Changsha China
FIBA Asia 2015 News: Gilas Pilipinas Basketball stomped Lebanon NT, 82-70, to barge into the semifinals this Thursday in Changsha, China FIBA Asia 2015. Jayson “The Blur” Castro exploded for 25 big points, while Andray Blatche hauled 24 markers and 17 top rebounds. Terrence Romeo also chipped-in 10 markers for RP Five.
Philippine Basketball Team stood their ground to hold the fort in the clutch time to lead past a game Lebanon with a hard-earned 12 point victory. Philippines will now battle Japan NT at 9:30PM tomorrow for a guaranteed Silver and an entry to the deadly finals match.
Blatche fought through a possible shoulder injury as he shot 8 of 14 from the field and stamped his class in the paint with 2 important blocks. He silenced the Chinese crowd, obviously rooting for Lebanon to win, with his clutch freethrow conversions.
Castro again saved Gilas multiple times in the game as he kept shooting timely threepoint shots and was relentless in attacking the basket all game long. Castro made 5 of 8 threepoint bombs was 58.8% from the field with 10 of 17 clip.
RP Five converted 75% freethrow shots as Lebanon bled in the charity lane with 56% conversion. Gilas also shot better 30% in trey territory and 51% in fieldgoals, while the Cedars managed 25% in the arc and 49% in the field.
Battle of nerves began in the first quarter as Philippines led early but Lebanon kept the game close with a four-point deficit, 20-16. Castro made 12 points in the first to lift Pilipinas ahead in the first.
Philippines unable to make a big run at the half despite leading all quarter. RP Five missed a lot of open shots that could have inspired a breakaway as Lebanon slowly inched to the Filipino lead with Bawji and Haidar spearheading their scrappy offense.
Castro, with 22 points total in the third, led the Filipino charge as Lebanon kept on fighting. A horrible collision almost ended in an injury to Blatche but he fortunately got-up as RP led, 57-49. Also, Youngblood was limited to only six points in the first three quarters and shot a dismal 1 of 6 threepoints.
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1ST QUARTER
1st QTR Starts
TIP-OFF to LEB
Hontiveros foul in 7 secs
Castro rebound
Blatche misses
9:12 Youngblood drive 0-2 LEB leads
8:56 Castro trey 3-2 PHI leads
De Ocampo steal
Arakji fouls Castro
8:20 Castro layup drive 5-2 PHI leads
Blatche called for travel
7:42 Arakji spin move 5-4 PHI leads
Castro misses trey
Norwood misses trey
7:06 Blatche trey 8-4 PHI leads
Norwood misses trey
Blatche silly reach-in foul
Blatche rebound
Blatche misses undergoal
Castro forces Arakji turnover
De Ocampo misses trey
5:16 Haidar powermove misses FT Norwood foul 8-6 PHI leads
5:01 Castro super drive 10-6 PHI leads
4:40 Bawji trey 10-9 PHI leads
4:19 Blatche fadeaway 12-9 PHI leads
Castro steals
Norwood misses dunk
3:39 Castro layup 14-9 PHI leads
Blatche misses trey
2:59 Bawji drive 14-11 PHI leads
2:43 Castro trey 17-11 PHI leads
De Ocampo foul
Ganuelas foul
PHI penalty
Romeo misses spin move
1:24 Bawji teardrop 17-13 PHI leads
Abueva misses fadeaway
52.7secs Bawji powermove plus 1FT Abueva foul 17-16 PHI leads
43.1secs Abueva trey 20-16 PHI leads
Abueva steal
Romeo misses layup
PHI fullcourt trey goes in but not counted
1QTR ENDS 20-16 PHI leads
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2ND QUARTER
2nd QTR Starts
Thoss turnover
9:27 Bawji scores 20-18 PHI leads
Thoss again loses ball but PHI possession
Romeo misses trey
9:00 Romeo baseline 22-18 PHI lead
Romeo misses drive
8:31 Romeo drive plus 1FT 25-18 PHI leads
