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There are some games which are better to be forgotten

A confident U21 Malaysia NT started this game against the strong Slovakia and it started well, Huang Chengkang scored the first basket inside, they replied right away and on their following offense, Huang, him again, did a big foul which left their starting PG injured after only 1 minute in the game. The rest of the game was a long and painful to watch torture, Malaysia didn't even manage to score 1 point per minute in the first 3 quarters (35 points after 36 minutes), all their drives were stopped by the strong inside defense of their opponents. The last quarter was just for the sake of finishing the game but with a 27-point loss, the humiliation was complete way before the final buzzer.

A loss against Slovakia is nothing to be ashamed of but such a big loss with so little to show for is unacceptable! The worst thing might be that the tactics weren't that bad, the coach correctly guessed that they were going to attack inside and the 2-3 zone was there to slow them down, it didn't work out.

I would like to apologize to the entire Malaysian community for such an awful game and I will accept your criticism. If you have any advice on what could have been done better (even after seeing how the game went), I would gladly hear it. You can tell me what you think here or with a BB email.

Last edited by Nico4nicolas at 11/10/2014 2:01:59 PM

Thanks for the comments, westri and you are both right about the 2-3 and how it could have helped them to hurt us. I agree with you that Man on man would have done better. In the end, I think I underestimated a bit how good their players are.

I saw that you easily won your first game, congratulations to you! Now, you're going to face a few of the best teams in the world, it won't be any easy and a bit of luck will be necessary but knowing your skills as a manager, I would say that anything is possible!

As for the young Malaysian guard, that's unfortunate, freaking French people! I only wish we could beat them later on.

A job well done

To be honest, Paraguay was not a threat to us but guessing the tactics right allowed them to start the game way better than anyone expected, they were even leading by 2 after the first quarter. The rest of the game was another story, Malaysia U21 started to play as they should have and scored twice more points than their opponents in quarter 2 & 3. The last quarter was well played to finish the job and the total of 123 points scored is the best offensive scored for Malaysia U21 in an official game since... season 21! At that time, Malaysia recorded a 135-92 win against Pakistan, a 43-point margin so exactly the same than today's game.

One of our best players, Ricky George, didn't play due to a small fever. It allowed us to see some newcomers, more specifically, the 20-year old Dicky Looi who scored 23 points in 28 minutes. Gary Gaisah was not an initial Malaysia U21 player but his qualities are much needed and he showed to the world what he can do: 18pts and 4asts in only 23 minutes. Also worth noting the 7 steals made by Edwin Majabou in 22 minutes, it's almost one steal every 3 minutes!

For the next game, Malaysia U21 will to go to Venezuela to face a strong team. Before their game against Taiwan (which will be held in a few hours), they were undefeated. A great challenge to come for the Malaysia U21 NT.

Hidup Malaysia!