March 17th 2012, Tan Binh Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Despite their hectic travel schedule, the Indonesia Warriors held on to win their second away game in a row against the Saigon Heat tonight.
Jon Smith led all-scoring with 28 points, followed by Steve Thomas’s double double of 16 points and 16 rebounds. Jerick Cañada further contributed 14 points for the Warriors.
Jonathan Jones recorded 22 points for the Heat, followed by Jahmar Thorpe’s double double of 18 points and 11 rebounds. Noy Javier continues his good performance with 15 points in this game.
The Warriors were dominating the Heat in the first half of the game. Poor shooting saw the home team trail the visitors 9-24 at the end of the first quarter. Although they had a better second quarter, the Heat completed just 33% of their field goals and converted only one of their 10 attempted three pointers in the first half. The Warriors, on the other hand, were getting in 57% of all their field goal attempts. The score leading into halftime saw the Warriors up 36 to 26.
The Warriors were doing well coming into the second half, Jon Smith opening the quarter by scoring 12 points for his team. Things were looking bleak for the Heat until the last minute and a half of the quarter saw them go on an 8 point run which included back to back threes from Noy Javier to cut the Warriors’ lead to just 8 points going into the final quarter. The score at the end of the third read 46-54 to the Warriors.
The Heat’s confidence grew going into the final quarter, John Smith converting consecutive three point attempts to cut further into the Warriors’ lead. The home team were determined not to lose another game in front of their home crowd and an intense quarter saw them come as close as 3 points to the Warriors with just 0:33 left on the clock, but Jonathan Jones was unable to push the game into overtime, missing two last ditch attempts and Saigon Heat lost their second game in a row 68-72.
Saigon Heat will have another tough match-up when they travel to the Ynares Sports Arena in Philippines to face the San Miguel Beermen on Sunday 24th of March 2012. Later on the same day, the Indonesia Warriors will host the Bangkok Cobras at the GOR C’tra Arena in Bandung, Indonesia.
Heat: Jonathan Jones – 22pts, Jahmar Thorpe – 18pts, Noy Javier – 15pts, John Smith – 8pts, Robert Sanz – 5pts
Warriors: Jon Smith – 28pts, Steve Thomas – 16pts, Jerick Cañada – 14pts, Mario Wuysang – 8pts, Allan Salangsang – 3pts, Amin Prihantono – 2pts, Rony Gunawan – 1pt.
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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9
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17
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20
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22
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Warriors
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24
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12
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18
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18
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