The Dominican Republic confirmed the way you end a sport is extra necessary than the way you began it.
And Karl-Anthony Towns, who put collectively one other double-double displaying, stated it was self-discipline, particularly within the second half, that allowed them to stun the World No. 10 Italy to close a sweep of Group A, which additionally consists of the house group, Gilas Pilipinas.
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“Just to stay to what we’re doing. I think our game plan was great and Coach Che was amazing in making the game plan so just stay disciplined,” Towns answered when requested what coach Nestor “Che” Garcia instructed the group throughout the halftime break.
“We just had to be disciplined and we had to make more shots and we finally started making them in the second half.”
Dominican Republic, which narrowly beat the Philippines simply the opposite day, needed to buck a gradual begin as they trailed by as a lot as 12 early on. Luckily, their pictures began getting in within the second half, burying 10 three-pointers in that juncture to regain the higher hand.
Towns was up to the mark with 24 factors highlighted by 4 triples made laced with 11 rebounds, and 5 assists as their squad improved to 2-0 in Group Some time sending Italy to a 1-1 slate.
The Philippines and Angola, each at 0-1, play one another at 8 p.m.
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“I thought we played a little harder,” Towns added.
“We stepped up our defense and we made them miss. They were making a lot of shots in the first half.”
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
