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Though the winning team of the inaugural ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) hailed from basketball powerhouse Philippines, both the coaches of Satria Muda BritAma and the Philippine Patriots asserted that it was the imports that separated the two sides and gave Patriots the victory.
The 74-45 score line in Jakarta had less to do with a sedated Singapore Slingers team than it was about a spirited Satria Muda.
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A Philippine Patriots victory over the Brunei Barracudas left the Slingers in second place and they will now play Satria Muda BritAma in the semi-final playoffs.
The hosts’ imports may have dominated the score sheet but it was the Indonesian cagers who were in the limelight during Satria Muda BritAma's comprehensive 67-58 win over the slumping Singapore Slingers in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).
It was a heartwrenching 61-59 home defeat for hosts Satria Muda, who had brought to the game everything they had in them, including their egos.
Despite the 96-72 beating by the Slingers in Singapore a fortnight ago, Satria Muda’s head Coach Fictor Roring believes that what separates the Singapore Slingers and Satria Muda is not skills but rather the possession of a resilient spirit.