Croatia defeated Gilas Pilipinas, 81-78
2014 FIBA World Cup Preliminary Round
August 30 – Seville, Spain
Game Highlights:
-Andray Blatche led Gilas Pilipinas with 28 points and 12 rebounds (3/4 from 3)
-Jeff Chan scored 17 points (4/6 from 3) and also with 4 steals
-Marc Pingris with 10 points and 4 rebounds (5/8 from the field)
-Jayson Castro William with 6 points including a 2-pointer that forced OT
-Jimmy Alapag with 4 points and 6 assist
-Bogdanovic led Croatia with 26 points
-Croatia committed 21 turnovers while Gilas Pilipinas with 15 turnovers (7 by Blatche)
-Croatia just shot 28% from the three-point line
-Gary David did not play in this game
-Gilas Pilipinas now with 0-1 record
Game Scores:
Croatia 81 – Bogdanovic 26, Simon 12, Saric 10, Tomic 8, Markota 5, Ukic 5, Lafayette 4, Rudez 4, Zoric 4, Babic 3.
Philippines 78 – Blatche 28, Chan 17, Pingris 10, Castro 6, de Ocampo 4, Alapag 4, Lee 2, Fajardo 2, Norwood 2, Tenorio 2, Aguilar 0.
Quarterscores: 23-9, 37-31, 57-49, 71-71, 81-78
Magsusumbong ako kay kuya Eddie! Napakasakit!
Ang galing niyo GILAS PILIPINAS!! Ang sakit kasi close fight eh ;-(
Wow!! Great game Gilas.! Too close for a win. !
Great game Gilas! Muntik nang makasilat.
Nde muntik ..we fell short lang 😀 ..nasatinung bolas sa huling secs ng 4th . 🙂
Di silat tawag dun man..di ka lng marunong maglaro..puso ang tawag dun..ginagawa un boy!!! Para s akin panalo pa rin tayo!!!hirap tlaga pag pati referee kalaban..
What a game by Gilas Pilipinas!
We almost shock the world. Kung binigay yung tawag sa last shot ni Castro bka nanalo tayo dun! We are proud the way we play against the top teams in the world! LABAN PA PILIPINAS!
Oh!!!!!! what a game by gilas muntik na sana tayo magforced to 2 OT pero non call binigay kay jayson castro my contact yun ee yaan mu na what a great game by pilipinas we have the ability to shock the world let’s do this fight pa more!!
I’m proud of the way we played tonight. We lost the game but we won the hearts of the world. Now they know what #puso is all about.
Nice Game…Heart Pounding, great to watch in world stage nothing to be ashame…nkakatuwa dn ung mga pinoy s Seville, hnd nlng c Manny ang ngpapatigil ng puso ng mga pinoy… hope Next Game we won…
Pano mananalo gilas e yung refery kalaban din nila
True!
Hands down to Gilas. We fought hard and only lost by 3 against Croatia with legit NBA players. Nothing to be ashamed of. LABAN pa din!!!
Dapat foul yung kay castro double overtime sana