Sayang talaga, lamang pa tayo nung 1st quarter to early 2nd quarter. Ang Senegal nakaupset na, tinalo nila ang Croatia at Puerto Rico. Ang Puerto Rico pa ang kalaban natin for the last sa spot para sa knockout rounds lol.
Post Merge: September 02, 2014, 08:20:50 AM
FIBA World Cup Day 3 ScoresSerbia def. Iran 83-70
France def. Egypt 94-55
Spain def. Brazil 82-63
Senegal def. Croatia 77-75
Argentina def. Philippines 85-81
Greece def. Puerto Rico 90-79Day 3 Recap and HighlightsThe first two days of World Cup action didn't see too many surprises. Spain and the United States flexed their muscles, mid-tier countries battled through the most exciting contests and Argentina showed just how quickly an aging team can start to fall apart.
Senegal ensured things wouldn't be so predictable early Monday morning. Spurred by a dominant outing from Timberwolves center Gorgui Dieng, Senegal played Croatia basket-for-basket for the first three quarters and staved off a last-ditch comeback effort for a 77-75 upset.
Dieng scored 27 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked two shots as the Croatians struggled to find an answer. He also went 11-of-12 from the charity stripe, a streak Timberwolves fans will undoubtedly hope carries over to the NBA season.
Expected to be one of the teams cut from Group B after a blowout loss to Greece in the opener, the Senegalese are now in a good position with two straight wins. They were helped along in their effort later in the afternoon by Argentina, which continued its less-than-stellar play but was able squeak by for a close win over the Philippines.
Continuing his all-around brilliant tournament, Luis Scola scored a game-high 19 points in the 85-81 win. The Philippines had multiple opportunities in the last minute to tie the game or go ahead, but an ill-timed turnover from Jayson Williams and two missed threes from Andray Blatche clinched their fate.
Blatche, whose decision-making on the threes could have been better, finished with 14 points and 15 rebounds. He's been the star of a surprisingly competitive effort from the Filipinos, who have lost their three games by a total of 19 points. Ranidel De Ocampo scored a team-high 18 points and Jim Alapag knocked down five threes off the bench in the loss.
The Philippines will need to defeat Puerto Rico and Croatia in back-to-back days if it hopes to advance. Argentina, which got 17 points from Marcos Mata off the bench, should be through and may now have a chance to take Group B thanks to Croatia's loss.
Things went far more as planned on the other side of the bracket, which saw Serbia and France earn easy wins over the group's worst competition. Nemanja Bjelica scored 18 points, Bogdan Bogdanovic helped out with 16 and Serbia shot over 58 percent in an 83-70 win over Iran. Hamed Haddadi and Samad Nikkhah Bahrami combined to score 49 points in the loss for Iran, which dropped to 0-3.
France also didn't need much effort to earn an overwhelming 94-55 triumph over Egypt. Every French player scored at least a basket, while the starters spent most of their afternoon on the bench. Egypt, led by Ibrahim Elgammal with 12 points, made less than one-third of its shots.
The first of the evening matches saw Greece defeat Puerto Rico to move to 3-0 for the tournament and gain a stranglehold on Group B due to Croatia's upset loss earlier in the day.
Greece remained consistent throughout the match, scoring at least 20 points in each quarter along the way. The team's size advantage was well on display, and that led to 44 points in the paint—16 more than Puerto Rico accumulated—and 37 total rebounds.
Nikolaos Zisis was absolutely on fire for the Greeks, collecting 19 points while shooting 77.8 percent from the floor and an impressive 80 percent from downtown. Kostas Kaimakoglou was a monster in the paint, leading both teams in total rebounds with 11.
Puerto Rico saw two great scoring efforts from Renaldo Balkman and Jose Barea, as the duo combined for 44 of the team's 79 points. Although, shooting 38.7 percent from the floor as a team just wasn't good enough to come away with the win.
The day's final contest featured a matchup of unbeaten teams. Brazil took on world No. 2 Spain looking for an upset victory and big advantage in Group A. Well, that didn't come close to happening, as a 30-point first quarter for the Spaniards propelled them to a decisive 82-63 win and 3-0 record in tournament play.
