Philippines' sensational perimeter defense shuts down MACAU, 119-53, sets its sights for 3 in a row against Vietnam next week.Florian Ignacio shook his head smiling as he was helped up by teammates under the basket. He couldn't believe he was fouled hard on a drive just 5 seconds into the game.
“5 seconds in and suddenly it was the playoffs man! I love it!” he recalled
Two free throws and onto the next possession, this time Tapia drove straight into Xianfa again who helplessly gave up his second personal foul. Xianfa quickly headed to the bench but would return minutes later hoping to redeem himself. That was not the case though as he foolishly commits his second flagrant foul in less than a minute of his appearance on the court. Two flagrant fouls meant an automatic ejection, an ejection meant he would hit the shower room early and watch the rest of the game on TV.
Maccau expected this game to be a jump-shooting contest. Philippines' coach had other things in mind. He realised he could exploit the gaps down the post so he instructed his boys to feed the ball inside to Emerson Tapia and let him earn his minutes. Macau was unprepared to adjust and committed 20 fouls including 2 starters that fouled out before the final buzzer and punctuated by Huang Xianfa's ejection in the game's opening quarter. Philippines shot a total of 32 free throws going 17/17 before the break.
Tapia's double-double lead all Filipinos with 29 points and 11 rebounds,
Amante Dorola had 16 points on 6/6 shooting, stepping up nicely for Florian Ignacio who was injured during the first half and did not return. Team doctors later diagnosed him with a mild case of Indonesian food poisoning and is expected to play next week. Meanwhile, big men
Libre and
Paler feasted on the boards as they pulled down 15 apiece. The Philippines had a +23 advantage on the DRB% rate.
“They lit a fire under us early by playing physical defense, we wanted to show them we’re not afraid of roughing it up out there on the court. Filipinos are so used to rough play, we eat elbows for breakfast!”Paler commented as he elbows Libre on the chest who just sat down next to his locker to grab his Gatorade.
Macau was lead by big man
T. Chaoyu with 14 points, versatile PG
P. Yuancheng, who piled 34 big points against Iran last week, struggled to replicate that performance yet put up 14 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. He launched 13 of the team's 34 attempts from 3-point land but none of his shots hit the mark.
(https://i.imgur.com/vqElp9v.png)Post Game Notes: (*)Emerson Tapia already had 15 points in the first quarter alone. He made 5 of 6 shots from the field and sunk all five of his free throws.
(*)Philippines may have had less FG attempts than Macau but they were converted at an efficient rate and shot an 60.53 eFG% the entire game.
Stats for nerds: eFG%PH: 60.53%
MACAU: 27.78%
DRB%PH: 83%
MACAU: 60%
The effective field goal percentage (EFG%) is a statistic used in basketball to take into consideration the additional difficulty of three-point shots and the extra points awarded for making a three-pointer. Effective Field Goal Percentage, or eFG%, is calculated the following way:
(2pt FGM + 1.5 * 3pt FGM) / FGA DRB% is the percentage of available rebounds the defensive team gets. To figure your Defensive Rebounding Percentage, just divide your team's defensive rebounds by the sum of your defensive rebounds, plus your opponent's offensive rebounds:
DRB% = DefReb / (DefReb + OppOffReb) Last edited by Pro_Shot 🇵🇭 at 1/23/2018 4:10:32 AM