Changsha China
FIBA Asia 2015 News: Unheralded Palestine brings down Gilas Pilipinas Basketball, 75-73, for a surprise upset in FIBA Asia 2015 in Changsha China. Abu Shamala stormed the three point territory with his 26 monster markers and 15 boards. Andray Blatche led the lethargic Philippine Basketball Team with 21 points and 11 rebounds.
The Philippines suffered another international dressing down as unknown Palestine basketball came from 15 points down to upset Gilas Pilipinas. The Filipinos were lethargic and sloppy for most of the game as they failed to find any rhythm to nail down long shots or take advantage of the dribble drive system.
Top scorer Shamala made several three point shots in the fourth to bring Palestine ahead for the critical crunch time. Andray Blatche attempted the last bail-out trey, but was foiled courtesy of Sani Sakanini’s upset block in the final seconds, assuring the Palestine victory. Blatche was 1 of 7 from the threepoint line but was curiously tasked to shoot the trey instead of going for the easy two.
The Filipino dribblers shot a dismal 7 of 20 treys (23.3%) compared to Palestine’s 8 of 28 (28.6%). Of the 8 total trey output by Palestine, 6 came from Shamala who was 60% with 6 of 10 shooting from the arc.
The Palestinians played with only seven players the entire game and sat down five of its cagers. Still, the West Asians outrebounded Pilipinas 58 to 53 and passed better with 11 to 8 assists.
The third canto saw scrappy plays for both teams, with both committing 11 turnovers. Philippines can’t find anything to wrest the momentum from the sluggish pace which favored the Palestinians.
At the half, Palestine narrowed the lead to only five points. Blatche sat most of the 2nd quarter due to two early fouls incurred. Shamala led with 15 markers to lift Palestine to just a single digit deficit.
Philippines surged to an early 27-12 advantage in the first quarter with a team balanced scoring. Blatche led Gilas with 9 first quarter markers. Gilas outrebounded Palestine 12 to 6.
Terrence Romeo finished with 11 markers but settled for a 4 of 13 fieldgoal clip. Jayson William also contributed 10 points but failed to convert a trey for a 0 of 2 three points made.
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1ST QUARTER
1st QTR Starts
TIP-OFF to PHI
Castro two missed treys
9:19 PLE 2PTs 0-2 PLE leads
9:05 Hontiveros trey 3-2 PHI leads
8:53 PLE scores 3-4 PLE leads
Blatche blocks Sani Sakanini
7:58 Pingris scores off Castro feed 5-4 PHI leads
7:35 Sakanini trey 5-7 PLE
7:22 Castro layup 7-7 TIED
6:44 Castro steal and layup 9-7 PHI
6:11 Blatche running layup 11-7 PHI
5:09 Blatche trey 14-7
4:34 Thoss tip-in 16-7 PHI leads
3:58 Blatche fouled 2FTs 18-7 PHI leads
3:45 PLE trey 18-10 PHI
Romeo trey misses goes over backboard
2:55 PLE trey 18-12
2:46 Romeo trey 21-12 PHI
1:52 Romeo go ahead layup 23-12 PHI
1:17 Blatche finger roll 25-12 PHI
52secs De Ocampo undergoal off Abueva feed 27-12 PHI
1QTR ENDS 27-12 PHI leads
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2ND QUARTER
2nd QTR Starts
9:41 Blatche 1FT 28-12 PHI leads
8:55 Shamala teardrop 28-14 PHI leads
8:31 Blatche 1FTs 29-14 PHI leads
8:07 Shamala trey 29-17 PHI leads
7:45 PLE 2FTs 29-19 PHI leads
7:26 Blatche powermove plus 1FT 32-19 PHI leads
7:03 Blatche 2nd Foul
7:03 1FT 32-20 PHI leads
6:30 Shamala scores 32-22 PHI leads
6:00 Abueva 2FTs PLE penalty 34-22 PHI leads
5:34 PLE FT 34-24 PHI leads
5:16 Castro 2FTs 36-24 PHI leads
Abueva misses fastbreak layup, gets silly foul
Salim Sakanini 2FT 36-26 PHI leads
Abueva fastbreak 38-26 PHI leads
Ganuelas Rosser stab off Castro feed 40-26 PHI leads
Palestine time-out
Abueva making a lot of rebounds
Sakanini scores 40-28 PHI leads
Shamala trey 40-31 PHI leads
Castro 2FTs 42-31 PHI leads
2:08 Salim 2FTs 42-33 PHI leads
Pingris called for 3rd foul
1:40 Intal trey 45-33 PHI leads
1:01 Sani trey 45-36 PHI leads
Romeo misses trey
35secs PLE scores 45-38 PHI leads
6.3secs Salim scores 45-40 PHI leads
Romeo misses magic shot
2QTR ENDS 45-40 PHI leads
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3RD QUARTER
3rd QTR Starts
9:45 Norwood tip-in 47-40 PHI leads
9:10 Castro fastbreak 49-40 PHI leads
Castro fouls Salim
8:35 Norwood tried to dunk but fouled 1FT 50-40 PHI leads
7:55 De Ocampo getaway layup 52-40 PHI leads
7:29 Salim scores 52-42 PHI leads
De Ocampo misses trey
6:29 Sakanini scores 52-44 PHI leads
6:15 De Ocampo undergoal 54-44 PHI leads
5:58 Salim layup 54-46 PHI leads
Hontiveros misses trey
4:37 PLE fastbreak 54-48
4:24 Thoss boardshot 56-48 PHI leads
3:58 Sani fadeaway 56-50 PHI leads
PLE and PHI identical 9 Turnovers Scrappy quarter
1:51 Romeo trey 59-51 PHI leads
Romeo misses trey
42.5secs Qawash 2FT 59-52 PHI leads
Abueva 2nd Foul 7 Team fouls
3.0secs Shamala scores 59-55
3QTR ENDS 59-55 PHI leads
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4TH QUARTER
4th QTR Starts
Romeo misses another trey
9:02 Sani midrange 59-57 PHI leads
8:50 Romeo trey 62-57 PHI leads
7:53 Sakanini scores 62-59 PHI leads
7:38 Blatche powermove off Taulava feed plus 1FT 65-59 PHI leads
7:21 Abueva nasty fall off Qawash ward
6:32 Intal trey 68-59 PHI leads
5:55 Blatche putback 70-59 PHI leads
5:25 Shamala trey 70-62
4:41 Abueva 1FT 71-62 PHI leads
Sani Sakanini 4th foul baited by Taulava
2:49 Sani midrange 71-64 PHI leads
2:21 Qawash fastbreak 71-66
1:53 Shamala trey 71-69 PHI leads
1:34 Shamala trey 71-72 PLE leads
1:11 Blatche stab 73-72 PHI leads
15secs Sani layup plus 1FT 73-75 PHI leads
4QTR ENDS 73-75 PLE Wins
