Dewa United Banten won 50-33 over Pelita Jaya (PJ) Jakarta in the first half of the second match of the 2025 Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) final at the Soemantri Brodjonegoro Student Sports Hall (GMSB), Kuningan.
Pelita Jaya, coached by Justin Tatum, fielded Muhamad Arighi, Anthony Beane Jr, Agassi Goantara, Jeff Withey, and KJ McDaniels as the five starting players who started the match.
Meanwhile, Dewa United Banten, led by tactician Pablo Favarel, deployed Kaleb Ramot Gemilang, Jordan Adams, Hardianus Lakudu, Lester Prosper, and Joshua Ibarra as the starting five .
In the first quarter, both teams immediately played aggressively, pressing each other. Ibarra opened the scoring with a jump shot .
But moments later, Beane responded with a reverse lay up .
After that, the visiting team took over the flow of the game.
As it turned out, Ibarra, Kaleb, and Hardianus scored points in succession, making the score 10-2.
However, six minutes later, the flow of points from the home side struggled to stop.
The deadlock was broken by Beane with a jump shot three minutes before the first quarter was finished , then Agassi added with a floating jump shot .
McDaniels also contributed with an under basket , thus narrowing the score to 8-19.
However, Anak Dewa did not remain silent and continued to dominate the game, closing the quarter with a 24-10 lead.
In the second quarter, the home team still couldn't find a good tempo, resulting in Ibarra and his teammates continuing to score points and creating a score difference of 21 points or 14-35 in the first three minutes .
After that, both teams exchanged points, which kept the score gap wide, namely 43-24 in favor of Favarel's squad.
The second quarter or end of the first half score was closed by Jaquori McLaughlin with a jump shot .
