Gilas Pilipinas moved closer to the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball medal rounds after a dominant 80-41 win over Qatar
in the qualification game for the quarterfinals on Monday at the Zhejiang University Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China.
The Philippines got off to a phenomenal start, with Arvin Tolentino’s triple pushing the first-quarter lead up to 29-8. An 8-0 run that closed the second quarter pushed the advantage up to 57-23 entering the halftime break. Fajardo, the six-time Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player, and his fellow San Miguel Beermen Perez had 12 points apiece. Calvin Oftana added 11 points, while Japeth Aguilar and Justin Brownlee contributed nine markers each.
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