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Gilas Boys suffer 59-point thrashing vs Lithuania in U17 World Cup

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Gilas star Kieffer Alas, who went down with an ACL sprain just a couple of days before the start of their campaign, was sorely missed as only one player scored in double figures for the Nationals.

The Gilas Pilipinas Boys found Lithuania simply too big and too strong, suffering a 107-48 thrashing to open their FIBA U17 World Cup campaign on the wrong foot at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday, June 29.The Filipinos kept themselves within striking distance for one and a half quarters before the Lithuanians asserted their size and speed advantage to rip the game wide open and cruise to the dominant win.

denying them shots inside the paint andCJ Amos paced Gilas with 10 points while Kurt Nathan Velasquez and Bonn Ervin Daja added eight and seven points, respectively. Thanks to its scrappy defense, Gilas actually did a great job hanging around and not getting blown away, only trailing by nine, 34-25 midway through the second frame.

The Filipinos were seemingly fighting a losing battle since then as the Lithuanians forced multiple turnovers on Gilas in the third frame to fuel a back-breaking 16-2 to take the fight out of their foes.

 

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