Justin Brownlee got here up with some essential performs for the Philippine males’s nationwide basketball group because it escaped defending champions Indonesia, 84-76, on Monday within the basketball semifinals of the thirty second Southeast Asian Games.
Brownlee put up back-to-back triples to provide Gilas Pilipinas a 76-74 lead with round three minutes left within the last interval, earlier than one other basket from him and Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser gave the nationals a six-point benefit with lower than two minutes left.
Free throws from Chris Newsome and Brownlee widened the hole in opposition to the Indonesians earlier than they ultimately took the win.
The Indonesians had the higher hand on the finish of the primary half, 45-38.
They opened the ultimate interval nonetheless within the lead, 65-60, earlier than Gilas outscored them 24-11 within the fourth to shut the sport out.
Brownlee, the naturalized Filipino, tallied 34 factors, together with 5 triples, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. He scored 15 of his factors within the Philippines’ huge fourth quarter.
Ganuelas-Rosser and Arvin Tolentino added 13 and 10 factors, respectively, for Gilas.
The win spoiled Lester Prosper’s 26-point output for the erstwhile defending champs.
Gilas Pilipinas will face the strengthened Cambodian group on Tuesday for an opportunity to reclaim the gold medal.
The scores:
Philippines 84 – Brownlee 34, Ganuelas-Rosser 13, Tolentino 10, Lassiter 9, Lastimosa 9, Newsome 4, Perez 2, Ross 2, Standhardinger 1, M. Philips 0.
Indonesia 76 – Prosper 26, Beane 12, Diagne 9, Dhyaksa 9, Jawato 8, Gemilang 6, Kokodiputra 3, Kosasih 2, Saputra 1, Noor 0, Putra Teja 0.
Quarters: 20-24, 38-45, 60-65, 84-76.
—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
