Will Tigers roar or will Servants be the ones standing tall?

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Friday, April 12, 2013

 

IT is the battle for supremacy in the final of the Filipino Basketball Association (FBA) Officers Cup.

The YTE Tigers are seeking revenge against the Servants today at the Brunei Basketball Association court in Batu Bersurat.

Both teams met in the final of the FBA Commissioners Cup in January with the Servants finishing on the winning end.

However, changes have been made to the Tigers squad with the inclusion of Mark Porlahe, Darren Chai and Ronnel Sugnan into the lineup.

Their big men Eric Palanca and Kel Hung spearhead the team and they are surrounded by three-point shooters Loo Zhi Onn, Tung Yee Keong and Sheldon Sulaik.

The Tigers are labelled the favourites to lift the cup today after overcoming the TRC Hawks (Red) 88-84 in the semi-finals on Wednesday.

Porlahe and Palanca did pick up muscle cramps late in the encounter but are deemed match fit.

"Palanca and I should be okay to play tomorrow (Friday) but not at 100 per cent. But we will still do our best to help the team. We hope the rest of the players will be able to step up for the occasion," said Porlahe in an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday.

"We have to stop Lance (Ingco) from executing. We must try to sustain that throughout the whole match," he said.

"We also cannot underestimate the efforts of their local players (brother Hj Md Rahmat and Hj Md Badri Hj Suhaili). Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times