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Sanders' hot streak bags him player prize

Jonathan Sanders, left, of the Videoland Hunters drives past the Yulon Dinos' Chen Hsin-an during a Super Basketball League match in this file photo. Sanders won this week's SBL Player of the Weed award. PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES

Jonathan Sanders' exceptional all-round game that led his Videoland Hunters to three straight wins over worthy opponents last weekend landed the American forward this week's Super Basketball League Player of the Week honor.

The offseason acquisition for the once troubled Hunters averaged 21 points, 16.3 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per contest during the three-game stretch, including a rare "double-20" effort (20 or more points and rebounds) in last Sunday's game against the Azio Eagles

This is the main reason why the Hunters are the lone unbeaten team heading into the third week of competition, making him the unanimous choice among members of the voting press for the coveted weekly award.

Sanders was unable to comment following his selection in the weekly ballot, but team officials did relate his gratitude and desire to improve on his already impressive performances in games to come.

Sanders and his hunting buddies will have a chance to run up the tab in the win column with back-to-back games versus the Dacin Tigers and Bank of Taiwan starting tomorrow and extend their winning streak to five in a row.

While the Tigers and the bankers will undoubtedly be looking to contain Sanders with double-team coverage, how well the Hunters defend against the lethal transition game of the Tigers and the bankers will play a crucial role in the outcome of these two games.

Tonight's Games

Kicking off this week's play will be the contest between Taiwan Beer and the bankers at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium at 6:30 this evening, where top Taiwan Beer scorer Lin "the Beast" Chih-jeh will try to lead his beer crew past a Jien Ming-fu-led speedy bankers squad that is fresh off a last-second three-point win over the Eagles last Sunday.

Preliminary reports on this game has the beermen as early favorites with the Beast and fellow three-point threat Ho Sho-cheng both playing their "A" game for headman Yen Jia-hua.

Tonight's other contest between the ETTV Antelopes and the Eagles, both winless after the first two weeks of play will also draw much attention simply because neither club believes that their respective record truly reflect their ability.

All eyes will be focused on the highly anticipated return of Delvin Thomas, the injured American muscleman who missed two of the Antelopes' past three games with a bumped left knee.

Should Thomas live up to his preseason form, the Antelopes will have an easy time against the Eagles, especially with their top center Jien Jia-hong still serving a four-game suspension for starting a brawl last Friday against the Tigers.
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