Bandung hosts all-star basketball match<\/p>\n
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
After completing two of the planned four series, the national
\npremier basketball competition (Kobatama) will now shift to an
\nAll-star game.<\/p>\n
The game which will be held in Bandung, West Java, on Sunday
\nand pit stars from the five teams grouped in the West division
\nand the other five from the East division.<\/p>\n
The players have been included in the teams as fans' choices
\nfrom a poll. The fans, who were allowed to include up to ten
\nnames, sent their choices through either postcards or the
\nwebsite.<\/p>\n
\"We also held a poll during the second series in Solo
\n(Surakarta),\" Doedie Gambiro, chief of the Indonesian Basketball
\nAssociation (Perbasi) in charge of competition affairs, told a
\npress conference here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Surakarta leg was concluded over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Doedie said that they had managed to net almost ten thousands
\nrespondents in the poll since the commencement of the league last
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
Jakarta-based Aspac Texmaco, the defending champion and
\nfrontrunner in the West division, has made up the majority of the
\nstarting team with three players.<\/p>\n
They are AF Rinaldi, Ricko Hantono and Rommy Chandra. The
\nother two on the team are Dwui Eriano and Cokorda Raka, both from
\nSatria Muda.<\/p>\n
From the East division, current leader Bhinneka Sritex of
\nSurakarta has two players for Sunday's game: Pek King Dhay and I
\nMade Sudiadnyana. Panasia Indosyntec of Bandung will send two in
\nM. Bayu Radityo and Antonius Joko, while the other team member is
\nIndrajaya from Wismilak CLS Surabaya.<\/p>\n
Another five players have also been picked for the second team
\nfor each squad.<\/p>\n
The West division's team will be coached by Tjetjep Firmansyah
\nof Aspac with Simon Pasaribu of Satria Muda being the team's
\nmanager, while the East division will be led by Bhinneka duo of
\ncoach Zhang Da Wei and team manager Halim Sugiarto.<\/p>\n
The match will be held at the C-Tra Arena Sports Hall, on
\nSunday at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\"This is a form of our appreciation to the fans and players.
\nWe also aim to push forward with our campaign to popularize the
\nsport among people,\" Doedie said.<\/p>\n
The organizers provided match fees of to Rp 1 million for each
\nof the players as well as the cash prizes for the player who wins
\nthe Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.<\/p>\n
The basketball league will resume competition the following
\nweek with the third series in Jakarta and the fourth series in
\nMalang, East Java, in September.<\/p>\n
The semifinals are scheduled for October with the finals to be
\ndecided later.<\/p>",
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