Gilas Pilipinas endures another one of its slow starts and bows to an eight-man Lithuanian squad for its third loss in five tuneup games.
“Offense was not our problem in this ballgame, it was really defense. And we’re going to have games like this, where we’re scoring really well but we cannot stop the other team,” said Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes.
Four players scored in double figures for the Philippines led by naturalized star Justin Brownlee, who shone on both ends with 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Tomas Zdanavicius and Vytautas Sulskis set the tone in the win with 25 and 19 points, respectively, knocking down a combined eight triples, one more than the Philippines’ overall tally of seven treys.
Reyes said players like Zdanavicius – an agile big man with deadly three-point sniping – will pose problems for Gilas Pilipinas in the World Cup, so the team wanted to test how Fajardo and the others will defend.
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