S17 - SBBL - Petrus Debrier clutch jumper survived Jaguars over Bobblehead 94-86
The Jaguars weren't prepared to win, but opposition team gave them the Kit-Kat chocolate.
Petrus Alexandersson and Tommy Kupila were seeing limited minutes, but Bobblehead also unexpectedly sat down their best duo Darmantas Incys & Xiong Jiayun.
Jaguar were holding 78-68 thoughout the 4th quarter, before Rashid bin Abu Bakar steal on Li An Wen made a quick 5 points run to make it 78-73. After trading baskets and Jaguars up 87-84, again Abu Bakar picked a pocket of Huo XiangSong, for James Calloway to make it one point game 87-86 with 30 seconds left. But Petrus Debrier quickly dribbled the ball to the right wing, and swished a jumper to make it 89-86 with 14seconds left. Bobblehead unable to make any shots after that, and Petrus Debriers FT over fouls to give iced the game at 94-86.
Debrier, once almost a forgotten man after the arrival of Karol Musial, led Jaguars with 23pts on 8/15 FG, 7 assists and 4 rebs. Karol Musial has 19pts, Zhong Xuan Wen has 16pts and Petrus-A scored 13pts with only 14minutes of playing.
Meanwhile, the Fat Alexander temporarily dropped out from playoff picture, after surrendered 102-112 to SLZH. Roland Krassnitzers scored season high 29pts and 18rebs, but still not enough to dominate the crowded-inside SLZH. Jarno Merinkagas led SLZH with 31 pts and 19 rebs. Don Steri has 21pts and Eldegez Abilov 18 pts & 9 asts.
Compassvale United is officially out of playoff picture after bowed down to Cheesecake 86-109. One of the most improved team in Great 8, Compassvale were overwhelmed by the stingy competition on the division, and now they're set for Relegation Match, which turned out to be Whampoa Allstars, 4 times SGP Tournament Champs.
On Big 8 side, Sessioes Doers suffered their 2nd straight losses with a defeat from the underdog Esplanade BC 76-102. The defeat made SD tied with Shohoku on 4th and 5th place. The victory for EBC means the playoff door still opened for them, and this means six teams will fight for 4 spot on Big 8.