Singapore Slingers beat Saigon Heat in ABL

The Saigon Heat lost out by  七 points to the Singapore Slingers. — Photo courtesy of organisers

HÀ NỘI — The Saigon Heat were defeated by the Singapore Slingers  八 七‒ 八0 in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) on Sunday.

The Slingers entered the game confidently but the Heat’s Murphy Burnatowski ( 五 points) and Trevon Hughes ( 六 points) gave their team a  二 六- 一 三 lead in the first quarter.  

Cheered on by fans at the OCBC Arena, the Slingers finshed the half  五 一‒ 二 九.

The third quarter was a tense affair, and a magical dunk from Delvin Goh saved the Slingers’ advantage at  六 三‒ 六 二.  

In the final quarter, the shining of Xavier Alexander ( 一0 points), Desmond Oh ( 五 points) and Jerran Young ( 五 points) helped the hosts end the match at  八 七‒ 八0.

Trevon Hughes scored  二 四 points,  八 rebounds and  四 steals; Murphy Burnatowski contributed  一 七 points and  五 rebounds; Kyle Barone grabbed  一 九 points and  一 二 rebounds; while Chris Dierker downed  一0 points and  一 五 rebounds for the Heat.  

In their next encounter, the Heat will visit Hong Kong Eastern on January  三0. — VNS