Gilas Pilipinas wins tuneup after Jordan team walks out in 4th quarter
Gilas wins this one after Jordan coach Stiebing decides to pull out his team at the 6:26 mark of the fourth. pic.twitter.com/naMQ8m7eB9
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The second tune-up game between Gilas Pilipinas and Jordan was stopped near the halfway mark of the fourth quarter after the Jordanian national team walked out.
Gilas was ahead 82-73 with 6:26 left when Jordan head coach Joey Stiebing called out the rest of his team to head out of the court.
Article continues after this advertisementStiebing and Gilas coach Yeng Guiao got into a heated exchange before the walk out happened.
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“The coach said he was going to take my ass. I was challenging him to take my ass but he didn’t do it,” Guiao told reporters after the game Wednesday night before a packed crowd at Meralco Gym.
Article continues after this advertisementJordan beat Gilas, 98-92, in their first scrimmage on Monday.
The Filipinos rallied from 19 points down after a big third quarter led by LA Tenorio, Christian Standhardinger, Marcio Lassiter and Stanley Pringle.