THE Philippines yielded to Italy, 90-83, on Tuesday night to wind up winless in the group stage of the FIBA World Cup and is now left with one remaining goal in the tournament—be the best-placed Asian team to clinch an automatic berth to next year’s Paris Olympics. The Italians, who’re…
THE Philippines yielded to Italy, 90-83, on Tuesday night to wind up winless in the group stage of the FIBA World Cup and is now left with one remaining goal in the tournament—be the best-placed Asian team to clinch an automatic berth to next year’s Paris Olympics.thItaly went lethal from the three-point zone where made went 17 of 41 attemtps to the Philippines’ 10 of 29 tries.
“I am very proud of the effort of my players, what a way to fight coming from those two painful losses,” Gilas coach Chot Reyes said. “They still showed up and gave their all against the top 10 team in the world. I couldn’t ask for more.” With that win eluding Gilas Pilipinas in the group stage, the goal is now to finish head of the five other Asian teams to nail that bonus ticket to Paris.
“We just came here to win and that’s the most important thing,” guard Marco Spissu told reporters. “It really feels great to win and advance to the second round. It was good that we’re helping each other in defense.”“I have 12 amazing guys and I love each of them. This is not an easy group but they continued to keep playing well,” said Italy coach Gianmarco Pozzecco, who is expecting to face Serbia in the second round. You [Philippines] lost three straight games, but you fought for it.
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