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Pilipinas bows to Romania at home, 109-102, out of the Consolation Tournament

Pinauwi na naman tayo ng Romania, this time sa homecourt naman natin. We played with more effort pero mukhang kulang ang homecourt advantage at enthusiasm natin para manaig laban sa Romania. We did our best and put out our best available team. We went out firing sa 1st quarter pero ganun din sila. Hindi natin na-maintain kaya nag-trail tayo ng dalawang puntos sa halftime. Naging anim naman after the third. Nakadikit tayo nang hanggang tatlong puntos sa huling minuto ng laro bago sila nakaalagwa palayo.

The team was led by Sixto Nical with a sizzling hot 17pt 1st quarter but he ended the game with only 10 more pts (27pts, 3stls at 2asts). Benson Villarivera also contributed with 21pts, 5rebs at 2asts while Jiffrey Sumalapao helped out with 19pts & 4asts.

At dahil wala na tayo sa consolation tournament, mag-arrange tayo ng mga scrimmage games para sa mga batang miyembro ng National Team to help them gain experience. Gagawin natin yan until the end of the season.

Ang competition na lang natin para sa hosting ng Asia Championship next season ay Japan. Ang Australia ay naka-bronze noong season 63 kaya hindi sila qualified sa ngayon. With Japan losing to Serbia today, sigurado na ang hosting natin next season. Ang huling beses na nag-host ay noong season 53 kung saan nakasungkit tayo ng bronze.

At 35 years old age, si Bill Leon del Prado ang pinakamatanda nating player sa National Team at huling season niya na ito. Maraming salamat sa iyong serbisyo.

Maraming salamat din sa lahat ng patuloy na sumusuporta sa ating koponan at patuloy sa paghahasa sa mga players nila.

Laban Pilipinas!

Points:
Sixto Nical - 27pts
Benson Villarivera - 21pts
Jiffrey Sumalapao - 19pts

Rebounds:
Leandro Toledanes - 10rebs
Delfin Orais - 9rebs
Benson Villarivera - 5rebs
Epifanio Querubin - 5rebs

Assists:
Leandro Toledanes - 8asts
Jiffrey Sumalapao - 4asts

Last edited by Mad-Rad at 11/25/2024 1:36:27 PM

Season's end

With our season coming to a close, after 4 scrimmage games in the last month, I would like to take this opportunity para magpasalamat sa lahat ng owners ng ating mga NT players during this season. Taos-pusong pasasalamat din sa mga patuloy na nagsasanay para sa susunod nating henerasyon ng mga manlalaro.

Achievements this season, congratulate natin si Jiffrey Sumalapao and Manila Bombers (boss Greedy) as he moved up to 5th all-time sa scoring ladder ng Pilipinas with 1,566. He was also able to score the 6th most points in a season with 276. Umakyat din siya to 4th all-time sa assist ladder naman with 428. Nakamit niya rin ang 8th most assist in a season with 77. 2 seasons ago, he secured the no.1 all-time assist in a season with 85. Also, in the last game of the season, albeit a scrimmage, he managed to dish out 15 assists, the 2nd most in a single game.

Good news for season 67, we will be hosting the Asia Championship kaya naman mas mataas yung expectations natin for the upcoming season. I believe our team is good enough to finish with a medal as we are always trying to get one. The last time we won a medal (bronze) was season 57 pa kaya it will end a 4-cycle drought. We still have a scrimmage game against Sverige before the season officially starts.

Looking forward to leading the team to a podium finish kung papalaring muli na mamuno sa ating koponan.

Maraming salamat at laban Pilipinas!

Thanks! Currently finishing training sila Ebrada at Olvera, but hoping to get an opportunity to train another NT candidate after