Patriots sweep Satria Muda to win sixth consecutive ABL game
Jason Dixon of the Patriots goes for two against Satria Muda. (Photo 1 courtesy of ABL)
San Juan Arena, Manila, Saturday, December 5 2009 – The Philippine Patriots swept aside Satria Muda BritAma 81-69 for their sixth consecutive win in the ASEAN Basketball League.
The win gave the Patriots a perfect three-game sweep of the Jakarta-based club. The Patriots beat Satria Muda 76-69 in Jakarta in the opening game of the ABL and won their second preliminary game 74-56 at home.
The six teams in the ABL play each other three times in the league phase and the top four qualify will for the playoffs.
The Patriots led by four (15-11) at the end of the first quarter and stretched their lead to six points (36-60) at half-time.
Satria Muda tied it up early in the third quarter but the Patriots reduced their turnovers to take a 10-point (64-54) lead into the fourth.
Satria Muda had no reply in the final quarter and lost the game by 12 points.
The Patriots have a lock on first place in the standings while Satria Muda leapfrog the Singapore Slingers into second place. The Slingers did not play last weekend and will take on the Thailand Tigers on Monday, December 7th, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
The Patriots will next play the Brunei Barracudas on Sunday December 13th while Satria Muda return to Jakarta to entertain the Slingers on Saturday, December 12th.
Quarter by Quarter Scores
Patriots vs Satria Muda
1st Q: 15-11
2nd Q: 21-19
3rd Q: 23-24
4th Q: 17-15
Rob Wainwright, captain of the Patriots, drives to the basket. (Photo 2 courtesy of ABL)
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Patriots, flexing their muscle!
any available videos these games to upload? i never seen patriots videos except after the games in slingers.
i missed that game!huh! i should have seen nakeia miller play.
nakeia miller played the whole game man.. hes good but gets easily frustrated, shakes his head everytime he miss a shot or a foul is not called in his favor..and if your a local player and you see your import looking down shaking his head you know your in a bad situation.
another win for the patriots, i doubted this team at first. i’m starting to be convinced..thailand tigers, brunei barracudas and satria muda teams needs a revamp on their line ups. i don’t think the filipino imports on these clubs are making any difference.
the slingers will be playing next and there is silence amongst its fans, still a dispirited crowd? come on slinger fans, make some noise!!! hey slingerrocks join me
ariba slingers!!!
Brunei baracudas,i dont each club in any ballgames can win with only 5 players. Filipino imports as well americans are ok, the thing is they cannot play 48mins eaach games,need som back up support from bench (brunei local).
Satria muda,with 1 filipino import,they need to get 2 more filipinos,as their import Hartman is the best import i ever seen in this ABL games.
Thailand tigers,they need 2 american strong C/F position,they cannot win games by backcourt only which occupy by 2 filipinos.
Slingers, i dont think they can beat any SEA ball clubs with less their import. I never seen any potential player in SLingers except Ng,im not sure if hes singaporean or not. This is proven well in SEA Games, SIngapore place 5. The magic four are Phils,Indo,Thai,Malaysia.
Patriots just added 2 players after theiir first 2 games.
Brunei baracuddas is my 2nd favorite in ABL games after patriots,but they lack of benh player, i dont see any more potential players from local brunei team. No other talented players in ABL compare to Brunei PG L. Avenido, no other guard player can slash the painted than Adriano, no other swinmang small forward can cut tha Camaso.
KL Dragonn import Linganay crash the whole slingers, 1 against five.
@jack
Saw the game.. Nakeia Miller was a monster during the first half.. In the second he still was but was blocked 3 times in a row, but in 3 different plays (2 by Baclao 1 by Espiritu).. And it wasn’t just any block.. He was going strong to the hole but he was unlucky to face Baclao and Espiritu (yes, in the same play)..
@eindhow-he!he! so i heard that dixon was challenged when he overheard an understatement remarks by miler and hartman, that is why he exploded. How was it?
satria muda have a talented import, the thing is, how bout their bench? i saw their games against slingers in SG stadium, one sided games.
satria muda has a decent bench its just that they dont have the court smarts that the pinoys have btw anybody has an update on espiritu?
what happen to espiritu?
Is he the same guy won NCAA-UAAP slumdunk champion?
i will be watching Slingers vs TIgers now.
Hope Nwankwo will show his real game, same when he was awarded MVP during early days of his career. He always carry his ancestral land Nigeria not USA. Also the 2nd import + jersey no 55, with 2 filipino backcourt will deliver some outside shooting, Slingers in deep trouble
espiritu got hurt right after the first half hes down on the floor and never seen the rest of the game.. i guess hes fine hes a red warrior anyways. im still hoping they will add another player in preparation for the playoffs like a jimbo aquino or wilson from jru
patriots are enough, since there no strong team in ABL that will give a good fight. Perhaps baracudas
slingers lost to thailand tigers-solution, add another filipino import.
As my previous statement, Slinegers will have hardtime playing with tigers,as a result they lost.
Slingers need to revamp all its players, remove all 8 local and get australian players, let them play as import for Philippines or brunei???it not go find other job.
im just new here in singapore and watch slinger games,but i think they are more better to work as an IT,or engineer, forget basketball
Sg SLingers are the most weakest team in ABL,but however, they have more followers that cheers them up each time in SI stadium.
Talentwise,singapore basketball are far behind in neighboring SEA
Slingerock, slinger have 2-3weeks off, what improvement you need, when they will comeback? i dont know what yout thinking.
Slingers tune up games vs coca cola,gilas,ginebra and san miguel,
those PBA teams win or loose, it snothing to them, but if Slingers win, very big for them,you develop wrong thinking men.
Slingers will place last on this ABL league if they dont replace all its back up players. Whats the use of 12 players if i seen only 9 players routating
If filipino are not lousy,they just doing their job.
You are basketball players and you watch games oftentimes men, dont make your imagination beyond this world.
- Other comments i mentioned impact, are yo are basketball player or fans???? when u say impact even you score 20 points is nothing as u mentioned jian. Impact means on crucial minutes, let say you only score 4 points but when it most needed, or even if you dont score but you bring down ball or set up the play enable to give your team mate good looks to score
The impact im talking, one example is Larry Bird,Kevin Mchale of Boston Celtics!!!!!
@Slingerrocks..too many excuses, thats the only thing consistent in your team. they have the same line up from the start of the tournament and the last 2 teams who beat them added players late in the game.. and yeah both in the homecourt of slingers..
its downhill for the slingers
Not only Singapore players to full occupy slingers team, but let singapore players play as import,perhaps to Satria muda or patriots??
Curious though that the KL Dragons has only one Filipino import (Rudy Lingganay)but is able to use him to the fullest. Since it seems that University of the East Red Warriors players are doing a good job in the ABL, may i recommend to the Barracudas or the Slingers that they take in either Paul Lee or Pari Llagas from the University of the East?
i think kl has 3 pinoy import lingganay, hugnatan and theres another guy whom i never heard before.. whoever gets paul lee will definitely have a better chance in playoffs.. but i guess smart gilas is also interested on getting paul lee
Lingganay, Hugnatan and Bandaying…..the 3 pinoy imports of KL Dragons
Both R.Lingganay and F.Bandaying are products of University of the East Red Warriors
Roel Hugnatan, played for Adamson University Falcons during his college days, is the younger brother of Reynel Hugnatan who plays for Alaska Aces in the PBA
Sorry, I forgot about Bandaying and Hugnatan. Any team would need Lee to neutralize Lingganay. A player like Lee is encourage to throw more three pointers when the opposing team is on a shooting spree.