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Triano proud of 'young' Canada's effort in Manila OQT

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/sports/7/10/071016-canada.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Canada lost to France in the finals, 74-83. Photo by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</div></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA – Canada&#x27;s young team, bannered by NBA players Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph, fell one game short of their Olympic goal but head coach Jay Triano has reason to be optimistic about his squad&#x27;s future.Canada went toe-to-toe with a veteran France team before falling apart down the stretch amid a bevy of clutch shots from Tony Parker, eventually bowing to Les Bleus 74-83. With the victory, France took the last ticket to the Rio Olympics.Yet Canada was impressive in the tournament, showing tremendous poise in winning close games against Senegal in the eliminations and against New Zealand in the semifinals.(READ:<a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2016/07/10/parker-france-book-ticket-rio-olympics-13194" target="_blank"> Parker, France book ticket to Rio Olympics</a>) &quot;It&#x27;s obviously disappointing,&quot; Triano said after the game. &quot;I respect France, they are a very good team. There were four possessions where they hit shots at the end of the shot clock, and those seemed to be the backbreaker for us.&quot;&quot;We&#x27;re a young team,&quot; he stressed. &quot;I hoped we learn from this. I&#x27;m proud of the team, not just with this game, but how we fought the whole summer.&quot;Triano said the tournament was a learning experience for his team, who was one of the youngest squads in the event with an average age of 25 years old. Cory Joseph, the team captain, is only 24.&quot;We&#x27;re gonna keep getting better,&quot; Triano stressed. &quot;We have some great talent in our country, and I appreciate the sacrifice made by the guys. It&#x27;s unfortunate that we didn&#x27;t get the win and reward the guys.&quot;Joseph, who scored 20 points in the final, admitted that he did not play as well as he could have. He had 10 points in the first quarter but only 10 the rest of the way, and committed seven of Canada&#x27;s 21 turnovers.&quot;We had a lot of turnovers,&quot; he said. &quot;They sped me up a little bit, and I had a lot of turnovers today. So that&#x27;s something that I got to get better on and get better at next time.&quot;&quot;We weren&#x27;t able to get it done,&quot; he added. &quot;But we fought hard, and I&#x27;m proud of our guys.&quot;Triano said that the key for his young team was to &quot;keep getting that experience&quot; of the international game.&quot;This summer, in our preparation and in playing this tournament, we lost two games,&quot; he related. &quot;We lost to Croatia and France, and we also beat Croatia. But the only two games we lost are to teams that are going to the Olympics.&quot;&quot;So, we&#x27;re close,&quot; he said. &quot;But we&#x27;re not there yet. So we gotta keep working.&quot;For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a>

Canada's young team, bannered by NBA players Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph, fell one game short of their Olympic goal but head coach Jay Triano has reason to be optimistic about his squad's future.

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Triano proud of 'young' Canada's effort in Manila OQT

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published Jul 11, 2016 01:04 AM PHT

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