Slingers down Patriots; Indonesians, Dragons score

SINGAPORE – The Singapore Slingers foiled the Philippine Patriots’ late surge and rolled to their second straight win while Indonesia’s Sutria Muda Britama and Kuala Lumpur Dragons scored similar thrilling victories in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Invitational Championship.

American imports Kyle Jeffers and Mike LeBlanc and Marcus Ng delivered the telling blows down the stretch as the Slingers outlasted the Patriots, 74-69, to take the early lead in the six-nation tournament.

Over at Nimibutr National Stadium in Thailand, Sutria Muda Britama bounced back from a 67-75 loss to the RP Patriots last Saturday by eking out a 78-75 win over the Thailand Tigers while the Kuala Lumpur Dragons got back at the Brunei Barracudas, 76-73, in Brunei.