(From Manila Bulletin)
Game Wednesday (The Arena in San Juan)
8 p.m. — RP Patriots vs Satria Muda BritAma (Patriots lead series 1-0)
After a hard-fought victory last Friday, the Philippine Patriots try to put Satria Muda BritAma on the brink when they collide in Game 2 of their ASEAN Basketball League finals series this Wednesday at The Arena in San Juan.
Behind the explosive game of Gabe Freeman, the Filipino cagers drew first blood in this best-of-five title showdown with a 78-68 victory but not after encountering some scary moments in the third quarter when they trailed 65-50.
But the squad co-owned by Harbour Centre's Mikee Romero and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco are eager to improve on their showing in Game 1 when they meet the Jakarta-based cagers at a rare start time of 8 p.m.
“For the past three days, what we did was to perfect the ways to break their pressure zone defense. It’s very hard but the boys are improving,” said coach Louie Alas. “I told them that we beat them in our first three games with our own defense, now it’s time to show to them that we can play smart defense also.”
Freeman, who replaced the 6-foot-5 Brandon Powell, registered what would likely be the league's highest point output by a player in a single game with 39 points aside from his 14 rebounds.
Despite that, Alas is wary of the Indonesians' capability to even the series behind imports Nakiea Miller and Alex Hartman.
Game Wednesday (The Arena in San Juan)
8 p.m. — RP Patriots vs Satria Muda BritAma (Patriots lead series 1-0)
After a hard-fought victory last Friday, the Philippine Patriots try to put Satria Muda BritAma on the brink when they collide in Game 2 of their ASEAN Basketball League finals series this Wednesday at The Arena in San Juan.
Behind the explosive game of Gabe Freeman, the Filipino cagers drew first blood in this best-of-five title showdown with a 78-68 victory but not after encountering some scary moments in the third quarter when they trailed 65-50.
But the squad co-owned by Harbour Centre's Mikee Romero and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco are eager to improve on their showing in Game 1 when they meet the Jakarta-based cagers at a rare start time of 8 p.m.
“For the past three days, what we did was to perfect the ways to break their pressure zone defense. It’s very hard but the boys are improving,” said coach Louie Alas. “I told them that we beat them in our first three games with our own defense, now it’s time to show to them that we can play smart defense also.”
Freeman, who replaced the 6-foot-5 Brandon Powell, registered what would likely be the league's highest point output by a player in a single game with 39 points aside from his 14 rebounds.
Despite that, Alas is wary of the Indonesians' capability to even the series behind imports Nakiea Miller and Alex Hartman.
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