Dibuat oleh Admin. Pada 12 March 2024 - 14:28
Satria Muda Pertamina still hasn't found a solution for the back to back matches this season. It has been proven that three times SM Pertamina has faced this schedule and always did not get smooth results. Finally, they had to fall from Prawira Bandung on Sunday 10 February at the Pertamina Arena. This defeat also broke the positive trend of SM Pertamina, which had never lost in the last four matches.
“Firstly, it was clear that we lost to them because they continued to pressure us from the start of the match. Then we lost one of our top foreign players, Trey, and it's definitely not easy to have two games in two days like this. "But it is clear that we must immediately find a solution to deal with situations and conditions like this," said Manuel Garces after yesterday's match.
The match against Prawira itself actually raised hopes for SM Pertamina, this can be seen because Shaw et al were always ahead for almost the entire three quarters. However, the momentum actually reversed in the last quarter where SM Pertamina's points stagnated. This could be put to good use by David Singelton's boys to advance through important points from Brandone, Yudha and Hester which ended in victory.
"Actually, we didn't have a problem in the fourth quarter, but our shooting percentage was not good, and our turnover in the match was also very high, but that's okay because this will be a good lesson for us in facing future matches. "We just need to look back at our mistakes and correct them," said Arki when met in the team dressing room.
With this defeat, SM Pertamina now has a record (6-3) and is also their first defeat at Pertamina Arena, the blue team's new home which is located in Simprug, South Jakarta.
SM Pertamina itself will continue its IBL matches this season with away matches against Pacific Caesar Surabaya on March 15 and Bali United on March 17. (FR)
