Macau: The Hiroshima Dragonflies and the Taoyuan Pauian Pilots will face off in the East Asia Super League (EASL) finals after beating their rivals at the Studio City Event Center in Macau Friday night.

According to Philippines News Agency, Dwayne Evans was named Player of the Game after delivering a game-high 20 points and 16 rebounds in leading the Dragonflies to an 81-65 victory over the New Taipei Kings. Kerry Blackshear Jr. contributed 18 points, Ryu Watanabe had 16 points, including four triples, while Toshiki Kamisawa scored 14 points. Joseph Lin led Taipei with 16 points and four assists, followed by Austine Daye with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

The Taoyuan Pauian Pilots, on the other hand, secured a 71-64 win over the Ryukyu Golden Kings. Lu Chun-Hsiang scored a game-high 24 points to earn Player of the Game honors. Treveon Graham contributed 17 points, four assists, three rebounds, and two steals; Alec Brown had 10 points, eight rebounds, two assists, and one block, while Pai Yao-Cheng also added 10 points along with three rebounds and three assists. Alex Kirk led Ryukyu with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Keve Aluma, Ryuichi Kishimoto, and Jack Cooley each scored 11 points.

The championship game will be played at 7 p.m. Sunday (Macau time), while the New Taipei Kings and Ryukyu Golden Kings will compete for third place at 4 p.m. Hiroshima (6-5) and Taoyuan (6-4) topped Group A, while Ryukyu (6-5) and New Taipei (6-4) topped Group B in the preliminaries to reach the Final Four.