Gilas Pilipinas was defeated by the No. 5 FIBA ranked, Greece national basketball team in the FIBA World Cup 2014 on Sunday with the final score at 82-70. The highlights of the Gilas Pilipinas vs. Greece national basketball team match is now available through YouTube which is embedded below.
Watch the Highlights Video of Philippines vs. Greece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbwGDGx-NyE
The Philippine national basketball team once again proved their worth as one of the best underdog team in the World Basketball Championship although they were already defeated twice. Gilas Pilipinas fought hard and showed their true love of basketball by their losing effort against Croatia who were scared of Gilas during the fourth quarter of their overtime game on Saturday night.
The Greece National Basketball Team bannered by a total of three NBA veterans Nick Calathes, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Kostas Papanikolaou. The Greeks also features an average height of 6-foot-8, with three players standinga at 7-foot, namely Giannis Bourousis, Ian Vougioukas and Andreas Glyniadakis.
During the first game of the Greece national basketball team against Senegal, the 6-foot-9 power forward Kostas Kaimakoglou topscored for the team with 17 points and 8 rebounds.
On Greece game against the Gilas Pilipinas they made a double-digit led 37-27 at the end of the first half. Gilas Pilipinas naturalized player Andray Blatche once again led the Philippines in scoring pouring out a total of 21 points.
With Greece victory they are now at 2-0 win-loss in team standing while the Philippines dropped to 0-2 win-loss record and in danger of another loss as the team is now scheduled to face the powerhouse and heavy favorite team in Group B, the former Olympic Games gold medalist, and current FIBA No. 3 ranked team worldwide, Argentina.
