Philippines vs Italy - Aug 29, 2023

[greenarcher]

Law of Averages. Italy finally found their rhythm as expected.... Against us. LOL

With the kind of defense we play? Nobody should be surprised.

Wasted last play. JC should have passed it inside...

[Marsh Mello]

As much as we hate terrence romeo's hero ball, we really need a player like that in gilas. When the system does not work we need somebody who is not afraid to score. Terrence already proved that he can score against bigger than him.

I agree...We kinda miss those Castro, Alapag and Romeo types that can get hot and carry the entire offense when it get stagnant..

[sroth3839]

Italy showing Gilas how to execute a 5-out system.

[The_Big_Cat]

Scottie is the biggest disappointment in this World Cup. He made good showings during the windows. But at a bigger stage like the World Cup he should have performed better.

[greenarcher]

Love that crisp ball movement of Italy. Total team work. Gilas seems to be a step slow in closing out the Italian shooters.

Their kind of game is our worst nightmare. I lost count how many wide open outside looks they had.

JF and KS both too slow for Italy. Kai is a clown out there, failing to get a rebound off a FT and failing to get an easy offensive board in the next possession. He followed it up with an illegal pick. LOL.

Choke got booed in the opener. Hahaha

Loudest cheers for Dwight, JC and Abando.

Scottie is the biggest disappointment in this World Cup. He made good showings during the windows. But at a bigger stage like the World Cup he should have performed better.

Who knew he was this terrible of a ball handler....

[IPC]

Their kind of game is our worst nightmare. I lost count how many wide open outside looks they had.

Same way how we lost to SoKor and Kazakhstan. Who could forget the the 2019 WC too.

If the coaches had drilled staying on their man and proper rotations too. I saw a lot of late rotations. Ironic, given that we have good defenders in Dwight, AJ... Oh. We don't have that many defenders.

[CoJ]

worried that Abando is Nick Andersoning his free throws..and now its hurting us...hope we could start a run at the 3rd, game is still manegable

[live_evil]

typical PBA defense, pack the paint, that only works in a garbage league like the PBA where shooting is pathetic.

[greenarcher]

Coaching academies can show our game to demonstrate how NOT to defend in Basketball.

They couldn't get Chito Victolero to help out on defense?

[Rodbi]

I got a feeling that this game will be similar to the Greece game of 2014 WC in terms of outcome. Not so much of a blow out, neither very close. That, to me would be the most ideal for Gilas, and realistic 'cause i think the 12-point winning margin requirement is quite too much to ask for right now.

[Silent Killer]

it’s like kai didnt play here in NBL.

[hmbopbaduwap]

From 14% the first two games, Italy is shooting 43% from deep tonight.

[Silent Killer]

Scottie is the biggest disappointment in this World Cup. He made good showings during the windows. But at a bigger stage like the World Cup he should have performed better.

That’s the current face of PBA..

[greenarcher]

Finally we are going inside....

Just a mismatch in terms of speed. We look like slow pokes out there.

No point in scoring if we can't stop them from doing the same...

[barok espinoza]

When the team's in a bind, no solutions to find, that's Dolore
When you have no design, it is time to resign, that’s Onore!