Team Gilas Pilipinas smashed by Ukraine in 50-point defeat in tune up Game

Posted on at


The Philippine national men's ball, playing without naturalized NBA player Andray Blatche, was squashed by an in-structure Ukraine squad, 114-64, as they were closed out in three recreations in a pocket competition in Antibes, France.

Gilas Pilipinas gave some positive suggestions in prior diversions against France and Australia however couldn't keep in venture with Ukraine in this one.

It was the second win for the European side in the competition in the wake of crushing host France, 63-56, on Day Two of the competition.

Ranidel De Ocampo headed Gilas with 11 focuses while Jeff Chan completed with 10. Both players hit three-pointers each in the challenge.

Marcus Douthit, filling in for Blatche in this one, scored only five focuses on 1-for-7 shooting however got eight bounce back in the misfortune.

Gilas Pilipinas, which rested point watch Paul Lee and also Blatche, hung intense with Ukraine in the first period.

LA Tenorio, Chan and De Ocampo all hit triples as the Filipinos dueled the European side to a 16-all tie before Maksim Pustozvonov and Viacheslav Kravtsov consolidated to score five straight indicates make it 21-16 after the opening period.

The diversion escaped from control in the second, however, after Ukraine scored an incredible 40 focuses while the Philippines oversaw only 19.

Jayson Castro, who completed with nine focuses, hit an alternate trey to bring Gilas to inside two, 21-19, preceding Ukraine shot a 23-6 raced to push their lead to 19 focuses. The Europeans would later go on a 15-3 impact that pushed the lead to as high as 28, 61-33.

The Ukrainians headed 61-35 at the break in the wake of shooting an exceptional 25-for-38 (66 percent) cut from the field and 9-for-13 (69%) from three-point range.

Oleksandr Lipovyy scored 11 focuses on an immaculate 4-for-4 cut, including three triples, while five different players helped seven or all the more in a sizzling first half.

Ukraine pushed its lead past 30-point check after a four-point play by Sergiy Gladyr that made it 70-39 with 7:10 staying in the third period. They headed by to the extent that 37 focuses, 83-46, late in the third.

In the fourth, Ukraine pushed their focal point to a high of 51 focuses, 114-63, after an alternate enormous run before settling for the last score.



About the author

Boots-Evasco

Im a Blogger and Web designer also Graphic artist

Subscribe 0
160