PHNOM PENH —Justin Brownlee could have carried a lot of the load for Gilas Pilipinas Men of their 84-76 win over Indonesia, however the naturalized cager stated it was a group effort that helped them punch their ticket to the gold medal spherical of the thirty second SEA Games.
Brownlee dropped a game-high 34 factors, 15 of which he churned out within the essential payoff interval, alongside 9 rebounds, 5 assists, three steals, and two blocks to guide the nationals in a comeback win. But he was fast to share the credit score along with his Gilas teammates within the victory.
“Man, just a great team effort,” stated the 35-year-old Brownlee.
“Indonesia… man, they fought very hard. And we just kept fighting with ’em.”
The Filipinos needed to erase a double-digit deficit to eke out the win because the Indonesians began sturdy with Lester Prosper main the best way for hosts. Brownlee stated they simply needed to work doubly on each ends to catch the reigning gold medalist and hold their redemption bid alive.
Aside from Brownlee’s output, Gilas obtained strong minutes from Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser who had 13 factors, together with a pivotal and-one basket within the 2:15-mark of the fourth, alongside 4 rebounds. Arvin Tolentino additionally buried some essential triples to complete with 10 markers and three boards.
“They hit some big shots throughout the whole game. Once we’re trying to get a run, they seem like they were just keeping us at bay. Luckily, we kept going with our offense, we kept shooting, kept going and shots fell for us,” Brownlee added.
“We got some big offensive rebounds. Of course, our defense, I give a lot of credit. I don’t know if they scored in the last few minutes but I think we got up and down pretty well in the last maybe three or four minutes.”
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
