Basketball exhibition to mark anniversarry<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The 50th anniversary of Indonesia's
\nindependence, together with the NBA's \"All Stars Game\", have
\ninspired the Indonesian Basketball League to pit two Indonesian
\nteams against one another in an all-star exhibition game at the
\nSenayan Basketball Hall on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
Organizers of the match have named the two sides Team Red and
\nTeam White and have also asked spectators to wear both colors of
\nthe national flag.<\/p>\n
The teams of 10 will be allowed to pick only three foreign
\nplayers each for the exhibition match.<\/p>\n
\"It will be an exciting game, since we are restricting the
\nparticipating players to those who have gained commendable
\nrecords in the on-going league,\" the league's administrator Budi
\nRusanto said on Monday. \"We also took notice of journalists'
\nviews when deciding on the teams,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Team Red will parade Aspac's Antonuis F Rinaldo, Mohammad
\nRifky, Felix Bendatu and Bobby Parks; IM Texmaco's Trasel Rone,
\nRommy Chandra and Nano Sukarma; Bima Sakti's Charles Jones and
\nRonald Median; and I Made Sudiadnyana of Siliwangi.<\/p>\n
The opposing squad has named Pelita Jaya's Ocky Tamtelahitu,
\nAprijadi and Anthony Jones; Hadtex's Rani Kristiono, Thomas
\nKurniady and Ray Kelly; Sujudi of Halim; Ateng Sugijanto and Mike
\nKing of Pacific; and Hardono Prayogo of CLS.<\/p>\n
Aspac tops the league after the third leg, followed by Pelita
\nJaya. Defending champion Hadtex lies third. The fourth and final
\nleg will start next week, featuring only eight out of 10 teams.<\/p>\n
The organizers will award Rp 5 million (US$2,273) in cash to
\nthe winning team. An Indonesian cager and an imported player who
\nwin the MVP titles will also bag Rp 500,000 each in cash.<\/p>\n
A three-point shooting contest and a slam dunk competition
\nwill be highlights of the weekend basketball event at the 5,000-
\nseat venue. (arf)<\/p>",
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