News: Chot Reyes Takes Blame For Gilas Pilipinas Collapse Against Chinese Taipei After a blistering third quarter riding on the hot shooting hands of Larry Fonacier, the Philippine national men’s basketball team looked well on its way to victory on Saturday against Chinese Taipei. But Gilas Pilipinas suffered a collapse, allowing the Taiwanese to rally back in the final period to take the victory. Chinese Taipei started the fourth quarter on a 17-4 run. Overall, Gilas lost the fourth quarter, 29-11, squandering the momentum it built in the second and third periods. Philippine coach Chot Reyes took all the blame for the defeat. “I should’ve done a better job rotating the players and pacing the players,” said Reyes. Notably, Chinese Taipei made its fourth quarter run with Gilas’ best performers — Fonacier, Marcus Douthit, and Ranidel De Ocampo — sitting on the bench. Reyes said Gilas’ comeback from a hot Chinese Taipei start — the Taiwanese took a 30-19 lead after the first period — ended up burning out the Philippines. “We spent a lot of energy in our chase. And we didn’t have anything left in the end.” ---JHAVEE
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 19:44:03 +0000
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