Justin Brownlee went on a personal scoring spree at crunch time as Gilas Pilipinas completed at miraculous comeback and stunned host China on Wednesday night, 77-76, to march on to the finals.
MANILA, Philippines – Justin Brownlee went on a personal scoring spree at crunch time as Gilas Pilipinas completed at miraculous comeback and stunned host China on Wednesday night, 77-76, to march on to the finals of the men’s basketball competition in the 19th Asian Games.
A CJ Perez 2-pointer and a floater by Brownlee cut China’s lead anew to five, 76-71, with 1:31 left in the game.The beloved Ginebra import played all but nine seconds of the game. In 2014, a smart guy brought in nine Bosnia-Herzegovina and several Senegalese teenagers to Doha to line them up for the national basketball team, avoiding classification as naturalized because they were issued Qatari...
Paolo Hernandez hit a pivotal go-ahead and the Mapua Cardinals escaped with a big 75-71 victory over last season’s runners-up...Filipino Olympic bronze medalist Eumir Marcial is off to the Paris Olympics after advancing to the finals of the 19th Asian...
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