Changsha China
FIBA Asia 2015 News: Gilas Pilipinas Basketball humbled Iran NT, 87-73, in the battle of Asian powerhouse squads this Monday at Changsha China, FIBA Asia 2015. Jayson “The Blur” Castro blazed and wiped Iran with 26 big points, while Andray Blatche and Terrence Romeo contributed 18 and 15 respectively.
Pilipinas beat a complete super Iran Five for the first time in four years. Andray Blatche won the battle of giants as he led Gilas in the paint with 18 markers and brought Hamed Haddadi to early foul woes.
Blatche who was supposed to be slow and injured after hurting his ankle in the Japan game, showed no signs of pain nor any ill-effects and lifted Gilas against a pesky Iranian five.
Calvin “The Beast” Abueva who keyed the final foul of Haddadi, also hauled 13 points and 6 rebounds. His hustle and defense disrupted the offensive flow of Iran that was vital in the getaway fourth quarter.
Castro dropped 9 of his 26 markers in the important fourth quarter. Philippines made 12 steals that caused majority of the 16 turnovers of Iran. Gilas also mastered Iran by blocking 5 shots to 1. Surprisingly, RP Five outrebounded Iran 40 to 39 courtesy of the overall hustle the Filipinos showed.
In the first, it was a nerve racking quarter as both squads tried to feel out each other. Philippines raced to 17 to 11 lead courtesy of Castro heroics but Iran closed the gap and ended the quarter with the lead 22-25. Blatche played the quarter with no visible injury.
The second quarter was more of the same see-saw battle until Iran made an unanswered 9-0 blast for a 34-43 lead. Nikkhah led the Iranian run with a trey and fueled by consecutive Filipino turnovers. Fortunately, Ranidel “RDO” De Ocampo narrowed the gap to six with 1.5 second remaining to climb to 37-43 at the end of the half.
The third canto saw several lead changes with both teams exchanging dagger treys. Romeo, Castro and Blatche teamed-up to bring RP up ahead by five 65-60.
Gilas will next face India at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon.
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1ST QUARTER
1st QTR Starts
TIP-OFF to IRI
Norwood foul
9:35 Khamrani trey 0-3 IRI leads
Blatche misses trey
Haddadi fouls Blatche
8:44 Blatche 2FTs 2-3 IRI leads
De Ocampo unintentionally elbows Sahakian
8:08 Castro jumper 4-3 PHI leads
Blatche foul
7:49 Nikkhah trey 4-6 IRI leads
7:29 Blatche up and under 6-6 TIED
7:06 Castro drive 8-6 PHI leads
6:45 Haddadi layup 8-8 TIED
6:34 Castro layup burst 10-8 PHI leads
6:14 Khamrani running layup 10-10 TIED
5:57 Blatche 2FTs 12-10 PHI leads
Blatche 2nd foul
5:41 Haddadi 1FT 12-11 PHI leads
5:28 Norwood running jumper 14-11 PHI leads
4:51 Castro trey 17-11 PHI leads
Blatche misses trey
3:56 Nikkhah trey 17-16 PHI leads
Castro misses trey
Pingris misses one hander
Taulava rebounds
2:41 Taulava 2FT 19-16 PHI leads
Abueva gets hard foul from Hassanzadeh
Hontiveros misses
Pingris misses
1:57 Jamshidi layup 19-18 PHI leads
1:38 Abueva spinmove 21-18 PHI leads
1:21 Masayehki trey 21-21 TIED
Castro misses trey
1:00 Masayekhi layup 21-23 IRI leads
Romeo misses layup fouled hard
37.9secs Romeo 1FT 22-23 IRI leads
20.6 Jamshidi evasion layup 22-25 IRI
Romeo misses long jumper
1QTR ENDS 22-25 IRI leads
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2ND QUARTER
