Smart-Gilas had a weak first half but
managed to turn up the heat in the second half to withstand the sweet-shooting Japan, 83 to 76.
Actually,
we had the strong start but it was wiped off by a scorching offensive from the
Japanese. I am serious! The Japanese guys are awesome outside shooters! They
basically tormented that zone with Joji
Takeuchi hitting four, Takeki
Shonaka having three, and the rest of the team having five long distance
shots! However, the Pinoys resisted the outside onslaught and went to the
inside with Marcus Douthit getting
the advantage over their towering bigs.
In the
second half we outscored Japan, 49 to 36. Joji
Takeuchi had 22 points in 34 minutes but his points were cancelled out by
Marcus Douthit’s 25 markers. Douthit also won their matchup with him owning
Joji in rebounds (18 to 8), assists (3 to nil), and blocks (3 to nil). Marcio Lassiter had his second straight
good game with 15 points and one rebound, Jimmy
Alapag also had 15 points, 3 rebounds, and 4 assists, and Kelly Williams had 12 points, 3
rebounds, and 2 assists. Shonaka had 14 for Japan, Kenta Hirose had 13, and Takuya
Kawamura had 12 for the Japanese.
Kawamura
is the ace gunner of Japan and he could have scored more but he never got to
the groove thanks partly to the insanely tight defending of Chris Lutz. Keijuro Matsui, who killed
us with seven triples at the 2011 Jones
Cup, had zero made attempts in three tries.
Here
are the upgraded stats:
POINTS:
1 – Marcus
Douthit – 18.4ppg
2 –
Marcio Lassiter – 14.5ppg
3 –
Chris Tiu – 8.0ppg
4 – Jimmy
Alapag – 7.8ppg
5 – JV
Casio – 7.6ppg
REBOUNDS:
1 –
Marcus Douthit – 11.4rpg
2 –
Asi Taulava – 6.0rpg
3 – Kelly
Williams – 4.4rpg
4 – Japeth
Aguilar – 4.0rpg
5 – Mac
Baracael – 3.8rpg
ASSISTS:
1 –
Jimmy Alapag – 4.0apg
2 – Chris
Tiu – 2.8apg
3.5 – Mark
Barroca – 2.6apg
3.5 –
JV Casio – 2.6apg
5 –
Kelly Williams – 2.0apg
With
China expected to top the group, a win against Syria will be crucial for us to
take the second spot to get out of the way of Iran and Korea. China just
pounded Jordan 83 to 60 while Iran cruised past Lebanon 76 to 45.
Go
Gilas! More wins to come!
Game
over!
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