THE ACL Kings have secured their spot for finals following their 98-93 win over Moni Plus during Port Moresby Elite Basketball’s competition on Wednesday.

Coach Donald Kala said the game plan was to shut down their opponents three pointers to maintain top three ahead of the finals elimination at the Sir John Guise Stadium Indoor courts this week.

“Our main focus was to shut down their three-pointers which worked in our favor, the plan was to play more defense on the court.”

He said the team comprised mostly of aspiring ballers who are finding comfort in an elite competition against former and current elite national representatives.

“We don’t have a lot of experiences playing but it all came down to our discipline and that’s the main component of our game plan.”

In the final round of competition Kings took an early lead registering a 14-12 in the first quarter 16-year-old Joe Junior Mainakavika, Eki Evara, Armstrong Wapea, Opex Kima and Julius Ouku leading the team as captain in the starting five.

A slow pace in the second quarter saw Moni Plus take a 45-43 lead at half time with skipper Moses Kairi leading upfront.

Moni Plus extended their lead in the third quarter with a 76-67 with veteran Gabriel Elavo, Martin Ben and Morea Elavo Jnr also contributing points on the paint.

However, things took a turn in the final quarter with Kings picking pace to win by 98-93 at full time as Kima took out Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the match contributing 25 points through rebounds and 6 assists.

“We finished off on third spot so we are expected to play Togoba Coffee in the first week of finals.”

“Togoba Coffee is an experienced team with coach Moi Muri stepping in but we won’t take this game lightly as we prepare and hopefully put up a good game against them,” Kala added.

Kings and Togoba have one shot at finals with winner advancing into preliminary finals while the loser bows out for the season.