Gasol was simply too much for Brazil to handle. He dominated the interior, and even showcased a nice stroke from outside, racking up a game-high 26 points while shooting 73 percent from the floor. Gasol also racked up a game-high nine rebounds along the way as well.
Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol weren't exactly huge offensive threats on Monday, tallying a combined 13 points; however, both showcased their defensive abilities, helping Spain hold Brazil to shoot 41 percent from the floor as a team.
Anderson Varejao was held to make just 5-of-8 attempts from short range, resulting in a 10-point performance—good enough for second on the team behind the 11 points of Leandro Barbosa.
Spain continues to look more and more like the biggest threat to Team USA in this year's FIBA World Cup.
From
Bleacher Report
Post Merge: September 02, 2014, 09:51:34 AM
Gilas Pilipinas falls just short of major upset of 3rd-ranked ArgentinaThe Philippine national men’s basketball team once again showed its big fighting heart in coming back from a double digit fourth quarter lead but again barely missed an upset after falling to Argentina, 85-81, in Group B action of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Seville, Spain.
Gilas Pilipinas came back from 10 points down in the fourth to come to as close as single point before falling just short of the upset of Argentina, which entered the tournament at No. 3 in the FIBA World Rankings.
Ranidel De Ocampo led the way with 18 points while team captain Jimmy Alapag added 15 – nine of them in the fourth period.
Naturalized NBA player Andray Blatche had his lowest scoring output of the tournament so far with 14 points but crashed the boards for 15 big rebounds.
Jayson Castro also reached double figures with 10 points.
Down by 10, 71-61, heading into the final period, the Filipinos again stormed back in the fourth as it had done in games past.
De Ocampo scored on a layup before he and Alapag knocked down back-to-back three-pointers for an 8-0 run that brought Gilas Pilipinas to within two, 71-69.
But Argentina doused the rally, stringing together two treys of their own to restore a 77-69 edge with seven minutes to play.
But the Philippines refused to give up.
Gabe Norwood hit a shot and Alapag hit another triple to cut the Argentineans lead to three, 79-76.
After Argentina responded with a long range bomb of their own, Gilas again inched closer on a basket from Blatche and another triple from Alapag – his third of the period – to come to within a single point, 82-81.
Andres Nocioni earned a trip to the free throw line but only connected on one of his two attempts to make it 83-81 in the final minute.
Castro was whistled for a travelling violation on Gilas next possession to give the ball back to Argentina, which got two more points on a pair of free throws from Nocioni.
The Filipinos got off to a dream start, opening the contest with a 12-2 run.
Blatche started off strong on the offensive glass, putting back two Gilas misses to kick off the game. After two free throws from Scola, De Ocampo scored a basket and Castro followed it up with back-to-back threes for the double digit lead.
Norwood added a monster jam in transition to cap what was one of the best stretches of basketball that the Philippines had played in the tournament.
Scola, who plays for the Indiana Pacers in the NBA, led Argentina for the third consecutive contest with 19 points.
The scores:
Argentina (85) – Scola 19, Mata 17, Laprovittola 10, Herrmann 10, Nocioni 9, Campazzo 9, Prigioni 8, Gutierrez 3.
Gilas Pilipinas (81) – De Ocampo 18, Alapag 15, Blatche 14, Castro 11, Norwood 6, Fajardo 6, Lee 6, Tenorio 3, Aguilar 2, Pingris 0, Chan 0.
Quarterscores: 22-25, 43-38, 71-61, 85-81.
From
InterAksyon
Post Merge: September 02, 2014, 11:34:45 AM
FIBA World Cup StandingsGroup ASpain: 3-0
France: 2-1
Serbia: 2-1
Brazil: 2-1
Iran: 0-3
Egypt: 0-3Group BGreece: 3-0
Argentina: 2-1
Senegal: 2-1
Croatia: 2-1
Philippines: 0-3
Puerto Rico: 0-3Group CUSA: 2-0
Ukraine: 1-1
Dominican Republic: 1-1
Turkey: 1-1
Finland: 1-1
New Zealand: 0-2Group DSlovenia: 2-0
Lithuania: 2-0
Australia: 1-1
Angola: 1-1
Mexico: 0-2
Korea: 0-2
