Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City, Philippines, 14th March 2012 – A 10-0 run early in the fourth quarter lifted theAirAsia Philippine Patriots over the hot-streaking Saigon Heat. Patriots beat the Heat 73-57 for their ninth win of the season.
Playing without their leading scorer Anthony Johnson, Patriots’ local players stepped up in this game. Francis “Kiko” Adriano lead the Patriots in scoring with 15 points, Aldrech Ramos had 11 points and Nakiea Miller added a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Midway through the second quarter, It looked like the Heat could repeat their performace from last weekend in their win over the Dragons. Jonathan Jones made a field goal to make it 30-25 for the Heat with 4:18 left before halftime. But Rob Wainwright answered by hitting a jumper and Warren Ybanez made a three-point shot to start a 9-0 run. Patriots took a 34-30 lead going into halftime.
Before going to the final quarter, the Heat was only down 45-47 after Jonathan Jones hit a shot with 01:09 left and this was the closest the Heat get to Patriots for the rest of the game.
The Patriots started the final locking up on defense. They held the Heat scoreless in the first 5 minutes 34 seconds as they made a 10-0 run to stop the Heat’s winning-streak at three games.
Jonathan Jones led all scoring with 28 points and 13 rebounds while Jahmar Thorpe added 15 points and 15 rebounds. Thorpe also had 8 of Heat’s 19 turnovers in the game. Noy Javier, who was on fire in the last game,couldn’t carry his performance to this game. Javier missed 7 of his 9 three point attempts. Other than Jones and Thorpe, the rest of the Heat players only combined for 14 points.
The Patriots will play their third-straight road game this Saturday the 17th of March 2012 at MABA Stadium to face the Westports Malaysia Dragons. The Saigon Heat will also play on Saturday as they host the Indonesia Warriors at Tan Binh Stadium.
Heat: Jonathan Jones – 28pts, Jahmar Thorpe – 15pts, John Smith – 6pts, Noy Javier – 6pts, Robert Sanz – 2pts.
Patriots: Francis Adriano – 15pts, John Aldrech Ramos 11pts, Nakiea Miller – 10pts, Jonathan Fernandez – 9pts, Al Vergara – 8pts, Warren Ybanez – 7pts, Robert Wainwright – 7pts, Eder Saldua – 2pts, Eddie Laure – 2pts, Angelus Raymundo – 2pts.
Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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Q4
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Heat
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15
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15
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15
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12
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Patriots
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19
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15
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16
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23
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