Sweet Revenge!
Today, Indonesia Basketball League has entered in the third series. Indonesia Patriots started the opening match of this third series with a defeat to West Bandits Solo by score 64–70. This match went quite fiercely in the first round of the highest basketball league competition in Indonesia. But, unfortunately in the third quarter the West Bandit increased their offensive play and also improved their defensive line very well. Pringgo Regowo (PF) from West Bandit Solo led the scoring with a double-double. Pringgo finish by 15 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, and 1 blocks. Besides that, Widyanta Putrateja (PG) also played very calmly in arranging the attacks from the West Bandits Solo team and finished with 12 points, 4 rebounds, and 9 assists. This match will be a sweetest revenge from West Bandit Solo to Indonesia Patriots.
The weakness of Indonesia Patriots is their defense. The weak defensive play of the Indonesia Patriots became a gaping wound that was exploited by the West Bandit Solo. Indonesia Patriots must immediately improve their defense and maintain consistency in playing. Seeing the reasons for the presence of the Indonesia Patriots as a National Team is in this league is one way to get a lot of lessons and experience by playing in a professional league. The Captain, Muhammad Arighi (SG) finished with 19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steals. Yudha Saputera (PG) finished with 15 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals.
Another Sweet Revenge From Bali United Basketball Club
Bali United Basketball Club also finished their match in this third series by winning over Bima Perkasa Yogyakarta. The match was very fierce, the action of chasing the score was shown in this match. Lutfi Alfian Eka Koswara (SG) play with the solid performance. He finished with 19 points , 2 rebounds, and 3 steals.
Beside that, Yerikho Tuasela (PG/SG) and Ponsianus “Komink” Indrawan (PF) played very well, and each posted a score 16 points, 5 rebound, and 1 assist for Yerikho and 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists for the Captain.
Bima Perkasa Yogyakarta Captain Azzaryan Pradhitya (PG) played for 30 minutes with a great performance, but unfortunately still failed to help his team to win today. Azzaryan Pradhitya finished with 20 points, 2 rebounds, and 6 assists. Beside that, Indra Muhammad (SG) who had a big one-hand slam-dunk, still failed to help win for Bima Perkasa Yogyakarta. Indra Muhammad finished with 15 points, 3 rebounds, and 4 assists.
