It may be an ugly win, but Gilas Pilipinas interim coach Tim Cone is just glad the national squad was able to 'find a way to win' against an Iran side that made a tough stand before falling, 84-83 in their 19th Asian Games men's basketball quarterfinal clash on Tuesday, October 3 in Hangzhou, China.
Gilas led by as many as 21 points, but got outscored by Iran, 29-11 in the final period, before naturalized player Justin Brownlee buried the go-ahead basket to seal the Philippines' win and clinch a spot in the Final Four for the first time since 2002.'We walked away from this game with a little sour taste in our mouth blowing a 20-point lead, bottomline is we found a way to win down the stretch,' Cone said in a post-game interview with One Sports.'Justin made a big shot again.
When they got momentum, we made a lot of turnovers,' explained the 65-year-old mentor, whose team is coming off a 39-point demolition of Qatar on Monday.'Gotta give their coach a lot of credit because they went to box and 1 and got us confused a little bit,' shared Cone. 'We couldn't get Justin open.
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