Cup Watch
Sorry all, due to my busy schedule the Cup Watch came a little later. So, i'll do a recap of the cup games instead of a preview for last cup game.
Lady Luck was pretty pissed off with league II.1, or somehow the Singapore Basketball Association wanted a battle royale between 6 several league II.1 teams. Either way only half of II.1 survived the last cup matches. 4 teams are now left to face the tougher cup games ahead as plenty of SBBL members are still surviving.
juntion 9 went up against Choa Chu Kang Colonels at home and it was a blowout in favour of juntion 9. 6'6" C Kok Nie Chao of juntion 9 had a huge night scoring a season high 25pts, grabbed 17 rebounds and dished off 9 assists flirting with a triple double as most junction 9 starters sat this one out. PG Li Chin Shi added in 19pts, 5asts and reserve SF Khurshid Muhammed contributed 17pts in 28mins. Besides the hot shooting, juntion 9's players showcased some great defensive plays that kept anyone in the Colonels from scoring more than 13pts. The final score Choa Chu Kang Colonels 52, juntion 9 112.
Sugar Ray facing off Singapore ranked no 2 Commpassvale United and we have to give props to Sugar Ray for not giving this game up. Week 3 player of the week, Pol Sabaté, did all he could to try to keep Sugar Ray within shooting range scoring 17pts but he had little help from the rest of the team as Compassvale United started pulling away already in the 1st quarter. Remy Wisgerhof was unstoppable, pouring in 37pts together with 6asts and PF Ljubinko Vojinovic came off the bench looking for his teammates, recording 10asts in just 18mins of play finishing the night with a double double of 11pts and 10asts. Compassvale United brought Sugar Ray back to school with a 103-51 victory.
In Shohoku statium, with legend Sakuragi Hanamichi spotted at the sidelines, the NEWBak Ku Teh Kings visted the Shohoku Backers and the Backers showed the Kings that they might have some ways to go before challanging SBBL. Daugalis Špilevskis of the Backers scored 25pts, shooting 3-5 from downtown and Shohoku Backers pulled off a quick start outscoring the Kings 33-17 in the first quarter. G Łukasz Merta had a good all around performance with 15pts, 5rebs, 4asts and 4 steals in 26mins against the opposing Kings. Recent Kings acquisation from Hong Kong, So You Xiong, lead all King's players with 21pts and 6rebs. Vitmoil Wolf ran the offense brillantly with 12asts but the 1st quarter breakdown and too many turnovers proved costly for the Kings as the Shohoku Backers won the cup game 109-93.
In the 1st league II.1 cup Battle Royale match, Pacific Storm went against rajons team in the match of the big men C Youssef Kadri from Pacific Storm and C Chung Wen Xin plus 7 foot PF Rudolf Godovnikov from rajons team. Rudolf Godovnikov bullied backup Storm PF Šerif Osmajic using a variety of post moves scoring 28pts and recording 13, yes that's right, 13 offensive rebounds, trice more than the entire team of Pacific Storm, with a total of 24rebs. Chung Wen Xin was well defended and ended quietly with 11pts and 12rebs. But it was Pacific Storm who came out on top with 5 of the 7 players who dress scoring in double digits. Youssef Kadri lead the charge with 19pts and 17rebs and Alejandro López hitting 4-8 from 3 point land ending the night with 27pts and 6 asts giving Storm the win over rajons team 105-98.
Last edited by big_boss_will at 9/24/2012 11:51:36 AM