Cup Watch
Round 1 in season 22's cup would be easy to most SBBL teams, going up against bots. However 3 teams face off against human players, and 2 SBBL members will be facing each other.
Country ranked 13 SG Young Guns, newly promoted to SBBL, will be taking on rising big man Wong Jie Chun and his ranked 37 Singapore Slingerz. SG Young Gun's arsenal of big men, Carlos Secco, Józef Peron, Pedro Espino and Éric Pinault will be put to the test against Singapore Slingerz 2 key players, Wong Jie Chun(16.5ppg, 16.5rpg, 5.0apg) and Sergio Aranguren(17.5 ppg, 17.5rpg, 8.5apg) who accounts for 60% of their team rebounds (56.5rpg) and 30% of their team's assists (36.0apg). Besides the big men battling down at the low post, watch for SG Young Guns ageless wonder Valerio Ressa going up against Taiwanese G Lin Mau Pin. Valerio Ressa might not have all the speed and flashes but definitely has the experience and craftiness to beat Lin. If Singapore Slingerz want to stand a chance against SG Young Guns their players other than Wong Jie Chun, Sergio Aranguren and Lin Mau Pin will have to step up and play great baskbetball because 100% plus chop plus guarantee SG Young Guns will focus their defence on Singerz's big 3. SG Young Guns has the advantage here but if Slingerz players steps up and plays extremely well despite the tight SG Young Gun's defence it could be a close one.
The league II.1 curse somehow still lingers a little here in SBBL where same league teams face off against each other early in the cup. Ranked 11 Flyer Sonic will square off, once again, against ranked 5 SaungHninPwint (SHP). These 2 teams have faced each other numerous times both in league II.1 and SBBL and even had a match just 2 days ago where Flyer Sonic came out on top. 6th year C Li Po Chu lead everyone with 29pts, 10 rebs and 4asts in that game. Of cause fans will still be treated to the high level play of the twin towers Pei Jian Long (PJL), Li An Wen (LAW) and national team G Ang Kok Loong. SHP still has scoring machine Liad Saglovic around. He's been pretty quiet so far in the start of the season but SHP might just be resting him up early for the long gruelling season + cup games. If Saglovic is let loose in this cup game Loong can only do his best to slow him down and force bad shot selection, which isn't that many for such a potent scorer. Flyer Sonic will need to replicate the formula that worked in the league game on tues, tough physical defence, controlling the boards and maybe a spark off the bench. SHP will need G Kostas Piomenos to find cracks in the Sonic defence, José Manuel Cejudo-Alcántara's long arms to lean on as defence plus to keep the twin towers away from the boards and Liad Saglovic to get himself hot and pour in points. If u're stuck at home tonight, nothing to do, wanting to watch a BB game, tune in to this one. It will be exciting.
Last edited by big_boss_will at 12/5/2012 11:33:50 PM