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China had to muster all the strength they had to survive Kai Sotto’s monster production and prevail over the Philippines in today’s last Semi-Finals match.
Kai Sotto tallied his second straight outrageous stat-line, putting up 26 points, 21 rebounds and 6 blocked shots, but even that was not enough to upend the hosts, who leaned on their offensive rebounding and the clutch shooting of Sun Haoqin to win the contest and earn their place at tomorrow’s Final.
It was a monster from Sotto but he got a big help from Terrence John Fortea, despite the absence of RC Calimag, who was nursing a sore knee. Fortea contributed 18 points and started the started the Gilas run with his two-consecutive 3-points that cut China’s lead to just 2-points.
Batang Gilas will face New Zealand, to decide who will take the 3rd place.
Here are the highlights of the game;
The scores:
Philippines 54: Sotto 26, Fortea 18, Guadana 4, Cortez 4, Andrada 2, Chiu 0, Padrigao 0, Balaga 0, Bautista 0.
China 60: Sun 22, Saimaiti 10, Aizimaiti 8, Lu 8, Chen 4, Li 3, Qu 3, Yang 2, Jiao 0.
Per Quarter scores: 16-15; 32-29; 48-36; 60-54.
After absorbing a 31-pts loss in the hands of the Australians, Batang Gilas bounce back and defeated Hong Kong in the quarter finals of Fiba Under-16 Asian Championship, in Foshan, China.
The game was actually decided in the first half, where Batang Gilas are enjoying a 25-points lead. You can watch the reply from the video above.
King Balaga lead Batang Gilas is scoring by contributing 12 points, while Kai Sotto grabbed 12 rebounds, 9 of those rebounds are on the defensive end, this is in addition to his 11-points. Rence Keith Sean Padrigao dished 6 assists to help the team.
Batang Gilas next assignment will be Japan this Friday.
From Spin.ph;
The scores:
Philippines 103 – Balaga 12, Calimag 12, Padrigao 11, Sotto 11, Chiu 11, Guadana 10, Bautista 6, Go 6, Lazaro 5, Cortez 3.
Hong Kong 61 – Lung T.K. 18, Cheung M.T. 12, Lam M.K.A. 7, Leung P.T. 6, Siu W.Y. 6, Kwok H. 4, Lo K.H. 4, Siu K.W. 2, Chan T.H. 2, Lee C.K. 0, Chan P.L. 0, Chiu T.H. 0
Quarterscores: 31-18; 59-36; 86-52; 103-61.
Second game between Philippines and Japan for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian will be in MOA Arena
FIBA just confirmed it, the second game between Philippines and Japan for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers will happen on the 23rd of February at the Mall Of Asia (MOA) Arena.
Gilas Pilipinas won the first game against the pesky Japan, wherein Jayson Castro was the best player with 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 steal in just 29 minutes.
It has been confirmed that the Mall of Asia Arena will be the venue of the second clash between @officialSBPinc 🇵🇭 and @JAPANBASKETBALL 🇯🇵 at the #FIBAWC Asian Qualifiers. #ThisIsMyHouse
➡️ https://t.co/XdYi5Aefzr pic.twitter.com/lul7x9Jqm6
— FIBA 🏀 World Cup (@FIBAWC) January 10, 2018
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) plan to use the Philippine Arena, as the third venue for the Asian Qualifiers, where the Gilas Boys will face Australians who currently holds a 2-0 win-loss record.
As always, Google release the “Year in Search 2017” and for the Philippines, these are the top search term for 2017.
Google categorized each search into 10 groups; Overall Searches, News, Female Personalities, Male Personalities, Events, Movies, TV Shows, Songs and Lyrics, Apps and Phones.
Here’s the complete list below;
FIBA announced that FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 will be hosted by Philippines, Japan and Indonesia, the first-ever multiple hosts for said contest.
At total of sixteen (16) games will be played among the 32 countries participating in the tournament at the Araneta Coliseum and the Mall of Asia Arena. Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan will be used as the venue for the semifinals and the finals.
Philippines, Japan and Indonesia will host the FIBA Basketball World Cup 🏆 in 2023! #FIBAWC pic.twitter.com/OgteRbCdH8
— FIBA 🏀 World Cup (@FIBAWC) December 9, 2017
Japan and Indonesia will host the other 16 matches.
Gilas fends off pesky Japanese in their first win for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers
If not for their great start, the result of the game could have gone the other way.
Most of the heavy lifting were done by Jayson Castro who filed the stat sheet with 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 1 steal in just 29 minutes, and Andray Blatche who finished with 13 points, where 6 of those points are from the three-point line, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 3 shot blocks.
Gilas next assignment will be the visiting Chinese Taipei on Monday at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum at 7:00 in the evening.
The scores:
PHILIPPINES 77 – Castro William 20, Blatche 13, Wright 12, Norwood 10, Fajardo 6, Aguilar 5, Abueva 5, Pogoy 5, Ravena 1, Alas 0, Rosario 0
JAPAN 71 – Hiejima 20, Brown 10, Tanaka 10, Togashi 8, Baba 7, Harimoto 7, Shinoyama 4, J. Takeuchi 3, Ota 2, Furukawa 0, Uto 0
Per quarter scores: 1st: 18-10, 2nd:37-28, 3rd: 59-55, 4th: 77-71