John Escobal (Bolts #18) and Shawn Weinstein (Bolts #1) try to block Al Vergara (Slingers #19) from passing. (Photo 3 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)
Mark Cardona (Bolts #9) makes a clever pass out to his teammate after finding himself stuck in Slingers territory. (Photo 4 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Gabriel Espinas finds an opening through the Slinger’s defense to score two. (Photo 5 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Espinas nudges Kyle Jeffers (Slingers #31) as the latter runs off from a Bolts turnover. The visitors got more physical at the start of the second half, drawing countless fouls from the referees. (Photo 6 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Kyle Jeffers (Slingers #31) dunks for another two points. (Photo 7 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Al Vegara makes contact with his Meralco Bolts opponent while attempting to get past him. (Photo 8 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
The Slingers discussing tactics during a timeout. (Photo 9 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
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no need to argue guyz..the statistics never lie..very worst officiating as u can see by the naked eye he he..
Yes, the stats shown incorrectly, I saw marlou blocking 3 shots.
Slingers 1/10 from 3.., not bad u guess?
Not use to refs here? Have you been watching fiba and compare how your refs call a foul? Its just so biased.
And by the way did you the 1st half? I hope slingers learned a lot from that type of defense by meralco. After all thats the purpose of yhose kind of practice games.
Obviously slingers wont be saved by the refs in abl, so they shouldnt be pampered by the refs in sg.
I know meralco isn’t use to the refs here and I know it’s just an exhibition game but 1/14 from 3 land? I think they have to worry about refining their outside game first. They’ve got little time left before going up against a very good Ginebra side
i know its just an exhibition game but pba teams should no longer accept the invitation if they cannot guarantee a fair officiating. its unfair to the fans who payed to watch the game.
as a basketball fan, im still hoping for the improvement of singapore basketball or ASEAN as a whole.
How many times did the Slingers went to the foul line?
With the help of the referees the Slingers went to the foul line 51 times and made 34 points. Meralco bolts did 20 times and only made 13 points.
the stats doesnt look right
– shawn weinstein had 6 fouls when the limit is 5
– mercalso made + 4 field goals (which is >=8)
– slingers made + 7 points through FTs
BOLTS should have won by 1 or 2 points :D:D:D
and the bolts commuted 38 fouls not 24
PLays in PBA are more physical? i thought FIBA rules allows more contact than NBA or PBA?….shame. Meralco’s two big guys fouled out in the first 2 quarters….haha….go SLINGERS, HOPE THE SAME BUNCH OF REFS CAN SAVE YOU WHEN ABL SEASON STARTS!!!!
the stats should be posted here as well…. including the # of fouls called…
are you not ashamed with the officiating? one of the worst officiated game…