Wednesday night in the Asean Basketball League (ABL) at the University of Southeastern Philippines gym in Davao City.
Energized by a capacity crowd inside the Usep gymnasium, Alab connected on a new league-record 18 triples to bring down the Heat in their game.
The 126 points Alab scored against Saigon was also a season-high, eclipsing the Heat’s 121 as the Filipinos bounced back
after successive losses on the road to Westports Malaysia Dragons and Chong Son Kung Fu.
With the victory, Alab Pilipinas joined Mono Vampire Basketball Club in third place, one game behind second placer
Chong Son Kung Fu (13-5).
The top two teams after the eliminations get outright spots in the Final Four.
Controversial Puerto Rican import Renaldo Balkman had 30 points and seven rebounds while Justin Brownlee went 6-of-7 from three-point land and finished with
24 points to go with 13 rebounds, and two blocks.
Brownlee, Paolo Javelona, and Dondon Hontiveros hit triples in a 16-2 run as Alab Pilipinas’ lead swelled to 47-30. By the
third quarter, Alab was already up by 30 points, 101-71.
Alab Pilipinas wound up eclipsing the previous ABL record of 17 triples set by Hong Kong Eastern last year and matched by
Mono Vampire this year.
Saigon fell to 9-9, but clinched the final berth in the playoffs after the Westports Malaysia Dragons (5-12) lost to the
CLS Knights earlier in the night.
The locals also contributed for Alab with Bobby Ray Parks and Pamboy Raymundo scoring 13 points each and Paolo Javelona
tallying 11 points.
Maxie Esho had 24 points while Fil-American Michael Williams had 19 points in his Philippine debut for the Heat.
The scores:
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 126 - Balkman 30, Brownlee 24, Parks 13, Raymundo 13, Javelona 11, Sumalinog 7, Domingo 6, Hontiveros 6, Alabanza 5, Urbiztondo 5, Celiz 4, Maierhofer 2.
Saigon Heat 100 - Esho 24, Williams 19, Scott 15, Morgan 13, T. Nguyen 11, Arnold 7, H. Nguyen 5, N. Le 3, H. Nguyen 3, Q. To 0.
Quarterscores: 29-25: 68-50; 101-73: 126-100.
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