Mahaka Satria Muda wins 1st Kobatama title<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A free throw from Amran A. Sinta in the
\nremaining 11 seconds resulted in Mahaka Satria Muda (SM) claiming
\nvictory in the 1999 A Mild Kobatama National Basketball League's
\nfinal on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Home favorite SM crushed the hope of Surakarta-based Bhinneka
\nSritex 57-46 to win the league for the first time since Kobatama
\nwas staged in 1994. Bhinneka was the 1997 finalist and finished
\nfifth in the following year when SM was the bottom finisher.<\/p>\n
Amran scored 14 points, made 12 rebounds and five assists to
\nearn him the Most Valuable Player's title. I Made Sudiadnyana of
\nBhinneka, who scored 22 points, made eight rebounds and three
\nassists on Sunday, was crowned the league's top scorer.<\/p>\n
\"I'm very proud because it is the first time that we have won
\nKobatama. We were one of the semifinalists in 1996 but at that
\ntime we hired foreign players,\" said Amran, 27, after the match.<\/p>\n
SM players poured mineral water over the head of their coach,
\nRastafari Horongbala, after the referee blew the final whistle.
\nRastafari was hugged by senior players, Wahyu Widayat and Fictor
\nG. Roring, who could not stop their tears.<\/p>\n
\"I'm proud of my players because they could cope with the
\npressure during the match. The fact that they have never entered
\nthe final has helped boost their motivation to win this match,\"
\nsaid Rastafari.<\/p>\n
Fictor, who is also a former national player, said: \"Entering
\nthe Kobatama's final four is amazing. And winning the Kobatama is
\nreally a miracle.\"<\/p>\n
Bhinneka was downed 24-34 in the first half, but Sudiadnyana,
\nwhose nickname is Lolik, equalized the score to 44-44 at 6:27 of
\nthe second half.<\/p>\n
The agony was just starting when Wahyudi made a technical foul
\nat 4:15 of the second half and the referee awarded free throws to
\nSM. Amran successfully made the throws to pass Bhinneka 46-44.<\/p>\n
Bhinneka was discouraged but managed to score the last two
\npoints by free throws from its senior player Lie Tjui Tek at 38.1
\nseconds.<\/p>\n
\"I am very disappointed. But that's all what we got,\" Lolik,
\nalso a national player, said amid a horde of fans who were asking
\nfor his autograph.<\/p>\n
SM left behind a bitter tantrum on Saturday when it was
\ndeclared a finalist after opponents Panasia Indosyntec declined
\nto continue the match in the remaining 59.6 seconds of the second
\nhalf.<\/p>\n
Panasia walked out on Sunday and gave third place to its
\nlongstanding rival Aspac of Jakarta. None of Panasia team showed
\nup when the club was called to receive the fourth rank trophy.<\/p>\n
Apology<\/p>\n
Panasia's chief of general affairs, Suwandi Bing Adi,
\napologized on Sunday for withdrawing from the semifinal. By way
\nof explanation, he said a decision by the referee was unfair.<\/p>\n
\"We don't want to accept the decision. We want a transparent
\nexplanation so basketball fans know what happened in the national
\ncompetition. We want to be professional, but we felt disappointed
\nfor the incident,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Team manager Danny Kosasih added: \"The club's councilor Awong
\nHidjaja will decide whether we should take part in the 2000
\nleague. He told me that there was no longer sportsmanship in
\nSaturday's match. I can say nothing, he never looked so enraged.\"<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi) official in
\ncharge of Kobatama, Doedie Gambiro, said that Panasia had not
\nsent a written statement declaring that it would withdraw from
\nnext year's Kobatama.<\/p>\n
He also said that Perbasi would consider applying sanctions to
\nreferee Hadi Wasito and match supervisor.<\/p>\n
\"If they are proved to have falsified the decision, we could
\ndelay licenses,\" he said. (ivy)<\/p>",
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