S16 - SBBL League - Pekanbaru Jaguars blew Shohoku Backers 98-63, but lost Petrus Alexandersson to injury.
It's definitely personal, especially for Huo Xiang Song, who missed the game winning shot on last season Playoff Finale.
HXS scored 21pts, 16rebs and 3asts to led Jaguars broke past Backers 98-63. Jaguars showed where they were last season, posing stingy man to man defense to held Shohoku Backers only 4 points at 1st quarter. But they hit an immediate scare as Petrus Alexandersson had to left court after a hard foul from Cataldo Momente. Losing their MVP, it won't stop the Jaguars intensity, instead they keep leading on the game, entering the 4th with 80-43 score, the most lopsided lead.
Sorin Niculae scored 17pts and 4asts, Teng Jin Ming 15pts, Debrier and Skrebo has 13 and 12. Petrus-A only played 16minutes before he went down. MRI scanned a torn ligament and he had to rest for at least 2 weeks. With their key player out, it could hurt Jaguars chance to make a run on Tournament Championship as they are now sitting on the big 16.
On the other game, NT Yip Kum Jian big 3pointer brought CCC edge past Eric United 110-109. That big shot comes after Eric's Mauras Dušauskas broke tie to give Eric 109-107 lead. With the loss and Singapore Showstoppers win over STN 124-113, both Eric and SS were tied on the first place of Big 8 with 9-3 W/L record.
At Wobble arena, Yeo Teck Seng 44pts led the Lycans to defeat the host Bobblehead 105-88. Bobblehead were closing though between 3rd and 4th quarter, but Mike Bertero hit some key jumpshots to bring Lycans ahead, and weren't threatened anymore.
Fang Shuang Xiang has his first stong game with 26pts & 16rebs. Bertero has 21pts.