TPBL Round 2 of Semi-Finals. Aquas and Kings register victories

Dreamers - Kaohsiung A. 90-93

Aquas forced 25 Dreamers turnovers. The best player for the winners was Tzu-Hsuan Chiu (190-1999, college: Snow CC) who scored 24 points and 4 assists. The former international Long-Mao Hu (195-1992, college: Chaminade) chipped in 18 points and 6 rebounds. The former international point guard Yu-An Chiang (174-1991) produced 21 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals and the former international point guard Chun-Chi Lin (175-1998) added 13 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists respectively for Aquas. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Dreamers' coach Jamie Pearlman rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Kaohsiung A.: T.Chiu 24+4reb+4ast, L.Hu 18+6reb+2ast, C.Sword 14+5reb+4ast, A.Morse 13+6reb, H.Chen 9+6reb+3ast, H.Yu 6+2reb+4ast
Dreamers: Y.Chiang 21+6reb+8ast, R.Walko 15+4reb, C.Lin 13+6reb+7ast, M.Loncar 12+7reb, B.Beech 10+4reb+1ast, A.Holman 9+12reb+3ast

Kings - Taipei TM 109-83

Kings outrebounded Taipei TM 53-35 including a 42-23 advantage in defensive rebounds. Kings players were unselfish on offense dishing 29 assists comparing to just 11 passes made by Taipei TM's players. American-Bulgarian center Jason Washburn (213-1990, college: Utah, agency: Pensack Sports) orchestrated the victory by scoring 26 points and 8 rebounds. Palestinian power forward Sani Sakakini (204-1988) contributed with a double-double by scoring 21 points and 13 rebounds (on 7-of-8 shooting from the field) for the winners. Four Kings players scored in double figures. Nigerian center Micheal Eric (211-1988, college: Temple) replied with 15 points and 8 rebounds and international swingman Chun Chiang (193-2001) added 13 points in the effort for Taipei TM. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games.
Top scorers:
Kings: J.Washburn 26+8reb+3ast, S.Sakakini 21+13reb+2ast, K.Manigault 18+8reb+3ast, K.Lee 11+4reb, J.Lin 10+3reb+15ast, C.Lu 9+6reb+2ast
Taipei TM: M.Eric 15+8reb+1ast, C.Chiang 13+3reb+2ast, S.Manu 12+4reb+1ast, X.Tsao 10+2reb+2ast, R.McCallum 9+4reb+3ast, K.Chien 7+3reb+2ast