Basketball Champions League Asia - Broncos-outgun-Pilots-to-celebrate-title
FINAL
Pilots - Xac Broncos 77-86It looked good early as Pilots took a 2-point small lead at the end of first quarter. But then Broncos had a 16-13 second period charge getting the lead and Pilots were not able to take back game control losing it eventually 77-86. American guard Ian Miller (191-1991, college: FSU, agency: Diamond Sports) nailed 30 points and 8 assists for the winning side and Baatar-Erdene Barsbold (-2004) accounted for 15 points. Broncos' coach allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. American center Alec Brown (216-1992, college: Green Bay) came up with 22 points and 6 rebounds and center Chun-Hsiang Lu (190-1997) added 16 points and 7 assists respectively for
Pilotsin the defeat. Four
Pilotsplayers scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Pilots: A.Brown 22+6reb, C.Lu 16+2reb+7ast, J.Boyd 12+10reb, J.Jones 11+8reb+1ast, C.Li 7+2ast, Y.Pai 5+4reb+2ast
Xac Broncos: I.Miller 30+1reb+8ast, B.Barsbold 15+4reb+2ast, A.Azbayar 11+4reb+1ast, I.Chuluunbaatar 10+2reb+2ast, J.Tolbert 9+6reb+3ast, J.Tshimanga 6+13reb+1ast
3-4 Place
Kings - Pelita Jaya 74-103
The game without a history. Pelita Jaya led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter.
Pelita Jayaoutrebounded
Kings 52-31including a
40-24advantage in defensive rebounds.
Pelita Jayalooked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists. American-Filipino forward Chris McCullough (208-1995, college: Syracuse) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 31 points and 12 rebounds for the winners and American center Jeff Withey (213-1990, college: Kansas) chipped in 19 points and 15 rebounds (on 8-of-9 shooting from the field). Four
Pelita Jayaplayers scored in double figures. Pelita Jaya's coach felt very confident that he used entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. At the losing side American power forward Chris Johnson (210-1985, college: LSU) responded with a double-double by scoring 26 points and 14 rebounds and guard Li-Jen Lin (183-1990) scored 15 points.
Top scorers:
Kings: C.Johnson 26+14reb+3ast, L.Lin 15+4reb+1ast, P.Wang 12+2reb+1ast, M.Efevberha 8+4reb+3ast, C.Chen 8+1reb, C.Lin 3+1reb
Pelita Jaya: C.McCullough 31+12reb+3ast, J.Withey 19+15reb+2ast, J.McLaughlin 16+4reb+6ast, A.Goantara 15+7reb+3ast, R.Mononimbar 10+1reb+1ast, A.Rachman 5+2reb+1ast