Gilas Pilipinas cut down a much taller India five, 99-65, to
close out its second round campaign with a 4-1 win-loss card in the 2015 FIBA
Asia Cup Championships in Hunan, China.
Gilas banked on a huge 34-15 run in the fourth
quarter to post the rousing follow-up win to its big victory over defending
champion Iran on Monday.
The Filipinos go into the knockout quarterfinal
round as the top seed from Group E.
Mark Pingris torched India with eight points in
the third quarter where the Filipinos outscored and outhustled their rivals to
take a 15-point spread into the fourth quarter, 65-50.
The Filipinos were never threatened from there
with India coming closest at 58-66 early in the fourth after which the
Filipinos came up with a killer finish.
Gilas trailed by one point, 16-17, at the end of
the first quarter on back-to-back baskets by Ranidel Ocampo.
It was also Ocampo who hit a three-pointer to
close out scoring in the second half that gave Gilas a 42-36 spread.
Terrence Romeo cashed in on three foul throws
midway of the second quarter and followed those up with a triple for a 32-27
Philippine lead.
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