8:09 Pingris tip-in 27-18 PHI leads
Abueva near steal but stepped outside
Hontiveros rebound
Abueva travelling
Hontiveros fouls Saoud
7:36 Saoud 2FTs 27-20 PHI leads
Abueva misses midrange
Thoss blocked
6:54 Haidar scores 27-22 PHI leads
6:39 Abueva tip-in 29-22 PHI leads
Abueva 2nd foul
6:27 Haidar misses FTs
6:11 Blatche magic layup 31-22 PHI leads
5:48 Haidar powermove 31-24
Romeo misses trey
Romeo steal
Romeo misses layup
Blatche rebound
Castro misses trey
4:44 Pingris foul
4:11 Blatche eurostep off the glass 33-24 PHI leads
Norwood misses trey
3:19 Haidar spin move 33-26 PHI leads
3:02 Blatche 2FTs 35-26 PHI leads
2:45 Ganuelas foul
2:29 Castro foul
2:29 Arakji 1FT 35-27 PHI leads
De Ocampo misses trey
2:01 Youngblood fasbreak 35-29 PHI leads
Blatche misses 2 shots
1:42 Blatche powermove misses FT 37-29 PHI leads
1:28 Haidar midrange 37-31 PHI leads
Castro turnover
57.9secs Haidar 1FT 37-32 PHI leads
De Ocampo misses trey
Youngblood shot stopped by Blatche
2QTR ENDS 37-32 PHI leads
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3RD QUARTER
3rd QTR Starts
9:45 Haidar layup 37-34 PHI Leads
Blatche fouled
Castro foul
Blatche rebound
Blatche misses spin move
Scrappy ballgame a lot of misses and fouls
8:06 Hontiveros 3rd foul
Abueva rebound
Abueva misses
Castro steal
7:15 Castro steal
7:13 Castro fastbreak layup 39-34 PHI
Abueva rebound
6:33 Blatche fadeaway 41-34 PHI leads
6:21 De Ocampo 3rd foul
Blatche rebound
Castro fouled by Akl
5:53 Castro trey 44-34 PHI leads
Blatche rebound
Castro misses trey
Blatche forces LEB turnover
4:43 Castro fadeaway 46-34 PHI leads
Abueva foul
PHI penalty
4:15 Saoud 2FTs 46-36 PHI leads
4:04 Norwood dunk off Blatche feed 48-36 PHI leads
3:49 Saoud trey 48-39 PHI leads
Blatche misses
Blatche rebound
Pingris misses
Blatche shoulder injury gets back-up
3:04 De Ocampo 1FT 49-39 PHI leads
2:47 Akl powerhook 1FT Romeo foul 49-42 PHI leads
Pingris turnover bad ref call
2:16 Saoud drive 49-44 PHI leads
1:52 Castro board trey 52-44 PHI leads
1:28 Bawji tip-in 52-46 PHI leads
1:12 Thoss misses point blank
Pingris bad reach-in foul
1:10 Abdelnour 1FT 52-47 PHI leads
58secs Romeo trey 55-47 PHI leads
40.1secs Youngblood one hander 55-49
24secs De Ocampo one hander 57-49 PHI leads
Romeo misses long clutch trey
3QTR ENDS 57-49 PHI leads
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4TH QUARTER
4th QTR Starts
Romeo misses trey
De Ocampo misses drive
Blatche tip-in misses but fouled
9:37 Blatche 1FT 58-49 PHI leads
9:25 Bawji trey 58-52 PHI leads
9:00 Norwood trey 61-52 PHI leads
Romeo fouled hard but no advantage foul called
Hontiveros misses trey
De Ocampo rebound
Blatche misses
Blatche 2nd foul
7:28 Haidar scores 61-54
Romeo turnover
Blatche rejects Haidar
6:53 Youngblood trey 61-57
De Ocampo misses trey
Castro steal
Castro drives but fouled
6:02 Blatche 2FTs 63-57 PHI leads
5:47 Arakji drive 63-59 PHI
5:21 Blatche 2FTs 65-59 PHI leads
4:45 Blatche drive 67-59 PHI leads
Norwood steal
4:09 Romeo fadeaway shake and bake 69-59 PHI leads
3:49 Arakji trey 69-62 PHI leads
Romeo misses trey
2:53 Pingris tip-in 71-62 PHI leads
Romeo blocked by Haidar
2:17 Castro trey 74-62 PHI leads
1:51 Haidar trey 74-65 PHI leads
1:30 Pingris one hander 76-65 PHI leads
1:23 Youngblood scores 1FT 76-68 PHI leads
Abueva misses
1:11 Pingris powermove 78-68
Haidar misses trey
43secs Blatche eurostep 80-68 PHI leads
Castro 3rd foul
Abueva rebound
28.6secs Abueva fastbreak 82-68 PHI leads
17.3secs Haidar scores
4QTR ENDS 82-70 PHI Wins
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