Former San Miguel import Gabe Freeman said during Tuesday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s UN Avenue that there is no point in playing if they are going to lose the first two games here in the Philippines.
“We have to win the first two home games. That’s a must. Because we have homecourt advantage, if we don’t then we’re just wasting our time,” said the 6-foot-6 inch tall import.
The ABL Grand Finals will kick off on February 12 (Friday), 6 p.m. at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Game 2 will be held on February 17 (Wednesday), 8 p.m. at the Fil Oil Flying V Arena in San Juan City.
The series will then proceed to Jakarta for Game 3 on February 21 (Sunday), 3 p.m. at The BritAma.
If needed, Game 4 will take place on February 24 (Wednesday), 8 p.m. at The BritAma Arena while Game 5 will be held on February 28 (Sunday), 4 p.m. at the Ynares Sports Arena.
Jason Dixon, for his part, said they would have to take control of Satria Muda’s speed to dictate the pace of the game.
Among those in their radar is Satria Muda’s Nakiea Miller, who helped the Indonesian team get past the Singaporean Slingers.
“The key to stopping them is to stop their imports from having big time games. We can’t allow them to score 20-30 points,” said the 6-foot-9 defender.
Coach Louie Alas said he sees weakness in Satria Muda’s game. He said that this will be their target to win the series.
“They (BritAma) are very good if you allow them to execute their offense, pero it’s a different thing when you disrupt them,” he said.
The Patriots clinched the first finals spot last week after sweeping the best-of-three semifinals series against Malaysia’s KL Dragons, 2-0.
Satria Muda BritAma, on the other hand, edged the Singapore Slingers, 86-76, in Game 3 last Sunday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The Slingers prevailed in Game 1 while the Satria Muda won Game 2 to force a decider.
According to the ABL website, the Patriots hold a 3-0 advantage over the Satria Muda in the regular season.
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