The Philippine Team have a great start in the first half although the Iranians have also showed their stuff in the first two minutes of the game and both teams goes to the dug-out with the final score at .
The Smart Gilas was led by LA Tenorio with a total of 7 points together with Jarred Dillinger who also scored with 7 points. Jeff Chan added with 5 points while Douthit and de Ocampo contributed with 4 points each. Meanwhile Fonacier and Norwood had 2 points while Norwood scored the first point in the game with 1 point from the free throw line.
Iran on the other hand relies mostly on Sahakian who have already scored with 7 points and 5 rebounds for the Iranians who had a balanced scoring at the end of the first half of action.
The Smart Gilas scored with 17 points in the first quarter while Iran had 17 points while in the second quarter the Philippines scored with a total of 14 points compared to the 13 points scored by Iran and tied the game at 30 all.
First quarter score of Smart Gilas (Tenorio 5, Dillinger 5, Douthit 2, Fonacier 2, Chan 2, Norwood 1)
Here’s the highlights video of the first half of the FIBA Asia Semis between Iran and Philippines:
