SEA Games 2011 Indonesia:Sinag Pilipinas NT defeats Thailand NT, 85-57 in finals.
Philippines 85- Slaughter 16, Parks 15, Garcia 12, Ravena 10, Monfort 8, Tiu 6, Marcelo 6, Pascual 5, Hodge 5, Salva 2, Ellis 0.
Thailand 57 - Kaedum 17, Sangthond 11, Lertmalaiporn 11, Kongkum 8, Apiromvilaichai D. 6, Ghogar 2, Klahan 2, Apiromvilaichai D. 0, Jantuma 0, Kruatiwa 0.
Quarters: 21-17, 44-25, 61-42, 85-57
JAKARTA— The PHL men’s team called Sinag Pilipinas completed its sheer domination of the basketball tournament of the 26th Southeast Asian Games, trouncing Thailand, 85-57, in Sunday night’s gold-medal match that, on the onset, was virtually in the bag for a country that adores basketball so much.
Greg Slaughter played his seven-foot frame to the hilt and top-scored for Sinag Pilipinas with 16 points to go with eight measly yet decisive rebounds.
Bobby Ray Parks and Kiefer Ravena, stars of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, had 15 and 10 points, respectively, and so did RR Garcia, the FEU spitfire and a former UAAP MVP, who had 12 in the match that underscored the Philippines’ supremacy in the region.
“This means a lot to us, not just for me but the whole team," said Norman Black, who added a SEA Games gold medal to his already illustrious coaching career that includes a PBA grand slam and a four-peat in the UAAP.
It looked like the entire Filipino community in Jakarta came to witness the massacre at the Britana Arena, which, again, was expected of a team that was never threatened—although momentarily by Malaysia in the semifinals—in these Games.
Surprisingly, even a good Indonesian crowd, mostly young ladies, came to see their basketball idols they called “handsome" ice their domination of the Games.
But at the end of the day Sunday, the basketball gold medal could only gratify a want—and not the need of Team Philippines.
The target was 70 gold medals and a better-than-fifth finish, but with two days to go in the Games, the Philippines remained stuck at sixth place, way off its goal with a haul of 49 gold, 44 silver and 66 bronze medals.
Indonesia was on its way to partying at home with an unreachable 143-116-107, gold-silver-bronze tally, followed by Thailand with 88-77-98 and Vietnam with 80-79-84. Malaysia was fourth with 49-44-66 and Singapore with 39-41-71.
Myanmar, which will host the Games for the first time in 2013, was seventh (10-21-27), Laos eighth (3-11-20), Cambodia ninth (3-11-20) and Timor Leste 10th (1-1-4).
Yet for Black and his wards, the gold medal was worth savoring, perhaps until the next Games.
“What’s amazing about this team is it’s a young team. It shows we have a bright future," said Black, who like all of his wards, was a first-timer in the SEA Games. - OMG, GMA News
Thailand 57 - Kaedum 17, Sangthond 11, Lertmalaiporn 11, Kongkum 8, Apiromvilaichai D. 6, Ghogar 2, Klahan 2, Apiromvilaichai D. 0, Jantuma 0, Kruatiwa 0.
Quarters: 21-17, 44-25, 61-42, 85-57
JAKARTA— The PHL men’s team called Sinag Pilipinas completed its sheer domination of the basketball tournament of the 26th Southeast Asian Games, trouncing Thailand, 85-57, in Sunday night’s gold-medal match that, on the onset, was virtually in the bag for a country that adores basketball so much.
Greg Slaughter played his seven-foot frame to the hilt and top-scored for Sinag Pilipinas with 16 points to go with eight measly yet decisive rebounds.
Bobby Ray Parks and Kiefer Ravena, stars of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, had 15 and 10 points, respectively, and so did RR Garcia, the FEU spitfire and a former UAAP MVP, who had 12 in the match that underscored the Philippines’ supremacy in the region.
“This means a lot to us, not just for me but the whole team," said Norman Black, who added a SEA Games gold medal to his already illustrious coaching career that includes a PBA grand slam and a four-peat in the UAAP.
It looked like the entire Filipino community in Jakarta came to witness the massacre at the Britana Arena, which, again, was expected of a team that was never threatened—although momentarily by Malaysia in the semifinals—in these Games.
Surprisingly, even a good Indonesian crowd, mostly young ladies, came to see their basketball idols they called “handsome" ice their domination of the Games.
But at the end of the day Sunday, the basketball gold medal could only gratify a want—and not the need of Team Philippines.
The target was 70 gold medals and a better-than-fifth finish, but with two days to go in the Games, the Philippines remained stuck at sixth place, way off its goal with a haul of 49 gold, 44 silver and 66 bronze medals.
Indonesia was on its way to partying at home with an unreachable 143-116-107, gold-silver-bronze tally, followed by Thailand with 88-77-98 and Vietnam with 80-79-84. Malaysia was fourth with 49-44-66 and Singapore with 39-41-71.
Myanmar, which will host the Games for the first time in 2013, was seventh (10-21-27), Laos eighth (3-11-20), Cambodia ninth (3-11-20) and Timor Leste 10th (1-1-4).
Yet for Black and his wards, the gold medal was worth savoring, perhaps until the next Games.
“What’s amazing about this team is it’s a young team. It shows we have a bright future," said Black, who like all of his wards, was a first-timer in the SEA Games. - OMG, GMA News
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