Dibuat oleh Admin. Pada 04 October 2024 - 14:16
Satria Muda Pertamina managed to beat Pelita Jaya (PJ) in the first match of the 2024 IBL All Indonesia Cup final held at the Senayan Basketball Hall yesterday. Playing with a slightly slow tempo at the beginning of the match made Abraham et al. lag behind PJ. PJ was even able to move away by 11 points. Before finally being caught up by SM in the final minutes with offensive rebounds being the main key.
SM managed to convert 18 points from 23 offensive rebounds through the roles of Julian, Juan and Ali Bagir.
Satria Muda head coach Youbel Sondakh confirmed that they were too relaxed to start a match this hot. That's why in the locker room Youbel reminded them that they had to play aggressively again like Satria Muda in general.
"We can't go out on the field like this anymore, we have to be physically ready to play with this high tension against them. Because if we don't, we will continue to struggle until the end. But thank God, I'm grateful that we were able to take the first game," he said.
The same thing was also said by the main guard of Satria Muda Widyanta Putra Teja. According to the player from East Java, the most important thing for the next match is that they go out into the arena with a mental and physical readiness to fight until the end.
"Yes, I think our engine must be hot even before our feet set foot on the arena. It is proven that when everyone is aggressive we can turn things around and win. In addition, we also have to be more focused, especially when defending because I am sure those two factors will be able to bring us ahead again over them," concluded the player who is familiarly called Widy.
The team that is identical with the color blue itself will return to play for its second final on Saturday, October 5 tomorrow at the same place. (FR)
