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One PBA Player per team on Gilas Pilipinas

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Board has approved to lend at least 1 PBA player per team for the Gilas Pilipinas National Basketball Team that will compete in the FIBA Asia Championship this August 2013. The only sure player for that team is Naturalized-player, Marcus Douthit. But it is still the decision of Coach Chot Reyes who will make the final lineup.

Who should be included in the Gilas Pilipinas 12-man lineup?

PBA Teams – Unofficial Candidates
Air 21 – Nino Canaleta, Noy Baclao or Mike Cortez
Alaska – Calvin Abueva, Sonny Thoss, Cyrus Baguio or JV Casio
Barako – Mick Pennisi, Sean Anthony or Doug Kramer
Ginebra – LA Tenorio, Mac Baracael or Mark Caguiao
Globalport – Gary David or Willie Miller
Meralco – Mac Cardona, Ronjay Buenafe, Cliff Hodge or JR Reyes
Petron – Arwind Santos, Junmar Fajardo, Jay Washington, Marcio Lassiter, Chris Lutz or Alex Cabagnot
Rain or Shine – Jeff Chan, Paul Lee, Chris Tiu or Gabe Norwood
San Mig Coffee – James Yap, Peter June Simon, Yancy de Ocampo, Mark Barroca or Marc Pingris
Talk N Text – Jimmy Alapag, Kelly Williams, Ryan Reyes, Larry Fonacier, Jared Dillinger, Ranidel de Ocampo or Jayson Castro

From Smart Gilas Cadet Pool – Greg Slaughter, Garvo Lanete, Kevin Alas

Smart Gilas 2 16-man pool from the PBA

Smart Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes announced the 16 PBA players who will be part of the Smart Gilas 2 pool of players. Smart Gilas II will be composed of the PBA pool together with the pool from the amateur ranks which will be announced soon.

Smart Gilas 16-man player pool from the PBA:
From Talk ‘N Text: Jimmy Alapag, Jayson Castro, Ranidel De Ocampo, Larry Fonacier, Ryan Reyes, Kelly Williams
From Alaska: LA Tenorio and Sonny Thoss
From B-Meg: James Yap and Marc Pingris
From Petron: Alex Cabagnot and Arwind Santos
From Powerade: Gary David and Marcio Lassiter
From Rain or Shin: Gabe Norwood
From Ginebra: Enrico Villanueva

Philippines finished 4th Place in FIBA Asia

2011 FIBA Asia Championship Battle for 3rd
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Korea
Wuhan, China
Korea defeats Philippines, 70-68

Game Highlights:
– Philippines finished 4th place in the FIBA Asia Championship
– Marcus Douthit with 27 points and 22 rebounds
– Philippines missed 4 Free Throws at the end of the game; 2 by Williams, 1 by Douthit and 1 by Lassiter
– Jimmy Alapag 5/7 from three point range with 17 points
– Only 10 assist for Philippines and 13 turnovers that resulted to 13 points by Korea
– 3 point field goal percentage (35%) is higher than 2 point field goal percentage (33%)
– Kelly Williams with 9 points and 11 boards but missed 2 key free throws
– Marcio Lassiter with just 1 point but grabbed 9 rebounds
– Both teams with a low Free Throw Percentage, PHI (59%) and KOR (61%) but Korea made their free throws in the end game
– Biggest lead of Philippines was 13 points
– Chris Tiu and Chris Lutz fouled out of the ballgame
– Japeth Aguilar did not play this game

Game Scores:
Philippines 68 – Douthit 27, Alapag 17, Williams 9, Lutz 5, de Ocampo 3, Tiu 2, Casio 2, Baracael 2, Lassiter 1, Taulava 0, Barroca 0

Quarters: 14-7, 24-17, 47-36, 68-70

Philippines with a big win over Japan

2011 FIBA Asia Championship 2nd Round
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Japan
Wuhan, China
Philippines defeats Japan, 83-76

Game Highlights:
– Marcus Douthit led Smart Gilas with 25 points, 18 rebounds, 3 assists ad 3 blocks
– Jimmy Alapag had a great 4th quarter and contributed 15 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds (3/5 from three-point range)
– 4 players with double figures including Marcio Lassiter with 15 points and Kelly Williams with 12 points who also had a big 4th quarter
– Rebounding edge by Philippines, 44-31
– Japan missed 8 free throws (16/28)
– Smart Gilas with 52 points in the paint
– Japan made 12 three pointers (36% from three-point range)
– Chris Lutz fouled out at the end of the 3rd quarter
– Japeth Aguilar and Mac Baracael did not play this game

Game Scores:
Philippines 83
– Douthit 25, Alapag 16, Lassiter 15, Williams 12, Barroca 6, de Ocampo 4, Casio 4, Taulava 2, Tiu 0, Lutz 0

