Iceland defeats Gilas Pilipinas by 10
4-Nation Tournament in Estonia (Gilas vs The World Tune-up Games)
Iceland defeated Gilas Pilipinas, 86-76
August 22, 2015 – Tallinn, Estonia
Game Highlights:
-Andray Blatche led Gilas Pilipinas with 22 points and 5 rebounds
-Terrence Romeo with 17 points and 4 rebounds (Only 2 pts in 2nd half)
-Jayson Castro scored 11 points (4/4 FGs)
-Gary David contributed 6 points (3/3 FGs)
-Moala Tautuaa with 5 points and 6 rebounds
-JC Intal and Dondon Hontiveros with 5 points each
-Philippines shot only 6/24 from the 3-point line
-Philippines lost all 3 games in this pocket tournament
Scores:
Philippines 76 – Blatche 22, Romeo 17, Castro 11, David 6, Intal 5, Hontiveros 5, Tautuaa 5, Ganuelas-Rosser 2, Thoss 2, Norwood 1, Ramos 0, Rosario 0.
Happy Birthday Andray Blatche
Terrence Romeo with 15 points in the 1st half including 10 straight to end the 1st half
In my opinion,it is lack of preparation why the Philippines almost always fall short of expectations in basketball games against foreign teams, players are just pooled and put in practice in too short weeks time, unlike in other countries that spend long months & even years of preparation for their national ball teams. Players must get familiar with each other in styles of movement, and even personal attitude & temperament. That it is even best to get real natural-born Filipino players, in looks and in hearts.It is heart-breaking to hear sideline comments like that of the Philippines basketball team even is a mixture of local & foreign-look naturalized players in hope to be at par but still a string loser. The bottom line here is concentrated looooong preparation, not an abrupt selection of team players who shall just be subjected to punishing actual basketball game stints,and end up a serial loser, what a shame!
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