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FIBA World Cup qualifiers: Gilas stunned in loss to hot-shooting Kazakhstan

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/11/30/20181130-fiba-ph-kazahkstan-gc-img_9552.jpg"/><figcaption>Stanley Pringle&#x27;s singular efforts couldn&#x27;t prevent the Philippines falling to Kazakhstan on Friday. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATED) The Philippines&#x27; hopes of advancing to the 2019 FIBA World Cup were dealt a blow after the national team absorbed a painful 92-88 setback to visiting Kazakhstan on Friday night at Mall of Asia Arena.Fans were again allowed to watch the game live at the venue after the Filipinos played a closed-door contest back in September. However, their presence was not enough to lift the home team to a much-needed victory.Instead, the Philippines dropped to 5-4 in Group F, tied with Japan which earlier defeated Qatar, 85-47. Already through to the 2019 FIBA World Cup is Australia, following a 74-67 win over Iran. Kazakhstan improved to 4-5 in the group.&quot;We&#x27;re still a long way off from being the team that we really want to be,&quot; coach Yeng Guiao admitted after the game. &quot;But I&#x27;m taking responsibility for this game. I feel that everybody in the team is there because I decided that they be there.&quot;&quot;But we were mismatched in terms of quickness, especially with our big men,&quot; he added.Kazakhstan torched the Philippines from behind the arc, as the visitors made 12 of 23 3-point attempts. Leading the charge was big man Alexander Zhigulin, who had 30 points on 10-of-16 shooting, including 6-of-12 from the 3-point area.Anton Bykov had 20 points, including the game-clinching lay-up with 12.7 seconds left to play that pegged the final score. Rustam Murzagaliyev (11) and Rustam Yergali (10) also reached double-digits.Squandered in the loss was a 29-point outing from Stanley Pringle, who served as the country&#x27;s naturalized player for the game.&quot;I recognize the hard work that the guards put up, especially in pressing the ball, pressing the guards,&quot; said Guiao. &quot;We forced a lot of turnovers. Unfortunately, the turnovers we forced were not enough for us to win the game.&quot;It was a close contest all throughout, featuring 12 deadlocks and a whopping 29 lead-changes.The Philippines appeared to gain a semblance of control midway through the fourth, as Pringle and June Mar Fajardo conspired to give the home team a 79-75 lead. But Zhigulin, who was unstoppable all game long, erased the deficit with two charities and a difficult fadeaway jumper over the outstretched arms of Gabe Norwood.LA Tenorio banked in a jumper for an 81-79 count, but a three-pointer from Yergali made it 82-81 for Kazakhstan. Pringle responded with a lay-up to give the Philippines its last lead, 83-82. Unfortunately, he also gave up a foul on the other end that led to two charities from Nikolay Bazhin, and then missed a triple in the next possession that Kazakhstan converted into a transition lay-up, again from Bazhin, for an 86-83 count.Pringle kept the Philippines alive as his bucket cut the deficit to one, 86-85, with 64 seconds to go. However, Bykov drew a foul from Fajardo and made two charities, and after Pringle bricked another three-pointer, Yergali also canned his freebies for a 90-85 count.The Philippines had a glimmer of hope when Marcio Lassiter knocked down a three-pointer with 26.3 seconds left to trim the lead to two. The hosts then played stout defense in the next possession, only to give up an open lay-up to Bykov in the final moment after Fajardo had helped Lassiter contain the driving Yergali.&quot;The story of the night was our defense,&quot; said Pringle. &quot;We scored enough to win, but we just couldn&#x27;t get enough stops.&quot;Tenorio missed a 3-pointer on the other end, and though Bykov missed his next two charities, the Philippines ran out of time to try and make up the deficit.&quot;We were strong mentally and physically,&quot; Kazakhtan coach Renatas Kurilionokas said after the game.Kazakhstan gained a measure of revenge against the Philippines, which routed them 96-59 when they played in the Asian Games in Jakarta in August.Fajardo finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds, while Lassiter had 13 points. The Philippines shot only 42.2% from their home floor, including only 8-of-23 from behind the arc.In contrast, Kazakhstan made 28-of-49 shots, and were 24-of-34 at the free throw line. The Philippines, as a team, attempted only 15 free throws, making 10. Even the 32 points that they scored off Kazakhstan&#x27;s 21 turnovers proved insufficient to win the game.The Philippines returns to action against Iran on Monday, also at MoA Arena. Christian Standhardinger serves as the team&#x27;s naturalized player for that game.&quot;We can&#x27;t feel too negative about ourselves,&quot; said Guiao. &quot;We can salvage the situation if we&#x27;re able to play a good game against Iran, and learn the lessons from this game.&quot;<div>SCORES:</div>KAZAKHSTAN 92 -- Zhigulin 30, Bykov 20, Yergali 12, Murzagaliyev 11, Kuanov 8, Bazhin 7, Marchuk 4, Chsherbak 0, Lapchenko 0, Gavrilov 0.PHILIPPINES 88 -- Pringle 29, Fajardo 14, Lassiter 13, Tenorio 8, Norwood 7, Thompson 6, Wright 5, Aguilar 4, Erram 2, Cabagnot 0, Belga 0, Slaughter 0.Quarters: 17-18, 40-39, 65-62, 92-88.<div>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>. </div>

MANILA, Philippines—The country's hopes of advancing to the 2019 FIBA World Cup was dealt a blow after the national team absorbed a 92-88 setback to Kazakhstan on Friday evening at Mall of Asia Arena.

MANILA, Philippines—The country's hopes of advancing to the 2019 FIBA World Cup was dealt a blow after the national team absorbed a 92-88 setback to Kazakhstan on Friday evening at Mall of Asia Arena.

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FIBA World Cup qualifiers: Gilas stunned in loss to hot-shooting Kazakhstan

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published Nov 30, 2018 09:22 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 30, 2018 10:28 PM PHT

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