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GILAS DROPS CLOSE GAME TO WORLD NO. 8 FRANCE
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Gilas Pilipinas showed it’s ready for the FIBA World Cup as it fought EuroCup champ France toe-to-toe before merely succumbing at the finish in a 68-75 loss at the start of a four-team pocket tournament in Antibes, France Friday (early Saturday morning in Manila).
Naturalized center Andray Blatche and Paul Lee scored 12 points each and the team fired a solid 12-of-29 from three-point country as the Filipinos put up a tough showing against the host team featuring no less than six NBA players.
Actually, Gilas Pilipinas was ahead by five, 60-55, entering the last seven minutes of the game, but France came through with a strong run at the finish and avoided an upset.
Six-foot-8 forward Nicolas Batum, a Portland TrailBlazer in the NBA, led all scorers with 16 points with 6-foot-11 center Joffrey Lauvergne and 6-foot-6 forward Florent Pietrus adding 12 and 10, respectively.
But even with their full roster including other NBA players Nando de Colo (Toronto), Boris Diaw (San Antonio), Evan Fournier (Denver), Rudy Gobert (Utah) and Ian Mahinmi (Indiana), the French, No. 8 in the FIBA World Ranking, had a hard time shaking off Gilas’ furious fight.
The Filipinos took the half at 39-35 and led by three, 55-52, going into the final quarter.
Gilas Pilipinas enjoyed a five-point lead in the last seven-minute mark of the game following a trey from Jimmy Alapag.
From there, the French outscored the Filipinos, 20-8, to pull through in the opener of the warmup tourney also featuring Australia and Ukraine.
Next up for Gilas is Australia Saturday then Ukraine Sunday before heading back to Spain. (SB)
The scores:
France (75) – Batum 16, Lauvergne 12, Pietrus 10, Diot 8, De Colo 8, Fournier 6, Mahinmi 5, Gelabale 5, Gobert 2, Heurtel 2, Diaw 1, Jackson 0.
Gilas Pilipinas (68) – Blatche 12, Lee 12, Chan 9, Alapag 8, De Ocampo 8, Norwood 7, Tenorio 3, Douthit 2, Aguilar 2, David 2, Fajardo 2, Pingris 1, Dillinger 0.
Quarterscores: 22-20, 35-39, 52-55, 75-68
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