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Walkout mars testy tune-up game between Gilas Pilipinas, Jordan

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Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

A tune-up game featuring the Philippines men&#x27;s national basketball team ended abruptly on Wednesday when the Jordan national team walked out following a series of confrontations between the sides.The game was already getting too rugged for both squads, culminating in a verbal altercation between players and even head coaches with the hosts leading 82-73, 6:26 remaining in the game at Meralco Gym in Pasig.Prior the verbal joust, a Jordanian player threw the ball at Scottie Thompson after the latter was whistled for a foul, prompting both benches to react.Gilas Pilipinas head coach Yeng Guiao even figured in a shouting match with his Jordanian counterpart, Joseph Steibing. “I felt they were getting too rugged on us from the beginning . . .it’s also my responsibility to keep my players safe,” Guiao said.“There’s a lot of second motions happening and they are rugged.”Guiao also reacted to one of Steibing’s remarks.“The coach said he was going to take my ass. I was challenging him. Pero hindi naman niya ginawa,” said Guiao, who acknowledged that the Jordanian team should be treated as guests.“But I don’t want us to be bullied in our own country. They’re bullying us all the way.”Prior to the tension in the fourth quarter, both squads nearly got into fisticuffs early in the second quarter.Christian Standhardinger was going for a rebound when he was pushed to the floor by Jordan’s Abu Wazeih 7:53 in that period.“They were accusing us of being dirty pero hindi ko alam ang sinasabi nila,” said Guiao.“The incident that triggered the whole thing — their player throwing the ball at our player. That was uneccessary.”<div>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>. </div>

A tune-up game featuring Gilas Pilipinas ended abruptly on Wednesday when the Jordan national team walked out following a series of confrontations between the sides.

A tune-up game featuring Gilas Pilipinas ended abruptly on Wednesday when the Jordan national team walked out following a series of confrontations between the sides.

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Walkout mars testy tune-up game between Gilas Pilipinas, Jordan

Dennis Gasgonia,

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Published Nov 21, 2018 09:51 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 21, 2018 10:48 PM PHT

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