Changsha China
FIBA Asia 2015 News: Gilas Pilipinas Basketball bounced back from previous day upset loss to mercilessly shame Hong Kong NT, 101-50, this Thursday in the FIBA Asia 2015 in Changsha China. Jayson “The Blur” Castro reigned with his 21 big points, while Andray Blatche and Dondon “Cebuano Hotshot” Hontiveros chipped-in 17 and 14 markers respectively.
The Philippine Basketball Team, reeling from a heartbreaking loss yesterday, dropped a whopping 51 point victory over hapless Hong Kong NT. Team PIlipinas shot 41.2% in three-point territory and 50% clip in fieldgoals made.
Gilas Pilipinas mercilessly clamped down on defense as they capitalized on pure hustle to force 14 total turnovers over Hongkong. RP Five also stole the ball 8 times and swatted with 6 total blocks.
Philippines outrebounded HK 62 to 38 and outpaced the Chinese locals by 16 assists compared to 10. Blatche who scored 17 markers, also topped the rebounding department by 8.
The Filipinos made-up in bench scoring as they dropped 39 points compared to HK’s 17.
Philippines sprang to a 28-15 lead in the first canto. RP Five made 4 treys combined with balanced team scoring and good defensive composure.
At the half, RP raced to a 51-22 lead. Castro, Blatche and Hontiveros teamed-up to lift Pilipinas and ended with 12, 11 and 10 points respectively as the half ended.
In the third quarter, The Filipinos continued the dominant pace as they mounted a 45 point lead that was anchored by three treys from Castro.
Philippines will next face Kuwait tomorrow for the final game in the FIBA Asia preliminaries.
-
1ST QUARTER
1st QTR Starts
TIP-OFF to PHI
Blatche steps on the line
9:30 Castro steal plus fastbreak 2-0 PHI leads
8:44 Blatche trey 5-0 PHI leads
7:50 Hontiveros short stab 7-0 PHI leads
7:33 De Ocampo layup 9-0 PHI leads
7:00 Castro trey 12-0 PHI leads
Norwood blocks Chong
6:37 Cheng scores 12-2 PHI
6:18 Hontiveros trey 15-2 PHI
6:00 Castro 2FT 17-2 PHI leads
Hontiveros misses trey
Norwood misses trey
Romeo inserted to the game
4:40 Romeo trey 20-2 PHI leads
PHI 4 of 6 from trey
Shotclock run out for HKG
Romeo misses trey
Blatche misses trey
PHI 4 of 9 in trey
2:55 HKG scores 20-4 PHI
2:40 Blatche
2:35 Blatche tip-in 22-4 PHI leads
2:18 Chan trey 22-7 PHI leads
Romeo misses trey
1:31 HKG fastbreak 22-9
1:21 Abueva fadeaway 24-9 PHI
1:07 Chan trey 24-12 PHI
51.5secs Abueva 1FT 25-12 PHI leads
31.5secs Abueva 2FT 27-12 PHI leads
HKG penalty
12.7secs Ganuelas Rosser 1FT 28-12 PHI leads
1.9secs Au Yeung trey 28-15 PHI leads
1QTR ENDS 28-15 PHI leads
-
2ND QUARTER
2nd QTR Starts
Taulava blocked by Reid
9:09 Wong trey 28-18 PHI leads
8:54 Abueva 1FT 29-18 PHI leads
Taulava loses rebound
8:11 Blatche midrange 31-18 PHI leads
Blatche called for three seconds
Pingris called for illegal pick
Good block by Ganuelas Rosser
6:42 Castro trey 34-18 PHI leads
6:15 Blatche trey 37-18 PHI leads
