With Gilas Pilipinas having two losses now within the 2023 FIBA World Cup, the possibilities of advancing to the second spherical are getting slimmer.
However, the struggle is just not but over for the Philippines.
After falling to the Dominican Republic, 87-81, and to Angola, 80-70, the nationwide group is 0-2 in Group A behind Dominican Republic (2-0), Italy (1-1), and Angola (1-1).
Things do not look good, however Tuesday’s video games will decide the destiny of the Philippines within the World Cup.
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So how can Gilas nonetheless advance to the second spherical?
It would require a situation through which all three of Gilas, Italy, and Angola to fall right into a three-way tie at 1-2 and the Philippines to have the perfect quotient among the many three groups in video games performed towards one another.
That’s no simple process and these are the issues that should fall into place for this to occur.
Requirement 1: Dominicana wins over Angola
Karl-Anthony Towns and the Dominican Republic squad can enhance Gilas’ possibilities of advancing to the following spherical by beating Angola.
If the Dominicans win, they sweep the group and routinely clinch the highest spot of Group A to proceed to the following spherical. It additionally knocks Angola all the way down to 1-2, giving Gilas a chance to drive a tie within the standings.
If Angola wins, nonetheless, they may transfer up alongside Dominican Republic with two victories, eliminating Gilas from rivalry as the perfect the Philippines can do is end with one win within the group section.
However, an Angola loss within the 4 p.m. recreation is just not all Gilas wants. They may even need to deal with business within the 8 p.m. contest towards Italy.
Requirement 2: Gilas beats Italy by 13 or extra
Now comes the difficult half.
For the triple-tie at 1-2 to return to fruition, Angola must lose and Gilas must beat Italy.
That will then require FIBA’s tiebreak guidelines to take impact giving Gilas an opportunity to take second place within the group.
The first tiebreak would be the three groups’ document towards one another, however since on this situation, all three groups will maintain one win and one loss towards the opposite two groups, then the tie is not going to be resolved there. The subsequent tiebreak would be the point-differences of the groups within the video games between them.
Angola already has its point-difference set with their 14-point loss to Italy and 10-point win over the Philippines leading to a -4.
Right now Italy is at +14 whereas Gilas is at -10, however this will nonetheless change relying on the results of their upcoming head-to-head recreation.
A Gilas win by 13 factors will give them them a superior quotient of +3 whereas Italy can have a +1, each of them forward of Angola. If, nonetheless, they win by 12 or much less, then will probably be Italy advancing to the following spherical with the perfect point-difference.
That’s the situation that places the Philippines by to the second spherical: an Angola loss to Dominican Republic and a Gilas win by 13 factors or extra over Italy.
Now, that is simpler mentioned than achieved because the world no. 40 Philippines must hack out a 13-point win towards the Tenth-ranked federation Italy.
Thirteen factors is rather a lot towards a Top 10 group on the planet, however ‘Puso’ and ‘Never Say Die’ are simply among the Filipinos’ favourite phrases. And will probably be time to place these mindsets to the take a look at on Tuesday.
Angola takes on the Dominicans at 4 p.m. on the Smart Araneta Coliseum, whereas the Philippines will attempt to overcome the tall order at 8 p.m.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
