The Philippine team in the FIBA World Cup 2014 in Spain, Gilas Pilipinas will be playing for their last game in the Group stage of the competition against the third runner-up in FIBA Africa, the Senegal national basketball team. We will be having our live coverage of the Gilas Pilipinas vs. Senegal game, the results and highlights video of the game will be added here also after the game.
Here’s Our Live Coverage of the Gilas Pilipinas vs. Senegal:
This is the first World Cup Victory for the Philippines After 40 Years…
Final Score: Gilas Defeats Senegal 81-79
Gilas – 79 vs. Senegal – 76
Gilas – 78 vs. Senegal – 74
Gilas – 77 vs. Senegal – 74 Alapag on the Free Throw Line 24 seconds
Gilas – 77 vs. Senegal – 71
Gilas – 75 vs. Senegal – 71
Gilas – 71 vs. Senegal – 71
Gilas – 69 vs. Senegal – 71
Blatche Fouled Out of the Game 1:55
Gilas – 69 vs. Senegal – 69
Gilas – 66 vs. Senegal – 67
Gilas – 64 vs. Senegal – 67
Gilas vs. Senegal in Overtime…. at 64 All
Tied at 64 All…. with 33 seconds left (Gilas Time-out)
Gilas – 64 vs. Senegal – 61
Gilas – 62 vs. Senegal – 61
Gilas – 60 vs. Senegal – 61
Gilas – 60 vs. Senegal – 59
Blatche scores for Gilas 60-57
Gilas vs. 58 vs. Senegal – 57
Gilas – 58 vs. Senegal – 56 (6-0 Run by Senegal) 4:37 Left
Gilas – 58 vs. Senegal – 54
Gilas – 58 vs. Senegal – 52
Gilas – 56 vs. Senegal – 50
Gilas – 53 vs. Senegal – 46
Gilas – 49 vs. Senegal – 44 End of Third Quarter
Senegal now on a 15-4 run and have cut the deficit to just 4, 48-44
Gilas – 48 vs. Senegal – 37
Senegal 6-0 Run Scores: Gilas – 44 vs. Senegal – 35
Gilas Still Leads 44-33 with 5:12 left in 3rd
Gilas – 41 vs. Senegal – 29
Gilas – 37 vs. Senegal – 24 End of First Half (Laban Pilipinas #Puso)
Gilas – 35 vs. Senegal – 22
Scores: Gilas – 33 vs. Senegal – 22
The Philippines vs. Senegal game will start at around 8:00 PM tonight at the Palacio Municipal De Deportes San Pablo, in Sevilla, Spain. The Filipinos wanted to end their World Cup trip with a least a win against the African powerhouse team.
Gilas Pilipinas is now out of contention for the Round of 16 after they were defeated by Puerto Rico on Thursday, September 4, 2014 with the final score at 77-73 in favor of the comebacking Puerto Rico who was bannered by NBA veteran JJ Barea.
On tonight’s game against African powerhouse team, Senegal, the Gilas Pilipinas will be facing one of the tournament’s leading scorer in the person of NBA player and Minnesota Timberwolves center Gorgui Dieng who stands at 6-foot-11.
Senegal’s Gorgui Dieng topscored for Senegal during their upset win against Croatia with his 27 points and 8 rebounds performance as they defeated Croatia with the final score at 77-75.
