Changsha China
FIBA Asia 2015 News: Gilas Pilipinas Basketball ensured Silver by trouncing Japan NT, 81-70, this Friday in the FIBA Asia 2015 Semifinals in Changsha China. Naturalized player Andray Blatche powered Pilipinas with his double-double 22 points and 13 rebounds, while Jayson “The Blur” Castro dropped 20 timely markers to steer Gilas 3.0 to the Gold medal match against China tomorrow at 8:30PM.
Blatche shot 42.9% from field with 9 of 21 shots made, and conserved his fouls all game long as he ended with just one. Castro paced the Filipinos with 7 assists and was stellar from beyond the arc with 4 of 9 three point bombs made.
Dondon Cebuano Hotshot Hontiveros finally burned the hoops for Gilas as he dropped 18 points in 6 of 9 trey shooting. Ranidel “RDO” De Ocampo also helped RP Five big with his 7 caroms and 2 vital block shots. Marc “Pinoy Sakuragi” Pingris was instrumental in defending against the monstrous Takeuchi.
Pilipinas shot 100% from the freethrow line and 49% from the trey territory, while Japan shot 83% from the charity but a dismal 0% from the threepoint area. Japan outrebounded Philippines 41 to 37, but Gilas made-up with 13 assists to 7.
Makoto Hiejima led Japan with a whopping 28 markers but failed to give Nippon the victory. Joji Takeuchi also contributed 18 points for Team Habayusa.
Philippines raced to a bigger margin in the third but succumbed to early penalty and probable referree home cooking that gave several free charities to Japan in the third.
Castro made two treys in the 2nd quarter to bring Pilipinas ahead 24-23 at the break. Japan stole the lead but RP managed to tie the game at 37-all with 1:09 remaining. Japan is showing their mastery of mismatches as Hiejima kept on running rounds over several Gilas defenders.
The Filipinos kept shooting blanks and were sluggish in the first canto. Only Blatch was the lone bright spot for RP Five as he ended the quarter with 9 markers.
Philippines will play China for FIBA Asia 2015 Gold tomorrow at 8:30PM. The odds are against Pilipinas as China not only formed a formidabble squad but also holds the advantage as hosts of the tourney.
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1ST QUARTER
1st QTR Starts
TIP-OFF to PHI
Castro misses trey
Blatche rebound
Blatche turnover
De Ocampo rebound
8:43 Blatche stepback midrange 2-0 PHI leads
Castro rebound
Hontiveros misses trey
7:57 Takeuchi drive 2-2 TIED
7:35 Blatche trey off Castro feed 5-2 PHI leads
Blatche rebound
Blatche misses
6:54 Hontiveros foul
6:54 Hirose 1FT 5-3 PHI leads
De Ocampo turnover
Castro forces Tabuse to turnover
Norwood misses trey
5:42 Takeuchi midrange 5-5 TIED
De Ocampo misses trey
5:13 De Ocampo foul
5:00 Arao stab 5-7 JPN leads
Blatche misses fadeaway
Blatche misses trey
De Ocampo misses
Blatche rebounds
3:55 Blatche tip-in 7-7 TIED
3:42 Castro fouled by Hirose
3:34 Abueva undergoal off Castro feed 9-7 PHI leads
3:15 Hiejima midrange 9-9 TIED
2:55 Blatche fadeaway 11-9 PHI leads
Norwood foul
Blatche rebound
Blatche 6th reboud
2:13 Abueva drive 13-9 PHI leads
1:55 Tabuese drive 13-11 PHI leads
1:42 Romeo trey 16-11 PHI leads
Romeo foul
1:25 Pingris fouls Hiejima
1:25 Hiejima 2FTs 16-13 PHI leads
1:14 Romeo fouled by Hashimoto
1:04 Abueva misses
50secs Furukawa midrange 16-15 PHI leads
Blatche misses trey
7secs Hiejima midrange 16-17 JPN leads
Blatche misses bailout shot
Blatche with 9 points
1QTR ENDS 16-17 JPN leads
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2ND QUARTER
2nd QTR Starts
9:40 Hiejima midrange 16-19 JPN leads
Abueva turnover
9:10 Takeuchi powemove 16-21 JPN leads
Abueva fouled by Furukawa
Thoss illegal pick
Thoss misses
8:08 Hiejima drive 16-23 JPN leads
