After leveling the series on a previous night of Game 4, the match between the top two teams of the NBL went to a no holds barred Game 5, where a team who wins will take home the trophy and the pride of wearing their respective uniforms. As a result, Game 5 went for a sea saw skirmish where neither both teams could break away from the tight defense evident to many steals and miscues that occurred during the progress of the game.
However, finding themselves down 57 – 50 at the end of third quarter, Peched executed a 19 – 3 run at the stretch of the last period courtesy of the aggressive game put by speedy point guard Kalson Dulei who scored back to back fast break points and a help from his wingman, Douglas Schmidt who drained two three point bombs. Ngermid – Rivals, managed to score only on the last 2 minutes and 40 seconds remaining in the game to cut the lead but it was too late. Peched took control of the match using the clock turning the lights out on the Rivals team. National player Sunshine Soalablai who did not get any breather for Peched team contributed 20 points and was named the Most Valuable Player for the championship series. On the other hand, also a National player, Javis Pedro of the Ngermid Rivals and points guard Merei Ise got 15 points a piece.2009 National Basketball League is supervised by the Palau Basketball Federation and is sponsored by Shell, Palau.
