Story by Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports. Photos by Koh Yizhe and Clara Yuan/Red Sports
Wong Wei Long (#5) of the Singapore Slingers goes for the layup against the Indonesia Warriors. Wong led the home team with 18 points in the victory. (Photo 1 © Koh Yizhe/Red Sports)
OCBC Arena, Sunday, August 10, 2014 — Despite losing Larry Liew to injury, the Singapore Slingers, led by Wong Wei Long, rode a fourth quarter blitz to an 80–59 victory over the Indonesia Warriors in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). This is the Slingers’ third consecutive win in a one-week span.
Four Slingers scored in double figures. Wong (#5) led the Slingers with 18 points, while Kyle Jeffers (#31) had a double double with 18 points and 18 boards. Ng Hanbin (#6) scored 12 points and Al Vergara (#19) recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 dimes. Tremayne Jaron Johnson (#20) led the Warriors with a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, while team mate Christian Markell Ellis (#19) also posted a double-double with 16 points and 15 boards.
The Slingers shot 38% from the field and forced 16 Warriors’ turnovers, while committing only nine. The Warriors only made 28% of their 67 field goal attempts.
Larry Liew (#11) and Kyle Jeffers (#31) led the Slingers’ offence in the opening minutes of the first quarter, combining for 15 points. With about three minutes remaining, Liew (#19) sustained an open fracture on the fourth finger of his right hand, after receiving a hard pass from Desmond Oh (#2) and had to leave the game. After Liew’s (#19) departure, the Slingers went on an 8–0 run to take a 24–11 lead to end the opening quarter.
A three-point play from Wu Qingde (#7) opened the second quarter, but the Warriors responded with an 11–1 run to reduce the deficit to six points, forcing a timeout from the Slingers. After the timeout, a three-pointer from Ng Hanbin (#6) extended the lead to nine points, but the Warriors’ Vinton Nolland Surawi (#22) quickly followed with two of his own. Wong Wei Long (#5) nailed a three pointer after to spark an 11–1 run to give the Slingers a 42–25 lead to end the half.
Both teams traded baskets in the third quarter as the Slingers held on to their 18-point lead.
The Warriors began the closing quarter with a 9–1 run to reduce the deficit to nine points. Wong Wei Long (#5) picked up his game in the quarter and led a 13-point charge, pouring in nine points in the frame. After a three-pointer from the Warriors’ Christian Ronald Sitepu (#15) in a bid to stop the run, the Slingers added an 8–2 run to seal the 80–59 victory.
The Slingers will next face Westports Malaysia Dragons on the road on Friday, August 15, and return home to play the Dragons again on Sunday, August 17. The game will be played at the OCBC Arena at 4pm.
Scoring by quarter
Singapore Slingers vs Indonesia Warriors
1st Quarter: 24–11
2nd Quarter: 18–14 (42–25)
3rd Quarter: 14–14 (58–42)
4th Quarter: 22–17 (80–59)
Scoring by teams
Singapore Slingers: Wong – 18, Jeffers – 18, Ng – 12, Vergara – 10, Liew – 9, Oh – 6, Wu – 5, Low – 2
Indonesia Warriors: Johnson – 19, Ellis – 16, Smith – 14, Surawi – 5, Sitepu – 4, Lakudu – 1
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