sinag pilipinas rolled past its opponents in the men's basketball competition in the 26th southeast asia games with two resounding victories in the past two days.
yesterday, philippines led more than vietnam scored, 107-53. greg slaughter, the tallest basketball player in the competition, scored 20 points, hauled 6 rebounds, and had 2 blocks. rayray parks, reigning uaap mvp, was also impressive with a 19 point performance.
we all know that basketball is not (yet) vietnam's sport, but most of the players in their national squad will be part of the team called saigon heat in the forthcoming asean basketball league season this january. still, sinag, bolstered by collegiate and pba-dl standouts, outworked the taller and older opponents from the other side of the sea.
and today, philippines beat perennial contender thailand, 103-69. the 34 point lead is the slimmest margin so far among sinag's games. this time, it was cliff hodge's time to lead the team in scoring with 15 points. kiefer ravena continued to provide numbers that would bring smiles to fantasy basketball gms: 14 points on 6/9 field goal shooting including 3 treys, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals. the thai national team was composed of players from the chang thailand slammers in the abl but are still outplayed by the younger and faster filipinos.
as i mentioned in a previous post, i'm still looking forward to see "real" competition to test the team. i would love to see how coach norman black's system has been adapted by players coming from various collegiate teams as well as two additional d-league players. but since this is the sea games, we will most likely be dominating like a big fish in a small pond. it may take a little more time and development for us to play with the rest of the ocean predators in asia and the world.
The Scores:
November 15, 2011
Philippines (107) - Slaughter 20, Parks 19, Ellis 11, Lanete 11, Marcelo 9, Pascual 8, Ravena 8, Hodge 8, Salva 4, Tiu 4, Monfort 3, Garcia 2
Vietnam (53) - H. Nguyen 11, N. Le 10, Trieu 8, Doan 7, Duong 7, Hoang 6, Ngo 2, Vu 2
Quarters: 32-4, 59-23, 84-41, 107-53
November 16, 2011
Philippines (103) - Hodge 15, Ravena 14, Salva 12, Slaugther 11, Ellis 11, Parks 10, Lanete 8, Garcia 7, Monfort 6, Tiu 6, Marcelo 3
Thailand (69) - D. Apiromvilaichai 12, Klahan 11, Kaedum 8, Kongkum 8, Jantuma 7, Sangthong 6, Lertmalaiporn 5, Kruatiwa 5, Dasom 3, D. Apiromvilaichai 2, Ghogar 2
Quarterscores: 37-21; 54-34; 75-49; 103-69
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