Philippines’ Fiba Asia run ends at Jordan’s hands

6:13 pm | Saturday, September 24th, 2011

Members of Jordan's team celebrate after defeating the Philippines during their semi-finals match at the 26th Asian Basketball Championships in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Sept. 24, 2011. Jordan defeated the Philippines, 75-61, and advanced to the finals. AFP

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ stellar run came to an end Saturday in the face of Jordan’s blistering offense.

Smart Gilas Pilipinas, unable to recover from a barrage of treys in the fourth quarter, yielded to Jordan, 61-75, Saturday and missed a crack at advancing to the finals of Fiba Asia Olympic Qualifiers.

The Jordanians struck with three straight triples to stretch the lead further just as the Philippines came within a point, 49-48, with 6:21 left on a conversion by naturalized center Marcus Douthit.

But despite countless attempts, the Philippines – which only made it to the semi-finals for the first time in 24 years – could not buy a basket in the ensuing minutes and allowed Jordan to break away with the chance for an outright 2012 London Olympics berth.

Though it missed its chance in the Asian qualifiers, Smart Gilas will still have a shot to compete for an Olympics slot if it wins over the loser of China-South Korea in the battle for bronze.

The first and second runners-up will compete in the 2012 World Olympic Qualifying against teams from other continents which also failed in their bids.

Douthit finished with 21 points on a losing cause with star guard JVee Casio adding 15 points. Ranidel De Ocampo, who was the sparkplug in their victory over Chinese Taipei last Friday, had eight points.

The Philippines jumped the gun early, unlike in its other matches, and kept Jordan at bay until half time.

But Jordan snatched and seized total control in the second half, where it never gave Smart Gilas, which it also ousted in the same competition in 2007 and 2009, a chance to get back.

Jordan’s shifty guard Sam Daghles, who nailed two of the three triples in the determining three-minute stretch, unleashed 16 points while naturalized reinforcement Rasheim Wright pulled off a game-best 24 points.

The scores:

JORDAN 75—Wright 24, Daghles 16, Z.Abbaas 14, Abuqoura 9, Zaghab 5, I.Abbaas 5, Al-Sous 2, Hussein 0, Ruqayah 0, Soobzokov 0, Alkhas 0.

PHILIPPINES 61—Douthit 21, Casio 15, de Ocampo 8, Williams 6, Lutz 4, Barroca 4, Lassiter 2, Alapag 1, Tiu 0, Taulava 0.

Quarterscores: 12-18, 27-28, 49-41, 75-61

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http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XH25VBD5KXM4BLI4DJXPUH6ZG4 George

We lost again to Korea because of 3 point shots. I guess Toroman has no weapon against 3 point shooters of other teams. Bronze na naging bato pa.
Anonymous

Coach Toromam is a very good coach,but the problem with him is that he is always late to adjust tactics in the game against his counterparts and on what other great coaches thrown at him,,example I think Tab Baldwin is a great coach here is the instances Baldwin did: and I think the reason why we lost..

1.) He knows kelly willaims cant shoot!!! – he used a 2-3 zone in the 2nd half and it work it clogged the lane and was difficult for douthit to score.
Toroman’s solution: he continued to bench de ocampo and still used Kelly williams ..Toroman has just no answers for BAldwins 2-3 zone..

* I just thought he used Ranidel de Ocampo in the 4th quarter gives and outside threat more than Kelly or played them both with douhtit

2.) Tab baldwin noticed toroman used a small line up:aalapag/casio,tiu,lassiter… he put ZAid Abbas at no. 3 postion in the 2nd half now It was easy for Wright to score on 2 small men and it created a mismatch for Abbas inside the paint…lassiter guarding ABBas come on?!!!

Toroman solution:opted to play a 2-3 zone late in the game to prevent a mismatch in the paint,, were only down 1 at that point , but the Jordanians quickly busted the defense with three quick three-pointers two from Daghles and one from Abbas and just demoralized the Filipinos

*Toroman could have used de Ocampo at 3 and Kelly at 4 with Douhtit to offset any mismatches de Ocampo and kelly can defend any bigs from Jordan, Instead using a 2-3 Zone in the last few minutes into the game and that spelled the doomed for us , He never used this combination I think in the tournament ,,,,I think he used this combo against Syria only…..

I like Smart Gilas !!! …I like Toroman and his system but It seems also he makes bad tactical decisions for a coach during crucial ball games and he never takes a blame on it…. His been playing against Jordan many times now I was surprised he wasnt ready for this…. I think not only me have seen this..many basketball fans in this country saw this too …its just so clear that Tab Baldwin is really a great coach in this edition of the Fiba-asia and surprised many teams….

Go Gilasssss!!!! beat those Koreans..
Tyopando

Sayang……..pero meron pang chance……galingan nyo lang against Korea……..konting GILAS pa…..

We are all behind you guys……. GO!
Anonymous

there are always loosers…..
That was a good try….. medyo inalat lang tayo.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Shikachoji-Nara/100002751479191 Shikachoji Nara

sayang, ito na sana ang short cut tungo sa olympics.. palarin man tayo na manalo sa korea, mas mahirap ang daan sa qualifying tournament.. ang mga makakalaban natin dun ay malayong mas magaling kaysa china.. #4 greece, #5lithuania, #11 russia, #13angola, #15puerto rico, venezuela, nigeria, new zealand, dominican, macedonia.. lahat yan mga powerhouse at maganda ang ipinakita sa kanya-kanyang tournament.. kahit siguro china, mahihirapan ng husto sa mga yan.. pero nice try Gilas, i know you did your best, dinaga lang siguro nung semis.. Goodluck sa laban nyo mamaya!!!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PNO3M3ZX4X7VMAEDEJQILQTJAE erwin marquis

we need pure shooters talaga. itrain na lang mga pure shooters like martin reyes ng UP, kazim mirza ng UST. mukhang same mold din si ferrer sa USTe kaso malalason na din yan dahil PBA ang style ni pido. pero kahit talo, go gilas pa rin ako. after ng bronze medal game, next naman ang 2014 worlds qualifyer. GO GILAS!ü

http://jaoromero.wordpress.com Jao Romero

panay slashers eh. mabuti kung maganda naman ang finishing. eh kaso, may daga sa dibdib.

John

hope they got enough will to overcome korea . south korea is even a much better than jordan.
observations of all the previous game of gilas:
- they kept on having their off time on crucial games such as the semifinals; 2nd place finish is already a big accomplishment
- nawawalan silang maglaro kapag nawala sa contention ( 3rd sila sa jones cup pero that is only an invitational)
if they fail to get 3rd place, all of the efforts made, goes down the drain.
there is a need to go back the drawing table for the basketball development of the country.
need to sustain a development pool program which may start from the juniors until they became pro.
the national team could get a team into the PBA even for just one regular conference and the first team should be given salary same as the pros in pba. exposure to international meets should also always be done.
ggod luck, gilas. praying for your win over korea. the country is behind you.

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