It was my first time watching a basketball match. Never once before I watch any kind of basketball game. Therefore when Jek invited me to watch this game with him, I did not mind paying to do so. Moreover he could get discounted tickets. Jek is a basketball friend of mine, who is from Philippine. We also invited Chee Hoong and Louis to join us. Took a while to convince Louis to actually pay to watch. While Chee Hoong was okay to go and Edward not wanting to go. Anyway Jek could only get 4 tickets at discounted price.
We were there more than an hour before tip-off and were one of the earliest to be in the stadium. We figured since our tickets were free seating, we better go earlier to take good seats. Ended up by the time the match tip-off, there were not many people. Out of 10,000 seating capacity, probably only 200-300 people watched the game. Maybe this shows how much Singapore is not into basketball. Nevertheless, this is just a new Asian Basketball League. I am sure if L.A. Lakers from NBA comes to town, it will be sold out!
When the Singapore Slingers were down 9-21 in the first quarter, everyone thought it was a losing game. But so glad Singapore Slingers stepped up their game and as the people in the stadium got nosier, the game changed. All the shouting and screaming, it was a very fun time!
Actually the mascot is kind of ugly right? “Haha!” In the end, Singapore Slingers ranked 3rd place at the start of the game overturn the game and won the ranked 1st Philippine Patriots. All and all, it was fun and what a great experience!
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