BuzzerBeater Forums

Haha. Hope he will exceed Ong Wan one day.

We were overwhelming underdogs going into the game, but surprisingly our boys held tight to give Philippines U21 their smallest victory of the season. Things looked positive from the start as both teams traded blows and exchanged leads, however the visitors triumphed took advantage of their quality in the post to snag a 70-84 win.

We are the only other team to have held them to below 40% from field this season, with Australia U21 holding them to 34% in their only loss of the season. However, despite standing tough on defense, our boys faltered in gaining possession, allowing them to grab 21 offensive rebounds to atone for their offensive shortcomings.

Ang An Da was our best player out there hitting a game high 17 points from an efficient 8 of 15 from field. He also grabbed 5 rebounds and dished out 3 assists. Chua How Feng also had an efficient game as the sixth man, hitting 6 of 8 from field to score 12 points. Meanwhile Png Rong cemented his status as our defensive stalwart, putting in a marvelous defensive performance with 4 blocks, 2 steals and 8 defensive rebounds (10 total rebounds). After hitting double figures in his previous 3 outings for the country, Nathan Macklin somehow ran dry, shooting 18% from field (4 of 22) and only hitting 1 of his 4 free throws. He also missed all of his 4 shots from outside. That said, it was quite a mystery as to how our players missed their free throws all night, with most of them being top shooters at U21 level. On the other side, our opponents hit most of theirs, and this ultimately gave them the win.

We will be facing Lebanon U21 next. Let's hope all our players will be in great game shape.

ang an da at this rate he going to lead the scoring and assist🤣🤣

He's our Trae Young bro... Can score can assist. Top class PG xD

Good game! Thanks for dropping by.

Actually only 1 of our regular starters had 9 GS. The other 2 were his sub and a player who was saved from being botified. I guess HCA pulled us close. Regardless, a miss is as good as a mile. Don't have any complaints tho since the better team won. Good luck with the semis!

Hahaha I think its more or less a given that you both will be in top 2. All the best!

At last! Revenge served cold!

Well, I wouldn't exactly call it revenge because we weren't going for the win in our last meeting, but it sounded like a great way to start the report. Anyway, we beat Lebanon U21 by 16 points to make it 1-1 against them this season. Not like it matters, but at least we prevented them from sweeping us.

We continued to be hit by the GS bug as we found ourselves short on serviceable bigmen again, despite already having 5 (if we don't count utilityman Fong Kum Hui) in the team. Hence I am once again very glad that our U21 pool is deep enough that I managed to dig up Tay Shun Siong, who was ready to battle. He performed admirably in his debut with 13 points and 9 rebounds. His aggressiveness on the offensive post saw him draw some fouls, as well as grabbing a game high 5 offensive rebounds. His partner in the post, Chua How Feng, refused to be outdone, and posted an all-round performance with 16 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 blocks. It was a career night for him at the defensive end, as he has only ever blocked that many times once, and even then, it was a scrimmage where he played 48 minutes. His 16 rebounds also meant he is only the 5th Singaporean player to break 300 rebounds for the U21, leapfrogging Toh Chun Yao to take 5th place in the all-time rebound standings. With 2 games left, how high up the rankings can he climb?

Equally impressive on the defensive end was Mike Gomboting, who picked up his first start. He finished the game with 9 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals. Although he just shot 31% from field, but his willingness to switch up his game and set up his teammates gave him an impressive +/- of +20. The only one to top that was Ethan bin Intiang, who hit a game high 24 points off 63% shooting. Last of all, Ang An Da continued to be the heart of the offense, with an impressive statline of 19 points and 8 assists, hitting 64% of his shots from field.

I should say, our defense really carried us today. However we might want to learn how to reduce our mistakes, as we had quite a number of silly turnovers.

We shall face goliath Hong Kong U21 next. They are clear frontrunners to finish 1-2 alongside Philippines U21, so don't bank on us getting anything out of the game. Setting sights on our neighhours, Malaysia U21, would be a more realistic target.

fun fact. this game mark Ang An Da 100th assist ><.. should i up his assist or continue his offensive skill ><

OMG yes! How did I miss that. He hit exactly 100 assists after this game. He is indeed our most complete offensive player here. Definitely our future CP3!