{"id":42220,"date":"2023-05-18T17:01:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/bal-playoffs-filer-feeling-motivated-ahead-of-al-ahly-game"},"modified":"2023-05-18T17:31:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:31:32","slug":"bal-playoffs-filer-feeling-motivated-ahead-of-al-ahly-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal-playoffs-filer-feeling-motivated-ahead-of-al-ahly-game","title":{"rendered":"BAL playoffs: Filer \u2018feeling motivated\u2019 ahead of Al Ahly game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>REG Basketball Club star point guard Adonis Filer is optimistic that his side has got every motivation to leave it all on the floor ahead of BAL playoff clash against Egyptian side Al Ahly come Saturday, May 20, at BK Arena.<\/p>\n

Kigali will be hosting the tournament\u2019s playoffs for the third time in a row and the Rwandan champions are now looking confident of putting up the show ahead of Saturday\u2019s game after an impressive performance from their buildup games with local side APR BBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel motivated,\u201d Filer told Times Sport in an interview, adding, \u201cWe know that the fans are going to come out and are going to pack the house, so we just really want to put on a big show for all Rwandan fans coming to the game and show us support. We want to get that win for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about the preparations, Filer said that the team has had \u2018more than enough time\u2019 preparing for the playoffs, except Ulrich Chomche who joined the group later on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got our young guy back from the NBA Academy, so we were full, we got all our guys, but before that we’ve had everybody except for him. So we have been able to prepare.\u201d<\/p>\n

The American insists REG will be heading to the game with the same mindset to \u201cgo out and perform so we can win this game,\u201d adding that Saturday\u2019s test is a do or die for \u2018the reds\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can’t win the championship without winning the first game. So we just focus on one game and after we take care of business, then turn focus on the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The game of basketball, he said, is a game of ups and downs, \u201cbut we just want the fans to stay with us when we go through our down moments in the game as well as when we go through our up moments in the game\u201d<\/p>\n

In good shape<\/p>\n

REG played three buildup games against APR BBC, a team which Cleveland Thomas Jr said has helped his team raise the game and get in good shape.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe our team\u2019s chemistry is getting better too. So I feel like we are prepared and we’re going to keep preparing until Saturday,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going in this confidently, ready to play and the best team will come out victorious.\u201d<\/p>\n

REG final roster<\/p>\n

Cleveland Joseph Thomas Jr, Adonis Jovon Filer, Pitchou Manga, Jean Jacques Wilson Nshobozwabyosenumukiza, Dieudonne\u0301 Ndizeye Ndayisaba, Olivier Shyaka, Steven Hagumintwari, Ulrich Chomche, Ntore Habimana, Axel Mpoyo, Pascal Niyonkuru, Delwan Graham and Jean de Dieu Umuhoza.<\/p>\n

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