Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/ELVIS ZALDARIS.
MANILA, Philippines — Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes is charging their setback to the Lithuanian choice squad of their newest pleasant sport to expertise, placing a premium on defending a good-shooting workforce forward of their Fiba World Cup 2023 marketing campaign in August.
The Philippines absorbed a 90-80 loss to an eight-man Lithuanian workforce on Tuesday in Kaunas with ahead Tomas Zdanavicius erupting for 25 factors together with a 6-of-7 three-point taking pictures.
“This was all a part of the method. We wished to play a workforce who has 5 shooters as a result of we wished to see how we may get June mar defending ball screens, choose n pops towards shooters. JuneMar had 10 factors within the first half and his man had 20 factors, it’s one thing we have to work on,” mentioned Reyes of June Mar Fajardo, who scored 13 factors within the sport.
“It’s now as much as us to come back into follow and work out methods to defend when we’ve got a scenario like that when there’s a three-point taking pictures outdoors large man on the opposing workforce. These are the issues we wished to be taught. We knew that that is the sort of participant that we had been going to face, that June Mar goes to face. It’s not solely June Mar, it must be everybody serving to out and rotating to cease that,” he added.
After shedding three of their 5 tune-up video games, Reyes mentioned that the Gilas squad has to seek out steadiness on each ends.
“Now we have to seek out that steadiness the place we’re scoring effectively and defending effectively. A part of the method. Clearly, we’re not proud of the consequence however I’m very happy with the educational and the teachings that we proceed to choose up,” he mentioned. “
Gilas large man June Mar Fajardo. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/ELVIS ZALDARIS.
“In the beginning, we had some attractiveness that weren’t falling. That’s why they had been in a position to get an early run. But additionally this workforce didn’t actually stress exhausting on passing lanes. They defended another way, which can be one of many issues that we have to discover ways to assault groups that defend this manner. Offense wasn’t our drawback on this ball sport, it was actually protection.”
The Gilas coach, who is about for his second World Cup look, additionally mentioned he used a distinct mixture with Japeth Aguilar as an influence ahead and Justin Brownlee as a small ahead with Ange Kouame becoming a member of the workforce after his commencement at Ateneo.
However he believes that this sort of consequence will solely make his workforce higher.
“Clearly, it didn’t work as a result of we bought off to what 17-1 begin. However the good factor is that’s a part of why we’re right here to determine completely different mixtures, completely different lineups and to know that there’s no nothing extra highly effective data than expertise,” he mentioned. “So now that we’ve got that first-hand expertise the gamers ought to now all know higher. That’s a part of the educational course of and the teachings that we got here right here to be taught.”
Gilas Pilipinas will open its marketing campaign towards Angola on August 25 at Philippine Area and it’s slated in Group A with Dominican Republic and Italy.
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes post-game interview after the tuneup match between the Philippines and a variety workforce from Lithuania.
Posted by Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas – SBP on Tuesday, July 4, 2023
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