7:54 Castro trey 19-23 JPN leads
Abueva rebound
Hiejima fouls Abueva
7:12 Castro spinmove 21-23 JPN
Romeo blocks Tabuse
Abueva rebound
Abueva fastbreak fouled by Tanaka
6:32 Castro trey off Romeo feed 24-23 PHI leads
Abueva rebound
De Ocampo misses midrange
5:33 Hiejima midrange 24-25 JPN leads
Castro misses trey
De Ocampo fouls Takeuchi
Castro fouls Hirose
4:46 Takeuchi midrange 24-27 JPN leads
Romeo misses trey
De Ocampo blocks Takeuchi
3:55 Romeo fouls Hiejima
3:55 Hiejima powermove plus 1FT 24-30 JPN leads
Castro misses trey
3:27 Blatche powermove plus 1FT 27-30 JPN leads
De Ocampo steal
3:01 Blatche slam off De Ocampo feed 29-30 JPN leads
2:40 Norwood fouls Hirose
2:40 Hirose 2FTs 29-32 JPN leads
Castro blocked by Takeuchi
Hontiveros nice block
2:00 Hiejima powermove plus 1FT 29-35 JPN leads
1:50 Hontiveros trey 32-25 JPN leads
1:50 Abueva pushing foul
1:50 Tabuse 2FTs 32-37 JPN leads
1:33 Abueva powermove 34-37 JPN
Blatche rebound
1:09 Hontiveros trey 37-37 TIED
Hiejima midrange 37-39 JPN leads
Blatche powermove 39-39 TIED
De Ocampo good clutch block on Ota
2QTR ENDS 39-39 TIED
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3RD QUARTER
3rd QTR Starts
Norwood misses trey
De Ocampo rebound
Blatche misses
9:04 Tabuse drive 1FT 39-42, Castro foul JPN leads
8:52 Hontiveros trey 42-TIED
De Ocampo rebound
8:08 Castro fastbreak 44-42 PHI leads
Norowod rebound
Hontiveros misses trey
7:33 Tabuse fastbreak 44-TIED
7:16 Castro trey 47-44 PHI leads
6:32 Castro trey 50-44 PHI leads
De Ocampo rebound
6:07 Castro fouled by Tabuse
5:55 Ota fouls Blatche
Castro turnover
5:33 Takeuchi midrange 50-46 PHI
De Ocampo turnover
De Ocampo 3rd foul
Blatche rebound
4:41 Norwood fastbreak 52-46 PHI leads
Hontiveros foul
4:22 Arao misses FTs
Norwood misses trey
Abueva rebound
Abueva turnover
Norwood tap
Hiejima fouls Blatche
Romeo missesw trey
3:08 Castro steal fastbreak 54-46 PHI leads
Ref bad call on possession
2:37 Romeo foul
2:28 Hiejima 2FTs, Ganuelas foul 54-48 PHI leads
2:23 Hirose fouls Romeo
Blatche turnover
2:05 Hiejima jumper 54-50
Abueva turnover
1:36 Takeuchi 2FTs, Pingris foul 54-52 PHI leads
Blatche misses trey
BGlatche rebound
Romeo misses
Romeo rebound
Abueva misses
Paid Refs not calling fouls against JPN
Abueva 3rd foul
6.8secs Hiejima 2FTs 54 TIED
Norwood misses trey
Castro 18 points Blatche 16 points
3QTR ENDS 54-54 TIED
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4TH QUARTER
4th QTR Starts
Hontiveros rebound
9:21 Hontiveros trey 57-54 PHI leads
Norwood block
8:49 Castro board shot 59-54 PHI leads
8:37 Furukawa layup 59-56 PHI
Castro turnover
11 PHI turnovers now
De OCampo blocks Hiejima
7:40 Arao fouls Castro
7:29 De Ocampo trey 62-56 PHI leads
7:02 Arao 1FT, Pingris foul 62-57 PHI leads
Castro misses trey
Pingris rebound
6:43 De Ocampo 3FT, Arao foul 65-57 PHI leads
6:23 De Ocampo 4th foul
6:23 Takeuchi 2FTs 65 59 PHI
Romeo misses trey
5:50 Blatche midrange 67-59 PHI leads
5:39 Tanaka scores 67-61 PHI
Blatche misses
Ganuelas foul
5:07 Ota 2FTs 67-63 PHI leads
4:55 Pingris one hander 69-63 PHI leads
4:29 Takeuchi 2FTs 69-65 PHI leads
4:11 Takeuchi foul
4:06 Takeuchi foul
Blatche misses
3:34 Hontiveros trey 72-65 PHI leads
3:09 Ota powermove 72-67
Blatche misses
Pingris foul
PHI penalty
2:46 Ota 1FT 72-68 PHI leads
De Ocampo rebound
2:29 De Ocampo tip-in 74-68 PHI leads
Blatche rebound
Norwood misses
Norwood steal
1:23 Hontiveros trey off Castro feed 77-68 PHI leads
Norwood steal
51.6secs Blatche 2FTs, Takeuchi foul 79-68 PHI leads
41secs Takeuchi tip-in 79-70 PHI leads
22secs Blatche powermove 81-70 PHI leads
4QTR ENDS 81-70 PHI Wins
FIBA Asia 2015 Schedule
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