Japan 76 – Takeuchi J 22, Shonaka 14, Hirose 13, Kawamura 12, Takeuchi K 6, Ishizaki 5, Amino 4, Matsui 0, Takeda 0, Sakurai 0, Kashiwagi 0, Ota 0

Quarters: 18-23, 34-40, 60-52, 83-76

FIBA 2nd Round: Philippines defeats Jordan

2011 FIBA Asia Championship Second Round
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Jordan
Wuhan, China
Philippines defeats Jordan, 72-64

Game Highlights:
– Jordan led by as much as 16 points, 27-11 in the 1st quarter
– Marcus Douthit led Smart Gilas with 19 points and 15 rebounds, Douthit injured in his ankle in the 3rd quarter but came back after a few minutes
– Marcio Lassiter played big in his 1st game in the FIBA Asia Championship scoring 14 points with 4 rebounds and 2 assists
– Jimmy Alapag scored in double figures with 11 points
– Chris Tiu scored 9 points, 7 in the 1st half
– Jordan had the edge in rebounding, 53-43
– Jordan placed the game under protest due to both teams being informed before the game that Lutz and Lassiter cannot play and then in the 1st quarter were already allowed to play already.

Game Scores:
Philippines 72
– Douthit 19, Lassiter 14, Alapag 11, Tiu 9, Williams 6, de Ocampo 4, Lutz 4, Casio 3, Taulava 2, Barroca 0, Aguilar 0, Baracael 0

Jordan 64 – Daghles 18, Wright 16, Z.Abbas 10, Abuqoura 7, I.Abbas 6, Al-Sous 5, Zaghab 2, Hussein 0

Quarters: 11-20, 26-31, 47-47, 72-64

Philippines defeats Bahrain

2011 FIBA Asia Championship
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Bahrain
Wuhan, China
Philippines defeats Bahrain, 113-71

Game Highlights:
– Japeth Aguilar led Smart Gilas with 21 points and 12 rebounds in 15 minutes of play, most in the 2nd half where Philippines pulled away after leading only by 10 at halftime
– 7 players scored in double digits and all players scored at least 2 points
– 113 points is the highest score so far in the entire tournament
– Rebounding edge 54-15
– 33 assists by Smart Gilas led by Jimmy Alapag with 8 and Mark Barroca with 7
– Philippines shot 40% from three point range with JV Casio going 3/3
– Philippines shot 67% from the field with Marcus Douthit going 8/11
– Philippines with 26 fastbreak points
– Only negative is the 18 turnovers compared to only 13 by Bahrain
– Former Green Archer Bader Malabes of Bahrain scored 15 points (former teammate of JV Casio)

Game Scores
Philippines 113 – Aguilar 21, Douthit 18, Casio 15, Taulava 13, de Ocampo 13, Baracael 11, Tiu 10, Barroca 8, Alapag 2, Williams 2

Bahrain 71 – Malabes 15, Sarhan 13, Mahri 11, Ali 8, Isa 7, Khamis 7, Akber 6, Mubarak 2, Ashoor 0

Quarters: 30-18, 51-41, 86-47, 113-71

Smart Gilas beats Qatar

Smart Gilas vs Qatar
Exhibition Game – September 8, 2011
Arena, San Juan
Smart Gilas defeats Qatar, 69-52

Game Highlights:
-Top Scorer: Jimmy Alapag – 11 points (3/5 from three point range)
-New recruit Ranidel de Ocampo scored 9 points
-Philippines was 8 out of 21 from three point range
-JV Casio did not play while Marcus Douthit played limited minutes
-For Qatar Chauncey Leslie and Tanguy Ngombo did not play

Game scores:

Smart Gilas 69 – Alapag 11, De Ocampo 9, Lassiter 8, Ababou 7, Tiu 6, Douthit 6, Lutz 6, Barroca 5, Williams 5, Aguilar 4, Taulava 2, Ballesteros 0, Baracael 0.

Qatar 52 – Ali S. 10, Saeed 9, Hassan 8, Elhadary 8, Ali A. 8, Ndour 7, Salem 2, Shaer 0, Sow 0, Ndiaye 0.

Quarterscores: 21-6, 33-18, 57-32, 69-52

Smart Gilas skips Doha Tournament

Smart Gilas Pilipinas will not play in the 4-Nation Doha Tournament in Qatar due to injuries to Chris Tiu, JV Casio, Mark Barroca and the extension of the Talk N Text vs Petron PBA Finals to Game 7. 5 players from Talk N Text will reinforce Smart Gilas and they need time to rest from the grueling series vs Petron.

The five players from Talk N Text that will join Smart Gilas in the FIBA Asia Championships in September:
– Jimmy Alapag
– Kelly Williams
– Ranidel de Ocampo
– Larry Fonacier
– Ryan Reyes

No word yet on which tournament/exhibition games that they will play before the FIBA Tournament.