The Piala MBNS 2021, begun on 19th November 2021 with 2 men’s category games back to back.
Game 1 – Miri Kinsar vs Changkat Hartamas (58-92)
The game started off with a barrages of three point plays from Changkat Hartamas. Xian Fu and his team dominated the game with their early offense and bulldozed Miri Kinsar by 52 to 29 during half time.
Despite the huge trailed left by Changkat Hartamas, Miri Kinsar pushed on and tried their best. But in the end, Changkat Hartamas’ wall is a bit too tough to climb, resulting in a huge loss for Miri’s first game.
The team’s leading guard, Ong Wei Yong almost netted the triple double on his game with 11 Points, 11 Rebounds and 8 Assists
We reached out to head Coach Idham and here what he has to say,
“I learn to know my players’ advantages and disadvantages. I know our opponent is well trained and organized. But I told my players don’t forget to have fun. First-quarter, second-quarter is very stressful for the players because of the new norm – Traveling from kl, doing the covid tests & no tournaments activity for the past two years.”
We just have the chance to meet the players for the first time and just starting to build the trust. When you believe in your players & players trust you to lead the team everything will just fine. Basketball is a fun game, it is the team game. We just focus our small small things then together we can do big big things together.”
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Game 2 – GoStrong vs KL Aseel (65-73)
GoStrong struggled to gain a basket from KL Aseel at the start of the quarter. Managed to only secure their second basket on the 3 minutes of the 1st quarters – GoStrong quickly readjust their strategy and trying to get themselves back into the game.
KL Aseel’s onslaughts continues from the towering Maegan Mahadevan and the explosive Tan Wei Long, locking down both the paint and around the perimeter from GoStrong’s advancement.
Despite the stalwart defense from KL Aseel, they failed to capitalized the offense department when they are only shooting 36% from the field throughout yesterday’s game.
After half time, GoStrong’s Thea Zhong Sin, former KL Dragons guard played his heart out in both ends of the court – and managed to secure a single digit deficit for the game.
Entering the final quarter of the game, KL Aseel’s huge lead were trickled down to 6 points. With only 3 minutes left to the end of the game, KL Aseel’s Sniper Wee Yong Gan sinks a corner 3 and Leong Zhen Kang sinks a dagger 3 on the wing. With not much time left on the clock, GoStrong suffered a close defeat the in the hands of KL Aseel.
And that’s the end of the Day 1 Wrap up of the Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Cup 2021.
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For the upcoming exciting games.
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