Bima Sakti downs Pacific 71-61<\/p>\n
SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): Bima Sakti Nikko Steel opened
\nthe action at the 1999 A Mild Kobatama National Basketball League
\non Wednesday with a 71-61 win over bottom finisher Pacific Bank
\nSwadesi.<\/p>\n
In the second game, defending champion Panasia Indosyntec
\nplayed Cahaya Lestari Surabaya (CLS) at Bhinneka Basketball
\nStadium. The game was unfinished at press time.<\/p>\n
The fifth series, which will end on Monday, features five
\nteams from the Eastern Division: Panasia, Bhinneka Sritex, Cahaya
\nLestari Surabaya, Bima Sakti Nikko Steel and Pacific.<\/p>\n
Panasia has won nine games in the five series, losing only one
\ncontest to the Western Division's runner-up Mahaka Satria Muda in
\nthe third series in Surabaya, East Java.<\/p>\n
Division runner-up and hometown favorite Bhinneka Sritex will
\nface CLS on Thursday. Bhinneka, which boasts two members of the
\nnational team on it lineup, has won seven games and lost two in
\nnine outings.<\/p>\n
Bima Sakti and CLS are trailing Bhinneka but shooting for a
\nberth in the final four. Both teams have four wins and six
\nlosses.<\/p>\n
In the women's league, Bhinneka Sritex romped to a 93-40
\nthrashing of Merah Putih Medco of Jakarta. Sahabat Surabaya
\ntrounced Yogyakarta's Mataram Utama 65-30 and Rajawali Bandung
\ndefeated Rajawali Sakti Surabaya 79-43.<\/p>\n
Pacific, which finished seventh behind Bima Sakti in the 1998
\nleague, led 39-29 in the first half.<\/p>\n
After the break, however, Bima Sakti changed its strategy to
\nput the pressure on Pacific, which appeared to weaken because it
\nwas unprepared for the stepped-up pace.<\/p>\n
Bima Sakti coach Armin Johan acknowledged that he instructed
\nhis team to raise the tempo because one of his top players, Oei
\nTeng Khun, suffered a knee injury in the second half.<\/p>\n
He said he assigned Sudiro to mark Pacific's top player Pek
\nKing-Dhay.<\/p>\n
\"I sacrificed Sudiro to block Pek King-Dhay's movement. And
\nthe strategy worked. We were able to make up the deficit.\"<\/p>\n
Pek Khing-Dhay scored 21 points and five assists but Bima
\nSakti's center, Hendy, was rated the most valuable player on the
\nday with 20 points and two assists.(44)<\/p>",
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