The Philippines’ Strong Group didn’t maintain its unblemished file intact after falling to Dynamo of Lebanon, 89-83, within the thirty second Dubai International Basketball Championship on early Thursday on the Al Nasr Club in Dubai.
Strong Group, who was beforehand unbeaten in three video games after having gained over Al Wahda of Syria, UAE National Team, and Al Nasr of Libya, dropped to 3-1 whereas Lebanon remained immaculate at 4-0.
Shabazz Muhammad was constant for the Philippine wager, ending with a team-high 25 factors to go together with 9 rebounds, three assists, one steal, and one block whereas Adamson guard Jerom Lastimosa churned out 14 markers off the bench.
Nick Young supplied some increase together with his 11 factors and two rebounds as Renaldo Balkman and Sedrick Barefield every chipped in 10 and 9 markers within the shedding effort. Clinton Robert led Dynamo with 29 factors, eight rebounds, and 4 assists whereas Zachary Lofton and Thomas ibrahima listed 17 and 16 every.
“It was a tough loss, led 60 percent of the game but fell short in the last few minutes,” mentioned Strong Group head coach Charles Tiu.
Despite the loss, Strong will transfer on to the playoff spherical the place it can face Al Riyadi on Friday morning (Manila time).
Al Riyadi, who completed third in Group B with 2-1 card, is bannered by a number of nationwide staff gamers led by Wael Arakji, Amir Saoud, Hayk Gyokchan, and import and former NBA second spherical draft choose AJ Majok.
—MGP, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
