The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Finals head to Indonesia for Game 3 of the best-of-five series.

The Philippine Patriots can wrap up the first-ever ABL title in this match while Satria Muda BritAma will attempt to delay the title celebrations at home. Join Red Crew Erwin Wong as he brings you the play-by-play action on court live from Jakarta’s BritAma Arena!
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The Singapore Slingers host the Philippine Patriots in the Round 12 of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

Join the Red Crew of Erwin Wong, Koh Yizhe and Yvonne Yap for the live play-by-play commentary of the match at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Wednesday, January 6th, 8pm.
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Singapore Indoor Stadium, Monday, December 7, 2009 – The Thailand Tigers survived a late rally by the Singapore Slingers to edge the home side 65-62 and subject them to their second defeat in as many games in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

The Slingers started the season with four straight wins, but after falling to the Philippine Patriots last month, things went downhill from there. Although they managed a slim 61-59 victory over Satria Muda BritAma in their next away game, the Slingers were then defeated 84-74 by the KL Dragons in their next match at home. With this latest setback, the Singapore Slingers now have a 5-3 win-loss record.
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Story by Koh Yizhe and Jan Lin/Red Hoops. Photos by Les Tan/Red Hoops.

After four pre-season matches, the Singapore Slingers’ lineup is starting to take shape for as the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) season tips-off for them today.

Kyle Jeffers, Al Vergara, Marcus Ng and Michael Leblanc have been brought in to strengthen the team, and they have greatly impressed during the pre-season matches. There’s no doubt they will start in the Slingers’ all-important first ABL match against the Brunei Barracudas.

This is pretty much what we expected, but the question is, who will be the fifth player? It will definitely be a local as there has been no announcement made about a fifth foreign player.

Let’s analyze each player, shall we?
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Story by Koh Yizhe and Jan Lin/Red Hoops. Photo by Lai Jun Wei/Red Hoops.

Singapore Indoor Stadium, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 – Michael LeBlanc made his debut with the Singapore Slingers in their third pre-season Challenge Series match and turned in a commendable score card of 19 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double.

Despite concluding the evening as the second highest scorer trailing Kyle Jeffers by just a point, the 2.02m American was far from impressed by his performance.
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After two matches of the pre-season Challenge Series, the Singapore Slingers face their toughest opponents yet – the legendary Barangay Ginebra Kings.

The last time these two teams met, the 2008 version of the Singapore Slingers trounced their Filipino opponents 100-68. The local players showed what they had to offer in that match, with Hong Wei Jian, Desmond Oh, Tan Chin Hong, Steven Khoo and Pathman finishing the game on court and Weijian performing an emphatic dunk.
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