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| Photo courtesy of FIBA.com |
One more game won, two more games to win.
Gilas Pilipinas completed the Final Four cast fo the FIBA
Asia Championships, with their 82-70 victory over the Lebanon Cedars. They will
go on to once again face Japan for a seat in the finals.
Here’s a look back at some predictions made in the an
earlier article (to read “Gilas vs Lebanon: Not A Mismatch”, go to http://sportsfandom.blogspot.com/2015/09/gilas-vs-lebanon-not-mismatch.html)
MATCH UPS TO WATCH
OUT FOR
JJ Youngblood vs Gabe Norwood/Calvin Abueva – as predicted,
it was Gabe Norwood and Calvin Abueva who took on the high scoring guard, which
mean the smaller Hontiveros ahd to toake on the much bigger Amir Saoud. The
Lebanese tried to exploit this early on, leading to the quick entry of Abueva
into the game. Abueva and Norwoord hounded into a 12 point brickfest (5-15), a
full 7 points below his scoring average before this game. On the other end,
Norwood hit a crucial three to give Gilas some breathing room in the third
quarter while Abueva was his usual pesky self on the boards and on defense.
