Gilas Wins Over UAE 92-52!

The Gilas Nationals vented their rage and fury over the disqualification of Fil-Ams Chris Lutz and Marcio Lassiter on a hapless UAE side, winning 92-52.

The Filipinos were actually off to a bad start, looking sluggish and out of sync as UAE led 9-2. But the timely substitution of Kelly Williams for Ranidel de Ocampo and Asi Taulava for Marcus Douthit seemed to fuel the Filipino rage as the dup immediately made their presence felt on both sides of the court.

Gilas Wins Over UAE!

And then, it was back. The offensive groove. The defensive intensity. The extra pass. The pinpoint three. The alleyoop dunk. The rim rattlers.

Maybe it was the light opposition. Maybe it was a little bit of desperation. Maybe it was disgust over the bitter taste of defeat.

Whatever the reason, Gilas morphed back into the smooth basketball machine we first saw against Iran, dumping UAE  95-60.

Marcus Douthit led the Nationals with 23 points and 13 rebounds while Chris Lutz and Marcio Lassiter added 13 points each.

The Nationals battle Japan later,

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