LAPU-LAPU CITY. — The East Asia Super League Final Four gets a Filipino touch as Rhenz Abando suits up for the Anyang Jung Kwan Jang in the three-day event at the Hoops Dome here.
The 25-year-old former Gilas Pilipinas already saw action for the Korean Basketball League (KBL) side last Sunday against Goyang Sono three months following his harrowing fall in which he sustained multiple injuries.
Abando finished with 17 points, four rebounds, four steals, and three assists in the 92-87 win.
Another Filipino in Juan Gomez de Liano won’t be playing for the other KBL team Seoul SK Knights as the guard out of University of the Philippines underwent season-ending surgery on his finger.
The Red Boosters and the Knights are set to clash in the “March Madness” version of the EASL.
The two Korean sides clash at 5 p.m. this Friday, followed by the collision between the undefeated Chiba Jets of B. League and the Jeremy Lin-bannered New Taipei Kings of the P. League+ at 8 p.m.