25 February 2012 - 18:00 HKT / 18:00 Local Time
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19 February 2012 - 16:00 HKT / 15:00 Local Time
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76 Bangkok Cobras Warning Result
PTS Michael Earl 19
REB Gentry Lewis 11
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19 February 2012 - 15:00 HKT / 15:00 Local Time
86 Westports Malaysia Dragons Warning Result
PTS Tiras Jamaal Wade 34
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71 Jobstreet.com Singapore Slingers Warning Result
PTS Louis Graham 25
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AST Donald Dulay 4
STL Wei Long Wong 2
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Despite Tough Start, Slingers Escaped Saigon With a Win

 

Saigon Heat  55:60 Singapore Slingers

Wednesday 25th January 2012, Tan Binh Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

 

Singapore Slingers' Donald Little, the points leader for the game with 22 scores over Saigon Heat's Jonathan JonesSaigon Heat had a bitter end to their home opener. Despite having a 6 point lead going into the third quarter and outrebounding the Slingers 48 to 25, the Heat fell to the Singapore Slingers in front of their home crowd at a very packed Tan Binh Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City tonight.

Slingers’ big man Donald Little inspired his team’s comeback in the third quarter by scoring 11 big points. Little finished the game as the lead scorer with 21 points and 8 rebounds to lead the Slingers in defeating the Heat 60-55. Slingers’ filipino guard  Don Dulay contributed a further 16 points.

“Little was a monster tonight,” said Slingers’ General Manager Michael Johnson about Little’s performance.

The Slingers had a tough start as they were only able to score 10 points in the first quarter and 11 points in the second quarter. To add onto their troubles Desmond Oh, who starred in the Slingers’ last game, had to leave the game in the second quarter after a collision with Heat’s import Julius Hodge.  The Slingers’ injury woes did not stop there as Slingers’ import Louis Graham had to leave the game on a strecher after what looked like an elbow to the face. Thankfully, Graham was able to recover and checked back into the game in the fourth quarter.

The Heat were struggling in the last quarter and only managed to make 1 field goal out of 11 attempts in the last three minutes of the game. Their shooting percentage for this game was at 29%. Julius Hodge led his team with 18 points. Heat’s other import Jonathan Jones had a double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds. Heat has added Ronald Capati to their team. Capati played 22 minutes but was not able to contribute big numbers and only managed 1 point.


Saigon Heat is still winless right now and they will try to get their first win in the AirAsia ABL season 3 against Westports Malaysia Dragons this Saturday (Jan 28th) at MABA Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  The Slingers will also be playing this weekend as they host the Bangkok Cobras at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on the 29th of January.

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