Satria Muda vows to bounce back in IBL finals<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Defending Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) champion Satria
\nMuda Britama is determined to battle back in the do-or-die second
\ngame of the final against Hewlett Packard Aspac.<\/p>\n
\"We will fight to get the second game and are set to do some
\nbrainstorming to decide our strategy,\" Satria's coach Fictor
\n\"Ito\" Gideon Roring was quoted as saying on Wednesday by Antara
\nnews service.<\/p>\n
His team lost 59-40 to Aspac in last Friday's first game of
\nthe best-of-three contest. The second game will be held at the
\nBung Karno Basketball Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
If Satria wins, the deciding game will be held at the same
\nlocation on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Ito said he was unable to sleep the night of his team's loss,
\nbelieving his team could have handed the undefeated Aspac its
\nfirst loss of the season.<\/p>\n
\"We would have beaten them but for our terrible start,\" he
\nsaid after his team practiced in Senayan.<\/p>\n
\"Basically, (for the next game) we will try to limit the
\nturnovers that occurred in the first game and that were seized
\nupon by our opponents,\" the former national center said.<\/p>\n
He added that his players would be warned to watch out for
\nAspac's \"big man\" Hari Suharsono, who ripped through their
\ndefense in the opening match.<\/p>\n
\"There will not be any special guarding of him. Aspac players
\nare perfect, all five starters must be closely guarded, so it's
\ndifficult.\"<\/p>\n
Satria Muda center Octaviano Permata was also confident his
\nteam could win.<\/p>\n
\"As a team, we're not outclassed by them, we can compete with
\nthem but we need to be calmer.\"<\/p>\n
Aspac, who lost 0-2 in last year's final but have used an all-
\nout attack to dominate the 2005 competition, vowed last week that
\nthey would inflict a defeat by the same scoreline against their
\nlongtime rivals.<\/p>\n
But pride is on the line for Octaviano, who said he suffered
\nnightmares for two consecutive nights after the loss last week,
\nand his teammates.<\/p>\n
\"We won't let Aspac win 2-0 and allow them to remain
\nundefeated this season,\" he said.<\/p>",
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