NBL Round 3 (Regular Season): #1 SG Bball is defeated by Siglap

Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The most surprising game was the first loss of SG Bball (2-1) against ninth ranked Siglap on Sunday night. Siglap were rolled over by ninth ranked Siglap (1-1) 93-63. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of SG Bball. They outrebounded SG Bball 56-29 including a 23-10 advantage in offensive rebounds. The former international guard Xavier Ng Jun (188-2000) stepped up and scored 26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners and forward Zahid Mohamed chipped in 19 points and 7 rebounds. Siglap's coach felt very confident that he used 11 players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Jonathan Hai responded with 26 points and 8 rebounds. It was the only win of guest team this round and in all other games host teams recorded victories. Siglap left bottom position moving up to fifth place, which they share with Tong Whye. SG Bball at the other side dropped to the third position with one game lost. They share it with Tagawa.
Leader Hornets blasted bottom-ranked SBA (0-2) in Singapore 93-56 keeping the perfect record after 5 rounds. SBA is still unable to win any game. Malaysian Ding-Loon Tay (185-1994) nailed 30 points and 8 rebounds for the winning side and Russell Low-Wen accounted for 19 points and 7 rebounds. Emil Putra came up with 10 points and 6 rebounds for SBA in the defeat. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Hornets (2-0) keep a position of league leader, which they share with Adroit. SBA at the other side still closes the standings with two games lost. They share the position with Xin Hua.

In the last game of round 5 Chong Ghee lost to Tagawa 70-74.



SG Bball - Siglap 63-93

The most surprising game was the first loss of SG Bball (2-1) against ninth ranked Siglap on Sunday night. Siglap were rolled over by ninth ranked Siglap (1-1) 93-63. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of SG Bball. They outrebounded SG Bball 56-29 including a 23-10 advantage in offensive rebounds. The former international guard Xavier Ng Jun (188-2000) stepped up and scored 26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners and forward Zahid Mohamed chipped in 19 points and 7 rebounds. Siglap's coach felt very confident that he used 11 players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Jonathan Hai responded with 26 points and 8 rebounds and the former international power forward Shengyu Lim (192-1990) scored 12 points and 6 rebounds. It was the only win of guest team this round and in all other games host teams recorded victories. Siglap left bottom position moving up to fifth place, which they share with Tong Whye. SG Bball at the other side dropped to the third position with one game lost. They share it with Tagawa.
Top scorers:
Siglap: X.Ng Jun 26+7reb+4ast, Z.Mohamed 19+7reb, C.Belanger 12+5reb, Y.Thng 7+5reb+2ast, E.Kaul 6+5reb+2ast, R.Amado 5+1reb+2ast
SG Bball: J.Hai 26+8reb+1ast, S.Lim 12+6reb+2ast, S.Tuan Teo 9+2reb+1ast, E.Lim 7+1ast, R.Low 5+2reb, C.Cheek 2+2reb

Tagawa - Chong Ghee 74-70

Rather expected game when 7th ranked Chong Ghee (1-3) was defeated by fifth ranked Tagawa (2-1) 74-70. Forward Yung-Juen Teo (191-2003) nailed 25 points and 5 rebounds for the winning side and the former international forward Shi-Yu Ng (197-2000) accounted for 20 points and 5 rebounds. Swingman Alpha McKevin (193-2002) came up with a double-double by scoring 20 points and 15 rebounds (on 8-of-10 shooting from the field) and Christian Pepito added 22 points respectively for Chong Ghee in the defeat. Tagawa moved-up to third place, which they share with SG Bball. Chong Ghee at the other side keeps the seventh position with three games lost.
Top scorers:
Tagawa: Y.Teo 25+5reb, S.Ng 20+5reb+1ast, H.Parathy 9+3reb, M.Pan 9+8reb+1ast, Y.Teo 6+1reb, C.Hoe Chow 3
Chong Ghee: C.Pepito 22+4reb+2ast, A.McKevin 20+15reb+1ast, J.Chiam 15+4reb, J.Lin 8+4reb+3ast, K.Phua 5+7reb+1ast, D.Ong 0+4reb+1ast

Hornets - SBA 93-56

Leader Hornets blasted bottom-ranked SBA (0-2) in Singapore 93-56 keeping the perfect record after 5 rounds. SBA is still unable to win any game. Hornets dominated down low during the game scoring 48 of its points in the paint compared to SBA's 18 and had 21 for 29 from the free-throw line, while SBA only scored five points from the stripe. They outrebounded SBA 51-36 including a 39-23 advantage in defensive rebounds. Malaysian Ding-Loon Tay (185-1994) nailed 30 points and 8 rebounds for the winning side and Malaysian center Russell Low-Wen (200-1993) accounted for 19 points and 7 rebounds. Emil Putra came up with 10 points and 6 rebounds and Jun-Seo Han added 11 points respectively for SBA in the defeat. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Hornets (2-0) keep a position of league leader, which they share with Adroit. SBA at the other side still closes the standings with two games lost. They share the position with Xin Hua.
Top scorers:
Hornets: D.Tay 30+8reb+1ast, R.Low-Wen 19+7reb+2ast, C.Toh 12+3reb, C.Tan 8+4reb+3ast, K.Lim 8+14reb+1ast, M.Folkoff 7+4reb+2ast
SBA: W.Long Wong 12+1ast, J.Han 11+4reb, E.Putra 10+6reb, R.Ho 7+5reb, H.Rajan 7+4reb+1ast, R.Teo 4+2reb