VBA Playoffs 2023 welcomes Saigon Heat and Thang Long Warriors: The new race officially begins

With the victory on the field of Ho Chi Minh City Wings by Kentrell Barkley's impressive game-winner last night (August 16), the defending champion Saigon Heat officially won tickets to play at the VBA Playoffs 2023.

Because VBA 2023 will have 4 teams entering the Playoffs, there is still 1 ticket to compete. The two candidates for this final position are currently Nha Trang Dolphins (8-6) and Ho Chi Minh City Wings (6-9).

With the loss against Saigon Heat on the evening of August 16, Ho Chi Minh City Wings no longer had the right to decide for the ticket to continue. However, the race between "two eagles" and Nha Trang Dolphins promises to be tense because both teams still have a direct confrontation.

Particularly in the top three positions, a new race will also begin to see who will be the higher ranked team. The reward for the top team of the Regular Season is not only a semi-final series that is somewhat easier for the ranked team, but also a home advantage throughout the Playoffs period.

To make things more tense, the three teams Thang Long Warriors, Saigon Heat and Hanoi Buffaloes will face each other many times in the last 2 weeks of Regular Season VBA 2023.

The most prominent are the two encounters between Thang Long Warriors and Saigon Heat, one at CIS Stadium (August 19) and a heroic one at Tay Ho Stadium (August 27).

Hanoi Buffaloes also has two matches that promise to be difficult, the reception of "Mr. 30" on August 22. Then they will end the Regular Season with a trip to the yard of Nha Trang Dolphins, the team that needs to win because they are competing for Playoffs tickets.

Although most of the Playoffs tickets have been closed early, it is the race for the rankings to seed the VBA semi-finals that will fuel the sprint of the Regular Season, which will last from now until the end of September 3. .