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Lim Shi Xin led Singapore past Hrvatska 105-91

Pretty much a turnaround with a good feeling, especially when against one of European Juggernaut team.

Lim Shi Xin flushed 33 points (15-18 FG) and 16 rebounds, ignited Merlions' nitro start on 3rd quarter to extend 55-43 lead become 82-63 at the end of third. And it was 20+ points lead throughout the 4th, before the Croatians cut it to 14 before the horn sounded. The Final score was 105-91 for Singapore.

Loh Leong Tong was brilliant as well, came off the bench and was everywhere to snatch offensive rebounds. He finished with 17pts and 10rebs (5 off rebs) with only 24 minutes playing. Peh Jian Long, shaked away his first game woes to score 17pts 12rebs and 3 blks. With three of their bigman have their day, Singapore outrebounded their opponent 58-34.

Despite an impressive win, the Singapore still allowing Hrvatska to score easy buckets, mostly on 2nd quarter, with Vilim Hegedušić keep playing above the rim off the feed from Edi Rušin. Hegedušić fiinished with 8/8 FG en route for 19 pts.

After first two game, Singapore will wait for the World Cup repechage games result to see their next schedule.

lucky for peh.. he gt scolding from me.. now he doing great XD

lucky for peh.. he gt scolding from me.. now he doing great

oh, u lectured him hor.. no wonder he play so serious....

yup keep remind him to play hard.. NT coach are watching him XD..his future career need to fight for himself XD

yup keep remind him to play hard.. NT coach are watching him..his future career need to fight for himself

Yeah you right..he was hoping PJL come to the rescue for SGP NT. So remember ! keep his minutes again... next week schedule still unknown, but chance we are facing strong team are very high, because we are playing the world.

yup keep remind him to play hard.. NT coach are watching him XD..his future career need to fight for himself XD

Haa, that is a good one!! ;P

What's next for Merlion? The schedule is out now...

1. vs Barbados (rank 95) 8/22/2011 6:00:00 PM
2. @ Bahamas (rank 96) 8/30/2011 7:00:00 AM
3. vs Kazakhstan (rank 67) 9/5/2011 6:00:00 PM
4. @ Belgium (rank 21) 9/13/2011 1:35:00 AM
5. vs Japan (rank 69) 9/19/2011 6:00:00 PM
6. @ Hungary (rank 19) 9/27/2011 12:40:00 AM

The snowball.... is the best to describe how's Singapore schedule looks like.

Barbados and Bahamas are the right place to for the Merlions to breathe for a moment, before the spiral goes bigger with a visit from stronger Kazakhtsan team.

After that, the schedule become more challenging with the squad have to travel to Belgium to face the world rank #21.

Back home to host Japan. Time to relax? Not really, because the Ninjas are usually strong near end of Tournament, and won't hesitate to initiate a CT battle, which sent Singapore U21 laid goose egg, winless on Consolation Tournament two season ago.

The final game is much like the Adventure Sony Playstation video games, when you have to face the last boss battle. Hungary is much looking like Eesti, with their six-figure salary mammoth waiting to swallow their opponent.

Looking at the Standing, India, Macau and Thailand are leading the pools, with better chance to host next season Asian Tournament.

For Singapore to slip past them, they will need their Fantastic Four (Lim Shi Xin, Peh Jian Long, Abdul Rauf Ishak & Ling Feng Kong) to stay max, and then they will only have to fear Belgium and Hungary.

haha.. not that easy.. hard to catch up with India and Macau since the game vs Eesti really damaged a lot.

btw, if one team has lower seeding rank than other, then both qualified to consolation playoff, BUT the lower rank one survive longer, will they host the Asian Tournament, or still fall to the highest seed team?

ic. thanks man. guess will bring this up again if the case happened..