Gilas Pilipinas comeback falls short vs Finland, remains winless in Estonia friendlies

Gilas Pilipinas fell in need of its comeback try because it absorbed an 89-85 loss to Finland on Wednesday evening (Estonia time) to stay winless within the collection of pleasant video games in Tallinn, Estonia.

The nationals by no means tasted the lead within the sport, being buried by as massive as 18 factors early within the second interval, 11-29, earlier than they trimmed that to only a single digit on the halftime mark, 42-51.

The Filipino cagers continued to rally within the remaining stretch of the sport with guard Dwight Ramos sinking a layup to ship the Philippines to a 79-85 deficit earlier than back-to-back triples from Scottie Thompson made it an 85-89 affair nonetheless in Finland’s favor with two ticks left.

Unfortunately for Gilas, Finland constructed sufficient result in get away with the victory.

Ramos led the way in which with 15 factors, three rebounds, and two blocks whereas Barangay Ginebra teammates Justin Brownlee and Thompson churned out 11 and 10 markers apiece.

Gilas beforehand fell to Estonia, 81-71, to kick off its abroad preparations for the 2023 FIBA World Cup set this August 25 in Manila.

—Bea Micaller, JKC/GMA Integrated News