S27 brought to SBLL-ers a Soccer WC style knockout. Strong contender like Shohoku Backers and Compassvale United were ousted unexpectedly by non-factor teams on their own comfortable homecourt.
Now, four best team are fighting for their last ticket for B3 to boost their World Rank. Defending Champion Eric United seems to have a breather after the exit of CPU and SHB and should have no problem to beat New BKT in semifinal.
However, the threat now are much bigger, as the once-lost SHP is suddenly made their way back again of being contender. SHP team, famous with their temporary-hired six-digitt superstar players, looked like have found a real strong roster. Their recent roster of Patrick Gayraud, Rizalino Lopez-Jaena and Hu Qingbo are real multiskilled player, which explained why they have a strong win vs CPU. Combined with existing star Vrisan Sharma and Suhaimi bin Awang, they are clearly hard to crack in every category.
Will SHP crowned for S27 SBBL champion? We seem to forgot that Lionheart Jaguar will host semifinal games vs SHP. Back to the Cup Final, Jaguar were still strong enough to dominate SHP without Fan Ping Wai. But now they're without Arnaud Bonnet too, the man who has won the Cup for Jaguar.
Champions are those who kept fighting till the end. Even if we lost, we are still the Champion. "The Queen - We Are The Champions"