Gilas Pilipinas staff the Fiba Asia U16 match. –FIBA BASKETBALL
MANILA, Philippines–The Gilas Pilipinas Boys’ comeback machine conked out when it mattered most because the Philippines bowed to China, 84-67, within the Fiba U16 Asian Championship in Doha, Qatar, on early Monday morning.
After being dragged right into a nip-and-tuck first half, the Filipino children had only a few solutions in opposition to the Chinese language within the third quarter earlier than getting hounded by a frosty taking pictures within the remaining body at al-Rayyan Indoor Corridor.
The Chinese language then took benefit of Gilas’ woes and went on a cutthroat 14-2 counterattack that saved their arms welded on the driving force seat till the ultimate horn.
Kieffer Alas led the best way with 20 factors that went with eight rebounds and three assists, whereas Cletz Amos and Kurt Velasquez each at the very least 12 factors every in Gilas’ first recreation of the match.
The Filipinos can have an opportunity to make up for its loss when it tackles Kazakhstan on Tuesday, 12:30 a.m. in Manila.
Boyuan Zhang had 18 factors, whereas Wenhao Fu added 14 factors and 10 rebounds because the Chinese language used their dimension to the hilt, outscoring the Filipinos 40-20 within the paint.
The Scores:
China 84 – Zhang 18, Fu 14, Wang 9, Huang 9, Liu 9, He 8, Huan 5, Li 4, Feng 4, Shen 2, Luo 2.
Philippines 67 – Alas 20, Amos 13, Velasquez 12, Ludovice 6, Alegre 4, Daja 4, Diao 3, Chua 3, Williams 2, Banal 0, Morales 0, Gomez de Liaño 0.
Quarters: 25-24, 44-43, 68-59, 84-67.
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