With Chennai Heat dropping its final sport towards Chandigarh Warriors 69-83 earlier within the night, the Tigers have been assured of the title even earlier than they took on Bengaluru Kings within the final league match on Thursday night time.
With Chennai Heat dropping its final sport towards Chandigarh Warriors 69-83 earlier within the night, the Tigers have been assured of the title even earlier than they took on Bengaluru Kings within the final league match on Thursday night time.
Despite dropping their final league match 72-88 towards Bengaluru Kings, Kochi Tigers received the opening leg honours within the first Indian National Basketball League (INBL) on the Rajiv Gandhi indoor stadium right here on Thursday.
With Chennai Heat dropping its final sport towards Chandigarh Warriors 69-83 earlier within the night, the Tigers have been assured of the title even earlier than they took on Bengaluru Kings within the final league match on Thursday night time. The Tigers completed the primary leg on prime of the six-team desk with 4 wins and a loss for a complete of 9 factors. Chandigarh Warriors (three wins, two losses, eight factors) completed in a three-way tie for second place together with the Chennai and Bengaluru groups.
Kochi Tigers’ Lalrina Renthlei, left, in motion.
| Photo Credit: Photo : H Vibhu
The Tigers have been a weary bunch. In truth, a couple of of their stars had performed for his or her employer KSEB in an all-Kerala match close by earlier within the night and that confirmed of their sport.
With that being the state of affairs, the Tigers introduced out many from from the bench continuously. The staff led 26-17 within the first quarter however it was principally downhill from there.
That made the Kings’ job simpler ultimately. The second leg might be held in Jaipur from October 26.
The outcomes:
Bengaluru Kings 88 (Abhishek Gowda 18, Arvind Arumugam 15, M. Harish 14, BK. Anil Kumar 13, Pratyanshu Tomar 12) bt Kochi Tigers 72 (Jishnu G. Nair 24, Lalrina Renthlei 13).
Chandigarh Warriors 83 (Sahil 22, Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 21, Palpreet Singh Brar 27) bt Chennai Heat 69 (M. Arvind Kumar 18, Muin Bek Hafeez 16, B. Soorya 10).
Delhi Dribblers 99 (Rajeev Kumar 24, Rishabh Mathur 20, Piyush Meena 11, Mahipal Singh 20, Gaurav Chandel 20) bt Mumbai Titans 74 (Kuldeep Tamaliya 22, Sayyed Yousuf 15, Sameer Qureshi 13).
Points desk:
Kochi Tigers (9), Chandigarh Warriors (8), Chennai Heat (8), Bengaluru Kings (8), Delhi Dribblers (6), Mumbai Titans (6).