2nd QTR Starts
9:45 Abueva bankshot 24-25 IRI leads
9:25 Hassanzadeh scores 24-27 IRI leads
Abueva giving mind games over Masayekhi
Romeo misses FT
9:01 Blatche trey 27-27 TIED
Blatche steal
Abueva misses one hander
8:17 Masayekhi layup 27-29 IRI
Blatche misses
Romeo misses trey
Romeo questionable offensive foul
6:23 Masayehki layup 27-31 IRI leads
Norwood misses jumper
5:41 Haddadi dunk 27-33 IRI
5:26 Castro layup over Haddadi 29-33 IRI leads
4:42 Romeo trey 32-33 IRI leads
Romeo bad foul
Taulava emphatic rebound
Norwood foul
Kamrani acting job to get Hontiveros foul
3:37 Kamrani 1FT 32-34 IRI leads
Hontiveros another foul
3:33 Kamrani misses FT
3:03 Davarpanah layup 32-26
2:48 De Ocampo jumper 34-36 IRI
2:30 Nikkhah plus 1FT 34-39 IRI leads
Castro slips loses ball
Castro another bad pass
1:33 Nikkhah trey 34-42 IRI leads
IRI in an 8-0 blast
Hontiveros misses trey
Thoss foul
59secs Haddadi 1FT 34-43 IRI leads
PHI no score since 2:51 in 2Q
1.5sec De Ocampo trey off Castro feed 37-43 IRI leads
2QTR ENDS 37-43 IRI leads
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3RD QUARTER
3rd QTR Starts
Hontiveros misses trey
Castro misses layup
Castro called for unsportsmanlike
8:48 Nikkhah 1FT 37-44 IRI leads
8:37 Nikkhah trey 37-47 IRI leads
8:17 Blatche one hander 39-47 IRI
7:43 Castro layup burst 41-47 IRI leads
7:10 Castro 1FT 42-47 IRI leads
6:45 Castro steal and fastbreak 44-47 IRI leads
6:05 Blatche fouled by Haddadi 2FTs 46-47 IRI leads
5:50 Nikkhah trey 46-50 IRI leads
5:34 Blatche misses 2FTs
5:07 Norwood trey off De Ocampo feed 49-50 IRI leads
4:49 Masayekhi scores 49-52 IRI leads
4:37 Hontiveros trey 52-52 TIED
Kamrani hook job, should have been called for offensive
Norwood foul
4:09 Kamrani 2FTs 52-54 IRI leads
3:53 Romeo trey 55-54 PHI leads
3:30 Davari trey 55-57 IRI
Romeo turnover
2:51 Romeo stepback trey 58-57 PHI leads
2:19 Romeo one hander 60-57 PHI leads
Pingris misses
1:35 Blatche magic shot 62-57 PHI leads
1:04 Abueva layup 64-57 PHI leads
Abueva rebound
Romeo misses
24.7secs Davari trey 64-60 PHI leads
3.3secs Abueva 1FT 65-60 PHI leads
Castro 16 Blatche 15 points
3QTR ENDS 65-60 PHI leads
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4TH QUARTER
4th QTR Starts
9:44 Castro trey 68-60 PHI leads
9:28 Haddadi scores 68-62 PHI
Castro loses ball
Abueva offensive foul
8:40 Nikkhah scores 68-64 PHI leads, should have been travel
Blatche misses
7:27 Castro layup plus 1FT 71-64 PHI leads
7:17 Kamrani trey 71-67 PHI leads
Romeo turnover
6:33 Abueva layup plus Haddadi foul 1FT 74-67 PHI leads
6:03 Blatche 1FT 75-67 PHI leads
Blatche steal
Romeo misses
Pingris steal
4:49 Blatche powermove 77-67 PHI leads
Abueva rebound
4:00 Abueva fouled by Haddadi 1FT 78-67 PHI leads
Haddadi graduates 5 fouls plus technical foul
Blatche misses FT
Blatche called for offensive foul, questionable again
Questionable foul called on Blatche again
De Ocampo steal
PHI 10-5 steals
3:12 Castro layup 80-67 PHI leads
2:52 Davari trey 80-70 PHI leads
Castro misses
Castro steal
1:31 Castro spinmove 82-70 PHI leads
Norwood rebounds
1:02 Abueva 2FTs 84-70 PHI leads
Abueva given rest after superb performance
Norwood steal
32.1secs Romeo 2FT 86-70 PHI leads
Andray rested
25.9secs Jamshidi scores plus FT 86-73 PHI Leads
12secs Romeo 1FT 87-73 PHI leads
4QTR ENDS 87-73 PHI Wins
