No.1 seed Yulon (19-5) continued its dominance over No.4 seed Mars (12-12) with a 72-66 victory over Mars to open the first round SBL playoffs with a 1-0 lead. Chen Hsin-an had a subpar shooting night but still had a game-high 19 points in the low-scoring game. Yulon swept regular season series against Mars 4-0.
No.2 SINA (14-10) will open its playoff series with No.3 Dacin (13-11) tomorrow.
Summary
Yulon 72-66 Mars (Half 35-29)
Yulon – Chen Hsin-an 19p(7-21 FG)+4a, Wei Yong-tai 14p+11rb, Chou Shih-yuan 11p, Chiu Chi-yi 10p+6rb
Mars – Lee Chi-yi 13p+10rb+3s, Lin Jia-huang 13p, Lai Kuo-hong 13p, Chen Huei 10p+3s, Yang Che-yi 10p+6rb, Yen Shin-shu DNP