Dragons aim to keep up winning ways against Slingers

PETALING JAYA: Westports Malaysia Dragons will be facing one of their biggest challenges in the Asean Basketball League (ABL) when they take on defensive Singapore Slingers at the MABA Stadium today.

The Dragons, coming off their biggest win of the year in demolishing defending champions Chang Thailand Slammers 106-72 last Saturday, will be determined to keep the momentum going.

The team are back to their freescoring ways, completing 46% from the field and 46% of all their threepoint attempts.

They are also dominating under the rim, finishing with 42 rebounds in the game, 29 of which were under the Slammers’ basket.

The Dragons aare known to be the best offensive team in the competition, having scored an average of 86.8 points per game.

The Slingers, on the other hand, are sixth in the offensive output with 66.8 points per game.

“We have to go back to the basics and do what we do in training. We have to always look forward and be focused on what we are instructed to do,” said Dragonscaptain, B. Guganeswaran ( Guga).

“Our main goal is to play better than our previous game.”

“I know most of the Slingers players and they are improving fast. But we are ready for the challenge and will defend our home court.”