{"id":171573,"date":"2018-07-17T21:42:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T01:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=171573"},"modified":"2018-07-17T21:42:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T01:42:52","slug":"blackwater-silences-seoul-samsung-in-super-8-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/17\/blackwater-silences-seoul-samsung-in-super-8-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackwater silences Seoul-Samsung in Super 8 play"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: However, Blackwater still held its ground in the latter part of the third and stifled Seoul-Samsung in the fourth, limiting the latter to only three points for most of the period, rendering it scoreless in nearly four minutes as Seoul-Samsung missed all but one of its three-balls in the final frame. (Photo<\/a>: Blackwater ELITE Basketball\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— In 2002, Lee Sang-Min drained a buzzer-beating triple to lift South Korea to the Asian Games men’s basketball finals against the Philippines.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday night, Lee, now a coach for Seoul-Samsung, witnessed his team’s three-point shooting deserting them against a Filipino side when needed the most.<\/p>\n

The Thunders struggled offensively and fell to the Blackwater Elite, 78-67, in their Asia League Summer Super 8 meeting at the Macao East Asia Games Dome in Macau.<\/p>\n

Anchored on a solid game by Poy Erram, Blackwater shut down Seoul-Samsung in the fourth quarter to post its first win in the tournament.<\/p>\n

The Elite took advantage of the Thunders’ early struggles from the deep and opened a 33-19 lead early in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Seoul-Samsung inched closer at halftime, cutting the lead to four, 41-37, and the KBL side thought it already got its three-point shooting going after three straight triples that eventually gave the team a 46-45 lead early in the third.<\/p>\n

However, Blackwater still held its ground in the latter part of the third and stifled Seoul-Samsung in the fourth, limiting the latter to only three points for most of the period, rendering it scoreless in nearly four minutes as Seoul-Samsung missed all but one of its three-balls in the final frame.<\/p>\n

Erram finished with 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting, 16 rebounds, two assists, three blocks, and two steals for the Elite, who will take on the Guangzhou Long Lions next on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Toto Jose added 14 points, six rebounds, two assists, and one steal.<\/p>\n

Kim Dong-Uk led the Thunders with 16 points, three rebounds, six assists, and three steals, but he was scoreless in the entire second half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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