Source: ABS-CBN News
-- The Philippine Patriots asserted basketball supremacy in the Southeast Asian region after bagging the 1st ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) championship with a 3-0 sweep on Sunday.
The Patriots ended the best-of-five finals series against Indonesia’s Satria Muda BritAma, 75-67, at The BritAma Arena in Jakarta.
According to the ABL website, Jason Dixon led the Patriots with 28 points and 12 rebounds while Gabe Freeman made 17 points and 19 rebounds.
Patriots coach Louie Alas said it was defense that was crucial to his team’s triumph.
“The whole season we really emphasized on defense, especially this series,” he said in an article on The Philippine Star.
The Patriots kicked off the finals on February 12 by taking Game 1, 78-68, at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.
They followed it up with another win, 72-53, at the Fil Oil Flying V Arena in San Juan City on February 17.
The ABL, meanwhile, is looking forward to its 2nd season after staging a successful inaugural season.
“We ‘re looking at adding more teams to the league and we are working closely with the South East Asian Basketball Association [in] making this league stronger in its second season that will start in October this year,” ABL CEO Kuhan Foo said.
The ABL was televised live across Southeast Asia and was streamed live online in North Asia, Europe and the United States.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
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