Kuwait lost to two foes the Philippines has regularly faced, Qatar and Japan. The Qataris won, 79-69, leading the whole way, but Kuwait gave them fits. The Kuwaitis scored 22 turnover points from 9 steals and the atrocious 45 errors of Qatar (they themselves threw the ball away 31 times but their Gulf foe managed to score a measly 4 points from them). Kuwait equalized Qatar’s output in inside points with 34 apiece.
GILAS PILIPINAS VS HONGKONG
Live Streaming & Full Game Replay
Where: Changsha Social Work College’s Gymnasium in Changsha, China.
When: Wednesday September 24, 2015
Time: 9:30 am
Time: 9:30 am
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Jayson William scored a team-high 21 points, and Andray Blatche had 17 points and eight rebounds in only 17 minutes played. Gilas were ahead 51-22 at halftime and stretched the lead into the 40s by the end of the third quarter.
“Anyone who plays in the NBA and is a legitimate NBA player is super talented but the crazy thing about it is his quickness and his length. His size – there are bigger Chinese players. But he’s so quick and he’s so long,” Hong Kong's Duncan Reid said of Blatche, per Mikkel Bolante of InterAksyon.com. "Obviously, his fitness is getting better but if you can move like that and you can shoot like that, you’re really at his mercy. There’s really no one else like him in Asia right now.”