The scores:
Gilas Pilipinas (85) – De Ocampo 13, Romeo 11, Abueva 10, Tautuaa 10, MGR 10, Intal 8, Taulava 7, Rosario 6, Hontiveros 6, Alapag 3, Hontiveros 6, Thoss 1, Ramos 0.
Spartak Primorye (71) – Glazyrin 23, Goliakhov 12, Uzinskii 11, Savelev 10, Fedorchuk 5, Fediushin 5, Ivanov 4, Zverkov 1, Pisarchuk 0.
Quarterscores: 20-23, 43-40, 61-50, 85-71.
GILAS PHILIPPINES VS JAPAN
Date: Monday September 2, 2015
Time: 7:00 p.m. Philippine Time
Venue: Xinchuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City, Taiwan
Gilas Pilipinas has started 2-1 and is coming off a huge win against previously undefeated Russia. Japan, on the other hand, has yet to win a game and is all but out of the running for the title. But there is pride to be played for as well, and Japan won’t simply roll over against its more talented opponent when the two match up on Wednesday.Tautuaa scored eight points in the fourth quarter, including two monster dunks, but also showcased his ball-handling, passing and defense as he helped Gilas Pilipinas blow the game wide open in the fourth.
The Philippines outscored Japan, 29-16, in the fourth quarter.
Terrence Romeo led Gilas with 17 points while Tautuaa, Ranidel De Ocampo and Jayson Castro all finished with 10.
Gabe Norwood added nine points – all on three-pointers – while Gary David added eight.
With the win, the Philippines (3-1) moved into three-way tie at second place with Chinese Taipei A and Russia’s Spartak Primorye behind just Iran (4-1) in the standings.
Gilas got off to a strong start behind a veteran-laden starting lineup, outscoring Japan, 9-4, to open the game behind the scoring of Gary David and some solid defending from the frontline.
But the Japanese found their shooting touch from the outside late as they cut the Filipinos’ lead down to just one, 11-10, in a low-scoring opening period.
Romeo, the Philippines’ top scorer in the tournament, came in at the start of the second to give the Philippines a huge scoring punch as he scored the first eight Gilas points of the quarter.
Though Japan led by as much as three points, 23-20, Gilas closed out on a 9-2 run, which included a nice sequence from Marc Pingris, who split from the line before stealing the ball in the backcourt and adding two more points off the turnover.
Gilas led, 29-25, at the half with Romeo leading the Filipinos with eight and David adding five.
The Filipinos began to sizzle from the outside in the third quarter, where they knocked down four three-pointers – two from Norwood and one each from Romeo and De Ocampo.
The Japanese managed to tie the game, though, after a 6-0 run led by top scorer Joji Takeuchi, but Romeo beat the buzzer on a layup.
The fourth quarter belonged to Tautuaa and Gilas, though.
With the team leading, 50-46, Tautuaa scored all of the Philippines points in an 8-2 run that gave them a double-digit lead, 58-48.
Castro and David then knocked down a pair of three-pointers to make it a 16-point game, 64-48.
Any attempt a comeback for the Japanese was doused by Gilas’ three-point shooting as De Ocampo, Norwood and Castro all drilled in triples in the last two minutes to seal the win.
SOURCE: INTERAKSYON.COM