5:32 Blatche called for goal tending, questionable call 37-20 PHI leads
5:19 Blatche misses FTs 37-20 PHI leads
Blatche good block
4:38 De Ocampo jumphook 39-20 PHI leads
4:21 Castro layup off Ganuelas Rosser feed 41-20 PHI leads
Blatche misses trey
Castro misses layup
2:57 Ganuelas Rosser misses FTs 41-20 PHI leads
Ganuelas Rosser 1 of 4 Freethrows
2:24 Hontiveros trey 44-20 PHI leads
1:48 Hontiveros trey 47-20 PHI leads
1:32 Reid midrange 47-22 PHI leads
1:13 Ganuelas Rosser jumper 49-22 PHI leads
Hontiveros misses trey
5.1secs Thoss hookshot 51-22 PHI leads
Total output Castro 12 points Hontiveros 11 points Blatche 10 points
2QTR ENDS 51-22 000 leads
-
3RD QUARTER
3rd QTR Starts
9:49 Blatche draws foul from Reid 1FT 52-22 PHI leads
9:34 Blatche reach-in foul
9:23 Blatche called for 2nd foul
9:23 Reid 1FT 52-22 PHI leads
8:57 Castro trey 55-23 PHI leads
8:39 Lin layup 55-25 PHI leads
8:23 Blatche powermove 57-25 PHI leads
8:04 Reid fadeaway 57-27 PHI leads
7:45 De Ocampo 2FT 59-27 PHI leads
7:09 Blatche 2FT 61-27 PHI leads
Reid now has 3 fouls
6:48 Blatche layup 63-27 PHI leads
6:31 Xu midrange 63-29 PHI leads
6:05 De Ocampo jumper 65-29 PHI leads
5:50 Lin layup 65-31 PHI leads
5:30 De Ocampo jumper 67-31 PHI leads
5:02 Taulava powermove 69-31 PHI leads
4:36 Castro trey 72-31 PHI leads
4:00 Castro trey off De Ocampo feed 75-31 PHI leads
3:43 Castro 2nd foul
Pingris nice block
3:13 Xu layup 75-33 PHI leads
2:53 Hontiveros trey 78-33 PHI leads
2:37 Wong layup 78-35 PHI leads
Romeo misses trey
2:06 Taulava foul
2:06 Wong 2FT 78-37 PHI leads
1:46 Romeo trey 81-37 PHI leads
Norwood good tap
1:32 Hontiveros foul
1:32 Leung 1FT 81-38 PHI
Romeo misses trey
52secs Romeo misses trey
Romeo misses layup
6.0secs Romeo 2FT 83-38 PHI leads
Romeo 2 of 9 fieldgoals
Norwood misses trey
3QTR ENDS 83-38 PHI leads
-
4TH QUARTER
4th QTR Starts
9:17 Intal foul
8:55 Intal 1FT 84-38 PHI leads
8:33 Pingris powermove off Romeo feed 86-38 PHI leads
8:11 Ganuelas Rosser stab off Romeo feed 88-38 PHI leads
Ganuelas Rosser good block
Ganuelas misses undergoal
7:28 Chan layup 88-40 PHI leads
7:16 Abueva called for illegal pick
6:38 Au Yeung midrange 88-42 PHI leads
Romeo misses drive
6:16 Reid powermove 88-44 PHI leads
6:02 Abueva 1FT 89-44 PHI leads
5:42 Abueva 1FT 90-44 PHI leads
Romeo personal foul
5:35 Abueva foul
5:06 Thoss called for offensive
4:45 Ganuelas Rosser layup off Romeo feed 92-44 PHI leads
4:33 Chan trey 92-47 PHI leads
4:05 Intal layup 94-47 PHI leads
Romeo misses layup
3:31 Romeo steal
3:18 Romeo trey 97-47 PHI leads
2:59 Romeo loses ball
2:22 Blind ref calls Abueva foul
2:22 Lin 1FT 97-48 PHI leads
Abueva misses floater
Romeo misses layup
1:41 Xu scores 97-50 PHI leads
Romeo misses trey
1:14 Thoss jumper off Abueva feed 99-50 PHI leads
Ganuelas Rosser misses trey
Intal misses trey
9.9secs Intal layup 101-50 PHI leads
Castro 21 Points Blatche 17 points 5 Gilas in double digits
4QTR ENDS 101-50 PHI Wins
