performance of 1st round was 6 points and 9 rebounds by Sze Tuan Teo of SBA.



Adroit - Tagawa 75-54

The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Tagawa on the court of Adroit on Sunday night. Visitors were rolled over by Adroit 75-54. Adroit outrebounded Tagawa 48-37 including 18 on the offensive glass. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international Meng Leon Kwek Wei (190-1996) who helped to win the game recording 24 points (perfect from the field making all eight shots !!!). The former international swingman Hanbin Ng (193-1989) contributed with 11 points and 5 rebounds for the winners. International forward Shi-Yu Ng (197-2000) answered with 17 points and 7 rebounds and Australian guard Darren Ng (189-1983) added 14 points in the effort for Tagawa. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Adroit is looking forward to face Chong Ghee in the next round. Tagawa's supporters also look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Singapore to the arena Siglap.
Top scorers:
Tagawa: S.Ng 17+7reb, D.Ng 14+4reb+2ast, R.Low 12+7reb+1ast, Y.Teo 6+6reb, M.Pan 3+4reb, A.Zee-Kin 2+2reb
Adroit: M.Leon Kwek Wei 24+4reb+1ast, C.Yu 14+3reb+2ast, H.Ng 11+5reb+3ast, L.Liew 9+5reb+1ast, Z.Wong 8+4reb+2ast, D.Goh 6+10reb+2ast

SG Bball - Tong Whye 73-75

Another exciting game for Tong Whye which played on the court of SG Bball. Tong Whye eked out just a narrow 2-points road win over SG Bball 75-73. SG Bball was very close to get their first win. But it seems they have to wait a little bit longer. Tong Whye forced 21 SG Bball turnovers and had a 21-10 advantage in offensive rebounds. Marco Kok stepped up and scored 20 points and 5 rebounds for the winners and the former international forward Lavin Raj V (201-2000) chipped in 18 points and 7 rebounds. At the losing side the former international power forward Shengyu Lim (192-1990) responded with 17 points and 9 rebounds and point guard Bin Putra (180-2002) scored 12 points and 7 rebounds. Four SG Bball players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Tong Whye will play against Tungsan in the next round which should be an easy win for them. SG Bball will play against Nanyang and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
SG Bball: S.Lim 17+9reb+2ast, R.Low 14+3reb, B.Putra 12+7reb+2ast, J.Lee 10+3reb+2ast, P.Chua 6+3reb+2ast, S.Ng 6+7reb+1ast
Tong Whye: M.Kok 20+5reb+3ast, L.Raj V 18+7reb+1ast, E.Tan-Zhi 8+6reb, B.Lim 8+13reb+3ast, C.Campbell 8+7reb+2ast, S.Pillay 6+3reb+1ast

Police - Siglap 60-64

An interesting game was also tough home loss of Police in a game versus undefeated Siglap 64-60. The former international guard Gavin Tay (188-1999) nailed 14 points and 8 rebounds for the winning side and Zahid Mohamed accounted for 16 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks. Four Siglap players scored in double figures. Bayot Ferrera came up with 13 points and 9 rebounds and Rizal Muhammad added 13 points respectively for Police in the defeat. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Siglap's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Singapore Tagawa.
Top scorers:
Police: B.Ferrera 13+9reb+1ast, R.Muhammad 13+2reb+1ast, S.Chong Siew 8+4reb+1ast, Q.Feng Chan 6+1ast, B.Lim 6+1reb+1ast, W.How Chua 6+1reb+1ast
Siglap: Z.Mohamed 16+8reb+1ast, X.Ng Jun 15+4reb+1ast, G.Tay 14+8reb+3ast, J.Tan 12+1reb, J.Tang 3+2reb, Y.Thng 2+5reb+2ast

Tungsan - SBA 48-60

But Tungsan was not able to use a home court advantage and was defeated by the opponent from 60-48 on Sunday night. SBA forced 25 Tungsan turnovers. Haran Prem nailed 13 points and 6 rebounds for the winning side and Sze Tuan Teo accounted for 6 points and 9 rebounds. Prasant Selvakumar came up with 11 points and 8 rebounds and Xun Owen Liow added 6 points and 6 rebounds respectively for Tungsan in the defeat. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. SBA will meet Xin Hua in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Tungsan will play against Tong Whye in Singapore and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Tungsan: P.Selvakumar 11+8reb, K.Catiter 8+5reb, M.Kankam 7+2reb, X.Owen Liow 6+6reb+2ast, M.Christopher 6+3reb+1ast, Z.Sim 4+2reb+1ast
SBA: H.Prem 13+6reb+2ast, Z.Tng 10+3reb+2ast, J.Seo Han 7+7reb, S.Tuan Teo 6+9reb+1ast, J.Rong Koh 6+5reb, W.Shern Ooi 5+6reb+1ast