Saigon Heat gave something for their fans to cheer for ending their ABL Season 4 with a 89-78 win against the Westports Malaysia Dragons, which also brought the curtain down on the Regular Season.

Korea will take on Hong Kong and China match wits with Japan in the semifinals of the 3rd EABA Championship on Saturday, after the quartet took their appointed spots in the Final Four booking their tickets to the 27th FIBA Asia Championship to be played in Manila from Aug 1-11 en route.

Reigning Lebanese champions Champville finished on top of the standings in the 14th WABA Champions Cup en route to qualifying for the 24th FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the first time the popular Lebanese outfit will participate in the premier club competition in FIBA Asia.

San Miguel Beermen and Westports Malaysia Dragons fought a protracted battle before the former won 107-104 on Friday in the first ever triple Overtime game in ABL history and rounded off their Regular season outing with 16 wins in a row in the ABL Season 4.

Alaska Aces took a 2-0 lead, thus moving one win away from the title, in the 2012-13 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals against Ginebra with a 104-90 in Game 2 of the best-of-five titular contest on Friday.

Korea dished out a solid performance for three quarters of the game before cruising along in the fourth and posted a 74-55 win over archrivals Japan in a Group A game as the 3rd EABA Championship tipped on Thursday.

Qatar (Maroon) men and Indian women struck a purple patch when it mattered, albeit in contrasting styles to clinch the gold medal in their respective competitions at the 1st FIBA Asia 3x3 Championship for Men and Women at Doha to be played from May 15-16.

“It’s always fantastic to win in front of your favorite people,” Yasseen Ismail’s words were probably the best way to sum up the relevance and euphoria of Qatar (Maroon) winning the gold medal in the men’s competition in the 1st FIBA Asia 3x3 Championship for Men and Women.

Indian women who came into the competition as the overwhelming favorites kept their tryst with the gold medal sweeping all opposition that came their way. Carrying forward the form of three successive wins on the opening day, the Indian women with Geethu Anna Jose at the vanguard of their challenge, won the three play-off games without raising much sweat.

A masterful performance on the defensive holding their challenge, Alaska Aces pulled off an 87-70 win against Ginebra in Game 1 of the 2012-13 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals on Wednesday.