THE SAN Miguel Beermen averted a near-collapse to down the Indonesia Warriors, 70-66, last night and clinch homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs in the Asean Basketball League at Y nares Sports Arena.
San Miguel Beer hopes to keep its momentum going as the Beermen’s two prolific imports return into action against the streaking Indonesia Warriors in the Asean Basketball League (ABL) tonight.
NEW IMPORT Brian Williams had vowed to deliver for San Miguel Beer. And Williams did just that as the Beermen recovered from a shaky start to hack out a 64-53 triumph over defending champion Indonesia Warriors at the Season 4 kickoff of the Asean Basketball League (ABL) Friday night in Mahaka Square, Jakarta.
Season 4 of the Asean Basketball League (ABL) rolls off next week with a rematch of last year’s finals.
The defending champion Indonesia Warriors test a San Miguel Beer squad bent on snatching the crown this year in the lone opening game on Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. at Mahaka Square in Jakarta.
FOR THE second straight season, the Philippines watched a foreign team steal the crown at home. A gritty Indonesian squad held off San Miguel Beer’s late rally to stun the top seeds, 78-76, and capture the Asean Basketball League championship yesterday at the Ynares Sports Arena.
THE SAN Miguel Beermen hope to get their chemistry back when they go for another shot at the Asean Basketball League crown today against the dangerous Indonesia Warriors.
In what the coach described as “not their best basketball yet,” the Indonesia Warriors foiled the San Miguel Beermen’s title sweep bid, 81-61, to forge a winner-take-all finale in the Asean Basketball League yesterday at the Mahaka Square here.
San Miguel Beer braces for another endgame thriller as it goes for the Asean Basketball League championship today against the Indonesia Warriors at Mahaka Square here.
SAN MIGUEL Beer pulled off a big endgame splurge against an Indonesian squad that looked poised to back up all its bold talk. Rallying from a double-digit deficit, the Beermen got their acts together in the final five minutes and squeezed out an 86-83 victory over the Warriors yesterday that moved them within a win of their first Asean Basketball League crown.
ALL the talk about an even matchup also had both San Miguel Beer and Indonesia predicting a tight finals series in the Asean Basketball League.
THE INDONESIA Warriors simply had too much firepower for AirAsia Philippines last night and scored a 104-79 rout of the undermanned Patriots in a highly physical Asean Basketball League encounter presented by PG Flex at the Ynares Arena in Pasig.
AFTER Chris Alexander’s “one-and-done” deal, the AirAsia Philippine Patriots could face the Indonesia Warriors with just one import in the AirAsia Asean Basketball League today at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.
A week after their riotous showdown, the AirAsia Philippine Patriots and San Miguel Beer try to keep their tempers in check against separate opponents in the Asean Basketball League Saturday night.
