Gilas Pilipinas beats a European team in an official FIBA competition for the first time since 1960 after opening the Olympic Qualifying Tournament with a resounding upset of world No. 6 Latvia behind Justin Brownlee and Kai Sotto
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Justin Brownlee, who has delivered countless times for Cone since he started reinforcing Barangay Ginebra in the PBA in 2016, came through once more with a near triple-double showing of 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. Latvia cut a deficit as huge as 26 points, 74-48, to just 10 points midway through the final period, 81-71, before Brownlee restored order by completing a booming four-point play for an 85-71 cushion with 3:30 minutes remaining.
Kai Sotto backstopped Brownlee with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting to go with 8 rebounds as the Philippines beat a European team in an official FIBA competition for the first time in over six decades, or since it hacked out an 84-82 escape over Spain in the 1960 Rome Olympics.
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