Sara Choong (HCI #11) goes up for a lay-up. (Photo 7 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Vienna Chua Qi (RI #6) take a jump shot. (Photo 8 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Cherylin Tan (HCI #4) scores an easy lay-up on a fast break. (Photo 9 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Khoo Zi Bing (RI #9) jumps and grabs a defensive rebound for her team. (Photo 10 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Vienna Chua Qi (RI #6) going up for lay-up while an HCI defender tries to avoid the collision. (Photo 11 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Deanna Ng (RI #13) celebrates while her HCI counterpart,Ang Ee Ling (#13), bursts into tears, at what was thought to be the game winning moment for Raffles. (Photo 12 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Sara Choong (HCI #11) tussling for a loose ball with a RI player. (Photo 13 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Vienna Chua Qi (RI #6) tries to make a lay-up while an HCI defender tries to block her. (Photo 14 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Dew Isabel Low (RI #10) takes a jump shot as an HCI defender closes in on her. Sh came off the bench to score crucial points for her team. (Photo 15 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Hannah Ng (RI #4) shows her defensive strengths as she blocks HCI’s Nicole Lau (#8) from taking a shot. (Photo 16 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Deanna Ng (RI #13) drives past two HCI defenders only to run into another two defenders. (Photo 17 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Vanessa Tan (RI #7) jumps in to block HCI’s Ang Ee Ling (#13) as she jumps for a lay-up. (Photo 18 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Deanna Ng (RI #13) feints a lay-up and dishes the ball to an open teammate. (Photo 19 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Amelia Lee (HCI #10) goes up for a lay-up amidst the strong Raffles defense. (Photo 20 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
do you have vids for this game
RJC’s Deanna Ng is the most talented step kilat in the basketball scene in Singapore
i think no matter what the game is over, so thr’s nothing to debate anymore. on a side note i want to comment that weiyi was extremely outstanding but hannah and deanna were very gd as well. gd job to all. nice to watch i enjoyed it.
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instead of just contesting the buzzer/shot clock, what about looking at the team overall? hc’s team was clearly more all-rounded and had better team work. the fact that two j1s had to lead the scoreboard in ri may imply that the rest of the team wasn’t quite pulling their weight. that said, hannah and deanna are truly outstanding players. but you need a team to win a game – and yesterday, hc was clearly the better team.
to all the commenters who have said that the ri side was demoralized after the buzzer-beater call, well mental strength is an important part of being an athlete. sure it would have been a blow, but shouldn’t they have decided to prove to the referee that they truly deserved the match, rather than fall back and let hc claim it? not a valid argument.
one of the best matches i’ve seen, despite all the mistakes made.
If you take a look at photo 12 posted here you notice that HCI’s Boys team were situated next to the court during the actual game and are visibly protesting during the buzzer beater shot. Regardless of whether the shot went in or not, they are no different from any other member of the audience and should not be so close to the court as it puts undue pressure on the referee. Particularly since their own school is playing.
like that also want to complain. then there should be no spectators also, so many also undue pressure. just use your stopwatch, man. it has shown that it was a good call for this last shot
i was sitting at the vip seats and i could clearly hear the referee’s reason for denying Deanna’s lay-up. He said that it was very clear that the ball was still in her hands when the buzzer sounded and the panel of judges would agree. In fact, from what I saw, the ball did not leave her hands when the buzzer sounded.
I rmbed staring at the scoreboard when the stopclock is winding down ya? Frm my angle I think it is really a late release. Perhaps a different angle will show different outcome yeah?in anyway, I thought there were some really wild calls by the referee during the 4th quarters yeah.. In particular reaching fouls…
The allure of sports is human drama. More video replay, sophisticated technical equipment, zero-bias refereeing… I vote no. I enjoyed the game, as would have all the non-partisan basketball fans.
There’re always biased on the referees’ decisions for a Team whom the Coach or Teacher-in-charge are known to them. The referring standard in Singapore has no improvement since 2006 till now. BAS is not proactive in this. There are no passion and professionalism protrayed by the referees.
haha, coach chiew is very well-known. so are hc’s coaches. perhaps the referees side both sides then?
i do agree that referees’ decisions are not always neutral. But with reference to the shot made by Rj, it was not the decision made by the judgement of a referee. It was based on the buzzer.
You must be one of those who either left the Referee Group under BAS or one of those who hate the current Technical Committee Group of people. Don’t judge the book by it’s cover. Human make mistakes and I won’t deny making no mistake during that day. But as a Referee, I always try to minimum mistake made by concentrating on the game. At least I am clear conscience that I don’t side any teams.
we should have a shot clock and timer right above the hoops, nba style.lol. then it’s clearer for everyone to see.
who is ri’s coach? thought i saw coach bao ling at the stands ;0
Chiew Poh Leng who is also SCGS coach.
There was a problem with the trey shot because i think the 2 shot clocks were not consistent (not 100% sure about this) but for the buzzer shot, i’m quite sure the shot was released after the time.
ridiculous how RI was cheated of victory when deanna’s lay-up clearly was released before the buzzer. preposterous.
unfortunately we dont have NBA-standard instant replays! But you know what is REALLY preposterous? The fact that the score board was only facing one side – maybe thats why some RI fans might not have seen the clock winding down.
see chatbox. go to jumpshot watch the video, get a stopwatch by your side.
erwin: “start the clock when the first hwa chong player touches the ball after the inbounds pass. then stop the watch when the ball leaves deanna’s hands.”
report your findings everybody. k thx
i watched the video and timed it 3 times. 15.14s, 15.49s and 14.51s
Interesting to note that Deanna’s last second lay up as well as Wei Yi’s shot clock beating (and equalizing) trey were strongly contested by the RI coach and bench. Personally thought the trey was definitely past the buzzer although I wasn’t too sure about the lay-up.
yeah the coach was definitely not happy! imho i felt both calls were accurate, especially the lay-up – the buzzer clearly sounded before she went up. she should have just made a jump shot!