Thai Japanese Association Gym, Bangkok, Thailand, 18th March 2012 – The Jobstreet.com Singapore Slingers broke their duck tonight with a win over the Chang Thailand Slammers.
Louis Graham led all-scoring with 27 points and 11 rebounds for the Slingers while Kyle Jeffers contributed 14 points. Locals Wong Wei Long and Desmond Oh had a fantastic night for their team, Wong finishing with 19 points and Oh contributing 12 to the final score.
Demetrius Proby and Calvin Williams were the top scorers for the Slammers, finishing with 18 points apiece, Williams also recording a double double with 16 rebounds. Sopon Pinitpatcharalert put in 11 and Boyet Bautista contributed a further 10 points.
The Slingers began the game with a 9-0 run in the opening minutes sparked by a Kyle Jeffers dunk until the Slammers’ Calvin Williams put an end to the proceedings with his own dunk at the 6:26 mark. Boyet Bautista then went on to score 8 out of the Slammers’ total of 13 in the quarter but the Slingers held on to close out the quarter with a 17-13 lead.
It was an exciting second quarter which saw six lead changes beginning with Williams making a basket to give the Slammers their first lead of the game with nearly 8 minutes still left to play till halftime. At just two minutes left till to the halftime buzzer the Slammers were still holding on tightly to a slim lead but Kyle Jeffers put in two free throws and followed that up with a basket to see the teams out at halftime evenly at 32 all.
The Slingers pulled ahead in the third quarter, Jeffers once again opening up the scoring for his team. It was all about the Slingers in this quarter as they surged ahead to put in an 11 point gap with 2:40 left on the clock. Despite repeated attempts by the hosts to close in, the Slingers were able to maintain their lead throughout to end the quarter leading 56 to 50.
It was down to the wire in the final quarter and it looked like the Slammers would have a shot at pushing the game into overtime after a Calvin Williams dunk put them at just one point behind the Slingers with 3:55 left in the game. Determined to get the win, this only sparked a 7 point Slingers run and the game ended with the Slingers grabbing their first win since February 77 to 70.
The Chang Thailand Slammers will play hosts again on Sunday the 15th of March when they welcome the Westports Malaysia Dragons. The Jobstreet.com Singapore Slingers will try to keep their momentum going earlier on the same day when they host the AirAsia Philippine Patriots at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Slammers: Calvin Williams – 18pts, Demetrius Proby – 18pts, Sopon Pinitpatcharalert – 11pts, Boyet Bautista – 10pts, Mana Jantuma – 7pts, Sangthong Supachai – 3pts, Darongpan Apiromvilaichai – 2pts, John Alcaraz – 1pt.
Slingers: Louis Graham – 27pts, Wong Wei Long – 19pts, Kyle Jeffers – 14pts, Desmond Oh – 12pts, Vaughn Canta – 4pts, Don Dulay – 1pt.
Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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Q4
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Final
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Slammers
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13
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19
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18
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20
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70
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Slingers
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17
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15
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24
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21
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77
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