The Gilas Pilipinas is currently leading with 10 points after the first two quarters against the Japanese national men’s basketball team in Group E of the FIBA Asia Championship second round. The first half ended with the score at 46-36 in favor of the Philippines.
During the first quarter, the Philippines was also leading with the score at 17-14.
Gilas Pilipinas Scores:
Marcus Douthit – 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 (–foul word(s) removed–)ist
Ranidel de Ocampo – 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 (–foul word(s) removed–)ist
Jason William – 5 points, 1 (–foul word(s) removed–)ist
Japeth Aguilar – 5 points, 1 rebound
LA Tenorio – 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 (–foul word(s) removed–)ist
Jimmy Alapag – 3 points, 1 rebound, 3 (–foul word(s) removed–)ists
Larry Fonacier – 3 points, 3 rebounds, 1 (–foul word(s) removed–)ist
Jeff Chan – 2 points
Gabe Norwood – 2 points
The Japan national basketball team top scorers during the first half were the following:
Sakuragi 10 points, K. Takeuchi 7 points, N. Tsuji 6 points.
The highlights video of the match will be added here as soon as available:
