86-79 final for Gilas Pilipinas outcasts South Korea

Together With the Reared adherent crowd, Gilas Pilipinas trounced South Korea by final 86-79, last Saturday Night August 10, 2013 in the Semi finals 27th Fiba Asia Championship that made their way to play Iran in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Finals at the Mall of Asia Arena, and join the throw of the worlds best in Spain. Gilas unwrapped the game with two equipped stops, and Jeff Chan triple from the top of the key,while Kim Joo-Sung replied with a lay-up and a short jumper, both over Marcus Douthit to give Korea a 4-3 lead. Marc Pingris attained down to reclaim the lead for Gilas at the 7:00 mark, but Cho Sungmin scored his side's first triple for a 7-5 lead to South Korea, yet Another triple from Cho gave Korea the lead at 10-9, but with Gilas Larry Fonaciers cracked a floater at the 3 minutes remaining to put the Gilas leading to the quarter. Castro played with full stamina for the hosts with 17 points, nine of which were unloaded in the third period where the Gilas erased a three-point deficit at halftime to raise a 10-point lead with 1:24 left on Alapags trey. Kim Joo-Sung unleashed together five straight points for Korea to give them a 17-13 lead with 1:26 left in the first quarter, but Jayson Castro pounced in for a put out of action to put the Philippines within four points, at 19-15, to end the first quarter. Castro scored the first four points of the second quarter to bind the moment at 19-all, but the Koreans had their own 4-0 run for 23-19 lead. Lee Jong Hyun heat up from mid-range for a 27-21 count for their teams lead, while Lee Sung Joon added a free throw to bump the Korean steered up to seven points. Alapag fastened a triple shot at the 5:00 spot of the second to get to within two points, but Gilas had to sub Douthit out as he re-injured his left leg. At the second half of the game, Pingris up Gilass with 10 points lead while Castro added eight with his triple in the quarter. Gilas went on a run led by Pingris to get to within a point of Korea, but Kim Mingoo made a difficult reverse layup to make it a 39-36 buffer in favor of South koreas side at the end of the second period. Instead of succumbing to the pressure given by South Korea in their lead previously ,of possibly playing without their big man in the middle, Gilas went wild in the third quarter, and released a defensive goal and offense in.

Gilass castro scored on two straight layups to give the Philippines a 40-39 lead, before converting on another impossible drive at the 7:35 mark to give Gilas a three-point lead., while Pingris then added a tip-in, followed by a Castros fastbreak and triple to bring the horde of Filipinos into a shakeup. De Ocampo mid-range jumper gave Gilas a 49-45 leads later, and then a stretch layup by LA Tenorio made the tally 56-48 at the 4 minutes mark of the third period However, Kim Mingoo completed and-one play to bring the Gilas lead back down to five. While in the remaining 2 minutes mark in the third, it was Alapag who scored and added a triple on the next play to give the Philippines a 63-53 lead, but Kim Mingoo took it right back with his own transfer from below. However, Castro unleashed his tremendous third quarter by dishing out an assist for an Aguilar slam to give the Philippines a 65-56 lead heading into the payoff period. Kim Mingoo continued his hot tallying as he opened the fourth with a triple, but Gilass De Ocampo retorted with one of his patented bankers for a 67-59 count and headed the score still in Gilas favor. Koreans brought the lead down to a one point 4 minutes mark as Kim Mingoo completed a fourpoint play, as It was quickly followed by a Lee Seung Jun dunk to give the tourists a 74-73 lead. Yet Alapags resilience gave Gilas back the lead with a triple with 3:01 left in the game, but Kim Tae-Sool quickly stole it back with a jumper to settle the score at 77-76 in favor of Korea again. The see-saw battle between the two fierce rivals, was again disturbed when, with the seconds dwindling down, Pingris stole the ball, which led to a De Ocampo triple for an 81-77 back to hometown lead again. But then Koreas desire to lead was still alive in the game as Yang Donggeun scored on two free throws, having it a see-saw battle between, but Alapag did not allowed to as he then sank a coldblooded three with 50 dying seconds to put up an 84-79 lead for the Philippines for the triumph. We all have stories as an individual but now is the chance for us to write our own story, the Gilas story. This team just showed it, with the effort, their toughness and togetherness, Gilas mentor Chot Reyes said as he was eased of the fact that he never be uncertained in accepting the job as Gilass. de Ocampo,on the other hand could not hold his tears,as he brought the teams sacrifices including being away from loved ones just to help the Philippines accomplish its goal of reserving a participation to the world championship after 30 years.

Up by only two with 1:14 left, Jimmy Alapag created separation for Gilas with a booming triple, 84-79, followed by Marc Pingris' contribution to ice the match.

The sharp shooting South Koreans rallied through Kim Mingoo, Lee Seung Jun and Kim Tae Sool but fell short as the crowd went wild when Gabe Norwood foiled a three-point try by Mingoo in the dying seconds og the game.

While the fast break of Alapag registered 14 points, Pingris chipped in 16 markers while de Ocampo had 11. Mingoo paced the South Koreans with 27 points. "It's all about heart," Gilass Pingris stated who was the tremendous leader for the defense when Marcus Douthit never returned in the second half because of an injured right knee. "We don't earn much from here because we are fighting for the country.