‘Game Thoughts’
Another miserable Night for Gilas under Coach Chot Reyes. What I find funny is how the Commentators and Analysts keep talking about how good Italy shot from the 3-point Area in the previous Game and now South Sudan (SSD), but nobody is talking about how we’re just not defending it enough.
It should’ve been basic, how come nobody is even challenging those Shots and at least putting a Hand on their Faces when they take it? Our Players basically just looks at their Opponents wondering if they will make those Outside Shots or not.
Gilas had three Players in Double Figures, two of them had Double-Double in Points and Rebounds. But the Bad News is that SSD had FIVE Players in Double Figures, so that again says much about Gilas’ lack of Defense.
‘Player Thoughts’
Dwight Ramos played his Heart out in this Game, scoring 20 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, but just wasn’t enough to get that win. He was only 30% from the 2-point area (3 out of 10) though, showing his struggles against SSD’s defense
Jordan Clarkson another unimpressive Stint by the National Basketball Association (NBA) Starter, shooting only 38% of his shots (5 out of 13) and making 5 Turnovers (TO) in the Process, the highest in the Team
AJ Edu was the other Bright Spot in the Team, scoring 12 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. But again, not enough to lift Gilas to Victory
Kiefer Ravena had a miserable Shooting Night at 0 out of 5 shots, but he did have 5 assists, the highest in the Team
Kai Sotto a mediocre Night for him, played for 24 minutes but could only come up with 8 points and 5 rebounds against a Frontline shorter than him. He did have 3 shot blocks, though
Renz Abando had an impressive 3 blocks for someone his Height, but didn’t really contribute much in other Departments to the Team
Carlik Jones was very impressive for SSD, he was just too fast for anybody to stop him in this Game, he was Lightning-fast, eventually ended up with 17 points and 14 assists
‘Final Thoughts’
With China as our next and final Game this World Cup (WC), and with China beating Angola who beat us, then Things aren’t looking great for this Gilas, it could end up with the worst Finish in all of our recent WC Appearances if we end up winless
SOURCE STATS: https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/game/3108/South-Sudan-Philippines#tab=boxscore
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