Japan and the Philippines gave one of a nail-biter games I've ever watched. Luckily Philippines won the battle against Japan.
In the first Quarter Philippines got the lead because most of them showed Good defense and smooth offense. But in the Second Quarter the Japan slashed their way through that lead and led the Philippines by 10 - 13pts. because of their dagger 3's and the hustle of their big guy Sakurai. Japan is known for it's 3 point shooting and that was the main problem for the Philippines for they gave Japan too many outside shots. In other hand the Philippines had a struggle on their outside shooting and the paint, also their defense was off that's why Japan was able to take a lot of shot outside the perimeter. So after the 1st half the Japan lead the Philippines by up to 13pts.
In the 2nd half, Philippines need a huge run to get closer to the lead. eventually in the 3rd Qtr they were able to get close about 9 pts. after the 3rd Qtr. Now the 4th Qtr comes and Gilas slashes back in a huge run led by Marcus Douthit, Gabe Norwood, Gary David and Jeff chan. The Gilas made a 10 - 4 run against the Japanese until they grabbed the lead in about the last 2:00 minutes in the game. Gabe norwood, Marcus Douthit and Jeff chan had a crucial Freethrows in the last minute and seconds of the 4th Qtr Good thing they shot many Freethrows and grabbed a 2 possesion lead. The Japanese Hotshots wasn't able to shoot well in their last crucial minutes.
At last Philippines Crawled back and won against Japan and got a 4 - 0 advantage and they are tied with Iran and they both are battling for the 1st place in this Jones Cup.
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Here are the schedules of their next games: Aug 23 3pm LEB| Aug 24 3pm IRAN| Aug25 7pm Taipei Team A| Aug26 5pm USA|
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