Gilas Pilipinas superstar Justin Brownlee adds another legendary moment to his stacked career highlight reel as he takes down Asian Games host China with multiple clutch three-pointers
MANILA, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas’ run in the 19th Asian Games looked all but over at the hands of host nation China in the semifinals on Wednesday, October 4.
Aching body and all, the 35-year-old veteran willed himself to arguably one of the most stunning comebacks in Philippine basketball history, scoring 17 fourth-quarter points on 5-of-5 three-pointers, including two in the final minute to complete aGilas head coach Tim Cone, who mentored the Philippine Centennial Team that lost to China also in the Asian Games semis 25 years ago, just about ran out of possible words befitting the moment when the dust had settled.
An eloquent storyteller of the game unlike any before him, Cone was reduced to an onomatopoeic recap that nonetheless still painted the perfect picture of Brownlee’s mesmerizing final stretch. “I’m trying to keep an even keel because we got another game, and our goal still is to win the gold,” he continued.