Team Pilipinas Blasts Sri Lanka in FIBA-Asia Opener
Team Pilipinas blasts Sri Lanka with a monstrous score of 115-31 in the opening game of 25th FIBA-Asian men’s basketball championship Thursday in Tianjin, China. They played a terrific game that a win today in able them to have an automatic semi-finals slot in the on-going FIBA-Asia tournament. But first, they must play really hard to win their remaining games for them to qualify in the 2012 London Olympics.
Despite a tentative start, the Nationals still managed to pull away early in the first quarter as big man Japeth Aguilar made his presence felt inside to give the Philippines an early 18-4 lead. The Nationals limited the Sri Lankans to just 9 points in the first quarter.
They later stretched the lead to 27 points at halftime 44-17 score. RP coach Yeng Guiao told his players not to put their game on a show but to play basic basketball game for them to win against powerhouse team China.
In the 2nd half, Powerade Team Pilipinas played their game seriously which they scored a thunderous 42 points in the 3rd quarter alone. Give credit to Arwind Santos as he hit several three point shots as the game continues.
Meanwhile, Jared Dillinger led RP with 21 points, Arwind Santos had 16 and Asi Taulava, Aguilar and Cyrus Baguio each had 15 in the win which coach Yeng Guiao described as a “good way to prepare against Japan and Korea.”
Coach Yeng Guiao was very impressed on his player’s performance. “The real test for us is Japan and Korea. We’re looking forward to playing against them in the next two days,” said Guiao.
The Nationals schedule to clash with the Japanese tomorrow (Friday) at 9 p.m PST.
The scores:
Team Pilipinas 115 – Dillinger 21, Santos 16, Taulava 15, Aguilar 15, Baguio 15, Thoss 11, Norwood 8, Helterbrand 5, Miller 5, Raymundo 4, Pennisi 0.
Sri Lanka 31 – Rajapakshe 8, Fernando 8, Danawansa 7, Senanayake 4, De Silva 2, Perera 2.
Quarterscores: 28-9; 44-17; 86-26; 115-31.
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