PHNOM PENH — Gilas Pilipinas bounced again robust on Saturday, pulling off an announcement win towards Singapore, 105-45, to punch its ticket to the semifinals spherical within the thirty second SEA Games right here.
Gilas completed second in Group A behind host Cambodia, who handed them a 79-68 loss the opposite day. And shifting ahead to the semifinals, the nationwide cagers will both face Indonesia or Thailand in a bid to step nearer to their objective of reclaiming the SEAG throne.
And head coach Chot Reyes is glad to have this sport to assist them put together for what comes forward for the staff within the knockout rounds.
“This is basically our final practice before the semifinal game, because you know we can’t really go hard in the practice,” Reyes stated.
“This was our preparatory practice. We want them to already work on the things we might need against whoever—Indonesia or Thailand.”
Reyes stated that he is hoping his gamers have now tailored to the warmth and the court docket’s floorings, which he earlier cited as issues of their loss to the hosts.
“Hopefully. But again, iba ‘yung heat ng ganitong 1 o’clock, iba ‘yung heat ng 5 o’clock pag puno ‘yung stadium. Again, that was the problem we had last game with Justin (Brownlee), hopefully we adjust better in the semifinals,” he added.
(“Hopefully. But again, the head is different at 1 o’clock and the head is different at 5 o’clock when the stadium is filled with people. Again, that was the problem we had last game with Justin, hopefully we adjust better in the semifinals.”)
Brownlee churned out 12 factors, six rebounds, and eight assists to tow the Philippines whereas Marcio Lassiter dropped 16 markers as they improved to 2-1.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
