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Indonesia vs. Nippon 120 - 124 (62657)

Another tough loss for us. Today we basically had some chances until our SF was still in the game but after his injury the match was one way street for us.
Japanese SF is an extraordinary attacking player, with some of the skills of levels 24, 22 and 21 so it was not a surprise he will produce a lot of points.
Before the match I was in doubt will that player be a SF or a C so I was not comfortable with guessing the GDP. However, it was better for us that he was playing as SF because he would have done even more damage as a C with this tactic.
To summarize, today's loss is basically 3 reasons
- my decision not to guess GDP
- our best player is not in good game shape (recovering from a 2 weeks injury)
- our starting SF today got injured in the 1/4

Todays result mean that we will finish the 2nd stage without a single win which is a disappointment of course.

Indonesia vs. China 50 - 140 (62659)

one another expected loss for us. the other contender of the tournament. With our enthusiasm spent in the previous game, ˜90 points in difference is somewhat expected.

Malaysia vs. Indonesia 72 - 43 (62663)

with this, yet another defeat, we have concluded this season's competition. 5 loses in a row, very bad streak indeed.
For the todays game, we were underdogs, so the result is confirming that.

Crucial point was a surprising lost to Iran with our great effort spent on that game without getting a win. Not only that, it was comfort win for the opponents. After that we didn't have much chances with low enth against Japan who has recovered their enth and used one extraordinary player to dominate with patient tactics.

With very nice results in the first phase of the tournament this season, the second phase is disappointment. looking forward to the next season, and keep up with trainings people.

Happy New year to all.

Offseason preparation

Today I've started with re-assessing all the players skills and updating the shortlist with NT players. Congratulations to all the work invested in training Indo players. Couple of players gained from 3 to 6 skills this season which is not bad at all having in mind that shortlist only has players 24yo and older.

I'm in contact with U21 coach and will reach out to owners of players exiting U21 squad and shortlist.

For now, there will be only one new name in the roster and we will see if any player will leave NT based on the skills drop

Cheers

New season ahead - Season 56

New season already started but only today we have our first game. In 6h we are meeting with Panama. We know the first game in the season is always a tough one so let's cheer for Indo NT for the win!

This season we have 2 veterans, 2 legends retiring from NT squad due to their age and anticipated skills drop.
Nikson Mandagi (42083595) - best scorer in NT history, 2nd best in games played. A true legend of the NT. Will be missed for sure
Imran Roekito (42083554) - 9th place in all time scorers, 2nd best rebounder

These two guys were the leaders 2 season ago, with Mandagi leading the scorers with 355 points (in a single season!) and Imran with 130 rebounds! And that was not their best NT season at all! Thanks to their managers for all the training and minutes. Great job, fellows!

on the other hand, we have one new face in the roster
Galang Surbakti (47723539) - most improved player of the last season, coached by sionk (50573), who already has couple of NT players as well. Nice job coach, keep up the great work.
Also shout-out to other managers who are keeping and improving the players.

As for the season plans, we have 2 games scheduled already, we'll try to win first 2 games and then we will wait to see the draw and our schedule for the season. Hopefully we will have more success than in previous one.

Stay well everybody!

Last edited by spaciulis at 1/24/2022 1:41:40 PM

Indonesia vs. Panama 109 - 106 (63431)

Huh, a nail-biter in the first round. Luckily, it went to our side! So I've missed the GDP that helped the opponent in a way. Now, I'm surprised that our game-coach decided not to bring any other players into to game! This is funny and interesting from the game engine.

But a win is a win, we move on. Next week we are playing vs Ireland, it will be a much stronger opponent than in the first round

Ireland vs. Indonesia 77 - 119 (63468)

one more win today for us. The game where result might have been known prior to the match, not because we are that stronger but because opponent had a really bad game shape for their star player.
We got some new faces in the backup squad who showed up nicely today.

Next is the draw for the 2nd stage, so now we wait to see our new opponents

Uruguay vs. Indonesia 116 - 109 (63513)

A pity for the loss today because of more effort we have put then the opponent. It was a tough and close game, decided only after 2nd overtime. At some point in the 4th quarter we have had a couple of points lead, but till the end of the quarter we were lucky to get into the overtime.
Moving to next games, we will see if we would have more luck in the next rounds

Indonesia vs. Malta 92 - 82 (63543)

interesting win for us today. surprisingly not very comfortable win but we are struggling with game shape this season.
on the other side, my guess that we will prevail from the SF position with a player who is more a PF turned out to be a good prediction. certainly a game winner for us.
other important, and yet interesting event - lots of personal fouls from both PFs today where opponent's PF exited the game very early with 6 fouls and being the best player for them till that point. After that I think it was just one way street having in mind our tactics for today

Indonesia vs. Danmark 76 - 85 (63605)

One tough loss for us today. Denmark has proven to be in the good run this season and they had the home advantage. Despite that, I thought we could make a surprise on their court if we guess with GDP and we did guess it for the outside tactics.
I think there were 2 decision makers today: home court advantage and their PF has stayed in the game for a whole half with 5 personal fouls.
Up to 2 minutes to end we were even or we had a minimal lead. Then a series of turnovers propelled them to +6. We made to recover to -2 with their ball possession but game engine decided to go with a foul on our side, letting them shoot 2 ft and getting away to +4. After that it was one way streeet: we were missing the 3p shots, they were making the FTs

România vs. Indonesia 104 - 95 (63648)

unfortunately, one more loss against somewhat stronger team. Turning point of the game was the 6th personal fault of our starting SG after which opponent prevail the result advantage to their favour.
Except that nothing much to say. This will most likely leave us out of the playoffs which was the goal for the season.