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ABL: Renaldo Balkman urges Alab to learn from Game 1 mistakes

ABL: Renaldo Balkman urges Alab to learn from Game 1 mistakes

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San Miguel Alab Piipinas player Renaldo Balkman silenced the Hong Kong crowd in Game 1 by scoring a single-game league record 46 points. Courtesy of ABL's Facebook page

Renaldo Balkman acknowledged there are things San Miguel Alab Pilipinas must correct when the Filipino club meets Hong Kong Eastern in Game 2 of their ASEAN Basketball League semifinal duel at Santa Rosa Sports Complex in Laguna on Sunday.

Alab led by as many as 15 points in Game 1 and seemed to be coasting to a hassle-free victory, when Marcus Elliot and company chipped away at the deficit to make it 94-all with 56 seconds to go.

But Balkman and Justin Brownlee sank 4 free throws to seal the win.

“We gotta check the things we did wrong. This is the playoffs, anything can happen in a game,” said Balkman, who finished with 46 points, an ABL single-game playoff record.

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Ray Parks Jr. added 23 points on an efficient 10-of-16 shooting from the field to go with 10 rebounds, while Brownlee chipped in 16 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists, an all-around performance that compensated for his poor shooting night (5 of 20).

Bakman said it’s important that Alab close out the best-of-3 series at home in front of local fans.

“We always play good in away games and I don't know what it is, but when we get home this weekend we gotta play harder,” he said.

Hong Kong, seeded No. 2, is expected to come back strong with Tyler Lamb, Christian Standhardinger and Elliot leading the charge.

In Game 1, Lamb finished with 32 points, while Elliot and Standhardinger had 22 and 18, respectively.

(For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN Sports website.)

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