VBA Round 25: Heat keep a leadership position

The Regular Season in VBA is slowly approaching the end. But there may be still some important changes in the final standings in the last 5 rounds. Host teams show no mercy winning all games. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The game had a very big importance for second-ranked Heat as it allowed them to take a leadership position. Heat smashed 3rd placed Warriors in Saigon 90-70. Heat looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Heat made 7 blocks. American swingman Kentrell Barkley (195-1996, college: ECU, agency: Haylett Sports) fired a triple-double by scoring 17 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 blocks for the winners. International guard Kim Ban Vo (185-2000) chipped in 22 points. American power forward John Fields (205-1988, college: Tennessee, agency: Octagon Europe) produced a double-double by scoring 28 points and 14 rebounds (on 12-of-13 shooting from the field) for lost side. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. As mentioned above they are alone now at the top position. Warriors at the other side dropped to the fourth place with seven games lost. Warriors will have a break next week, which should allow them to rest in order to get back on the winning path. Heat will try to continue on its current victory against second ranked Buffaloes in Hanoi.

In the last game of round 25 City Wings were defeated by Dolphins in Nha Trang 93-83.
The best stats of 25th round was 34 points (!!!), 8 rebounds and 8 assists by Jeremy Smith of City Wings.

Saigon Heat - Warriors 90-70

The game had a very big importance for second-ranked Heat as it allowed them to take a leadership position. Heat smashed 3rd placed Warriors in Saigon 90-70. Heat looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Heat made 7 blocks. American swingman Kentrell Barkley (195-1996, college: ECU, agency: Haylett Sports) fired a triple-double by scoring 17 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 blocks for the winners. International guard Kim Ban Vo (185-2000) chipped in 22 points. Five Heat players scored in double figures. American power forward John Fields (205-1988, college: Tennessee, agency: Octagon Europe) produced a double-double by scoring 28 points and 14 rebounds (on 12-of-13 shooting from the field) and power forward Anh Nguyen Tuan (186-2001) added 11 points respectively for lost side. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. As mentioned above they are alone now at the top position. Warriors at the other side dropped to the fourth place with seven games lost. Warriors will have a break next week, which should allow them to rest in order to get back on the winning path. Heat will try to continue on its current victory against second ranked Buffaloes in Hanoi.
Top scorers:
Saigon Heat: V.Kim Ban 22+4reb, K.Barkley 17+13reb+11ast, H.Thomas 15+7reb+2ast, M.An Du 11+2reb+1ast, P.Vinh Nguyen 10+6reb+3ast, H.Truc Nhan 5+1reb+3ast
Warriors: J.Fields 28+14reb+2ast, A.Nguyen Tuan 11+3reb+2ast, T.Le Hieu 9, S.Swint 6+3reb+6ast, T.Hung Dang 6+3reb, Y.Justin 5+3reb+1ast

Dolphins - City Wings 93-83

The game between closely ranked teams ended with 5th ranked Wings' (6-10) road loss to fourth ranked Dolphins (9-6) 83-93 on Sunday. Dolphins looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists. American center Dominique Tham (195-1996, college: Mount Olive) fired a double-double by scoring 15 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners. His fellow American import guard Madarious Gibbs (185-1993, college: Texas Southern) chipped in a double-double by scoring 19 points and 11 assists. Five Dolphins players scored in double figures. American guard Jeremy Smith (190-1991, college: Nicholls St.) produced 34 points (!!!), 8 rebounds and 8 assists and Ukrainian forward Yevgen Sakhniuk (201-1995, college: Jefferson) added 24 points and 14 rebounds respectively for lost side. Dolphins moved-up to third place. Loser Wings keep the fifth position with ten games lost. Dolphins are looking forward to face bottom-ranked Dragons (#7) in Danang in the next round. Wings will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Dolphins: M.Gibbs 19+2reb+11ast, R.Sampson 18+4reb, D.Tham 15+14reb+5ast, S.Minh Tam 13+2reb+2ast, H.Vinh Quang 12+1ast, N.Phuc Vinh 11+7reb+3ast
City Wings: J.Smith 34+8reb+8ast, Y.Sakhniuk 24+14reb+3ast, N.Quang Vinh 10+4reb+3ast, H.Le Tran 7+1ast, T.Tran 7+3reb, P.Hien 1+5reb



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