In Day 2 of the 22nd FIBA Asia Champions' Cup, Smart Gilas Pilipinas destroyed the KL Westport Dragons of Malaysia, 95-64. While Gilas played listlessly in the first half (and let the Dragons end the 1st half with the lead), they came roaring back with tremendous defense in the 2nd, allowing the Dragons only 24 points. To amuse myself in the listless first half, I began asking myself questions and I've come up with these 7 entertaining pieces of trivia.
2. Gilas now holds the distinction of not only being the 1st team to use all 12 players but also having all 12 score at least 2 points, as Asi Taulava and Jason Ballesteros scored today.
3. Marcus Douthit played only 19 minutes and 20 seconds today, making this his shortest stint in a sanctioned game, since being ejected for an altercation in the finals of the Dubai International.
5. Japeth Aguilar has now converted three awesome alleyoop dunks, all of them coming from passes from Chris Tiu.
6. Tonight's game was the 2nd game in a row where Gilas beat an ABL team who kept the game close in the 1st half then got blown out by at least 25 in the second half. Last year, Gilas played the Brunei Barracudas a practice game in Ynares Center Pasig last year. I wish the Patriots would face them so we can see if this is a real trend.
Gilas takes a break and then resumes hostilities against Duhok Iraq on Tuesday at 8 pm at the Phil Sports Arena (Ultra) in Pasig. TIckets are still available at SM Cinemas. It's not too late to get tickets!
5 comments:
great list! :) Was happy all of them got to score! :)
I like #2 and #5 trivia :) good observations sir! I'm so proud of Chris Tiu, as what I heard from a commentator yesterday, he said Tiu has a GOOD COURT VISION. I bet he's really right because Tiu looks for open shooters, it's one thing he really do best. He always seek for the assurance of a shot :) Good entry!
Thanks for visiting the blog! I'm planning to write more on Gilas' journey through the FIBA Champions' Cup so do come back.
Hope to see you at the venue! Lots of tickets available!
sharwin you watch everyday? plano ko manood when they battle asu eh. but di pako sure haha i think gilas has a good chance to place in the top 3 here. mahihirapan against asu, rayyan, mahram and riyadi, but i think home-court will edges us against at least half those teams. go gilas!
hey enzo!
yup. I'm trying to be there everyday. may tickets pa to ASU vs gilas game, even at the venue. asu is not as strong, unless watkins goes berserk. riyadi may be a problem. :-)
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