Report by Coach
RI beat Serangoon Gardens by 71-29.
It was a good and balanced game for RI as players performed consistently for the entire game, applying a full-court pressure to overcome the opponents. Serangoon Gardens performed admirably, specially notable was their extremely high field goal percentage. With the few shots they managed, they converted at an astonishing rate. If not for the high-pressure defense, the game may have turned out a much closer affair.
Despite missing 2 players down with injury and sickness, the RI 10-men brigade took turns to trap their opponents. Credit to SGSS, they never really collapsed under pressure. Beyond the occasional series of turnovers by their younger players, they actually improved in handling the press as the game progressed. Of course RI also took the chance to improve on our zone press as well.
It was a good and balanced game for RI as players performed consistently for the entire game, applying a full-court pressure to overcome the opponents. Serangoon Gardens performed admirably, specially notable was their extremely high field goal percentage. With the few shots they managed, they converted at an astonishing rate. If not for the high-pressure defense, the game may have turned out a much closer affair.
Despite missing 2 players down with injury and sickness, the RI 10-men brigade took turns to trap their opponents. Credit to SGSS, they never really collapsed under pressure. Beyond the occasional series of turnovers by their younger players, they actually improved in handling the press as the game progressed. Of course RI also took the chance to improve on our zone press as well.
- Justin Chua top scored with 23 points on 4 front court steals
- Lawrence poured in 13 points with put backs from rebounds and layups, 3 steals
- Jordaan scored 10 and looked good for continual improvement, 1 steal, 3 assists, 1 offensive rebound
- Brendan scored 8 points including 2x treys, 3 steals
- Bryan had 6 rebounds, 6 steals, 3 assists and 4 points - a good all-round contribution
- Greg had 7 rebounds and 3points
- Joel - 5 points, including 1x trey
- Daniel -2 points, 1 rebound
- Benedict - 4 points, 2 rebounds
- Yves - 2 points, 3 rebounds
Report by Alexander Loh
Today was the first match of our B Division season. We started the match with our 2-2-1 press and did so throughout the game. Soon, as our defensive intensity increased, the opposing team started committing many turnovers, which led to many fastbreak points for us. However, they managed to break our press a couple of times and had a few easy layups. We ended the first quarter up 17-6. In the second quarter we let up a little on transition defense by allowing players to just drive past us and not putting any ball pressure on them or sliding with them. Our half court offense was a little static, leading to many bad shots. The half ended 28-15. In the third quarter we started to pressure the ball even more, which caused them to throw the ball away . We ended up scoring a lot of points off turnovers thanks to the whole team defense. Everyone contributed to the defensive intensity and Justin finished with a lot of fast break points. In the fourth quarter we set up a 1-2-2 zone defense after the 2-2-1 press. We got confused at first as some players thought that it was a man to man defense, thus leading to easy buckets for the opposing team. We soon communicated with each other and clamped down on defense, forcing them to take outside shots and not allowing them to get points in the paint. Sim and Lawrence hit three pointers in the last quarter as well. The final score was 71-29. Overall, it was a satisfactory start to the season, but many things can be improved, such as court awareness and communication on offense as well as defense. Let’s all learn from our mistakes today and prepare for the next game.
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