OUTSTANDING PLAY FROM Hong Kong junior squad member Shum Chun has helped steer title contenders Team Air Max into the play-offs of the Nike All-Hong Kong Youth Basketball League.
Shum is the hot favourite for the competition's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.
Young Post readers have voted shooting guard Shum the most likely to win the MVP award in a poll on our website, and the teenager has also been tipped by fans in the Chinese daily newspapers.
Last school year Shum helped Newman College to the Jing Ying and inter-school titles. Regular-season Group A winners Team Air Max clashed with Group B runners-up Team Air Hawk in the first leg of a play-off double-header at Southorn Stadium last night.
The second set of play-off games are tomorrow, with the winners advancing to the championship matches on Saturday and Sunday.
Tomorrow's play-off schedule: 4pm Junior Air Zoom v Junior Uptempo, 5.30pm Team Air Hawk v Team Air Max, 7pm Junior Flight v Junior Air Max, 8.30pm Team Foamposite v Team Turbulence
Regular-season final standings:
