{"id":168403,"date":"2018-06-30T08:29:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T12:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=168403"},"modified":"2018-06-30T08:29:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T12:29:10","slug":"gilas-blasts-chinese-taipei-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/30\/gilas-blasts-chinese-taipei-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilas blasts Chinese Taipei on the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_168404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168404\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gilas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168404\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gilas.jpg\" alt=\"Gilas shrugged off a slow start and bludgeoned a heavily retooled Taiwanese side to give the Philippine squad a huge morale booster ahead of a big-time home game against Australia in Bocaue, Bulacan on Monday night. (Photo: FIBA\/Facebook)\" width=\"730\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gilas.jpg 730w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gilas-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilas shrugged off a slow start and bludgeoned a heavily retooled Taiwanese side to give the Philippine squad a huge morale booster ahead of a big-time home game against Australia in Bocaue, Bulacan on Monday night. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FIBA\/photos\/a.163159121270.155602.131093616270\/10156148873276271\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FIBA\/\">FIBA\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Gilas Pilipinas mauled Chinese Taipei, 93-71, in a crucial FIBA World Cup Qualifiers showdown in Taipei on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Gilas shrugged off a slow start and bludgeoned a heavily retooled Taiwanese side to give the Philippine squad a huge morale booster ahead of a big-time home game against Australia in Bocaue, Bulacan on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Taipei took control of the first quarter, taking a 12-4 lead midway through the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>However, Gilas took advantage of Chinese Taipei&#8217;s early turnover woes and inched closer at the end of the period, and the Filipino team eventually took the lead for good in the second quarter behind a 28-point output.<\/p>\n<p>Gilas tried to pull away in the third quarter, opening a 64-50 cushion only for Chinese Taipei to close out the period on a 10-4 run and cut the lead down to eight, 68-60, at the end of the quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Gilas finally broke loose in the fourth, outscoring Chinese Taipei, 25-11, to complete the rout.<\/p>\n<p>Junemar Fajardo had an impressive output of 22 points, four rebounds, and one assist, while Jayson Castro added 15 points, four assists, and one steal.<\/p>\n<p>Terrence Romeo announced his return to the national team, making 14 points, two rebounds, six assists, and one steal, even as Andray Blatche made a double-double of 13 markers and 12 boards with five dimes, two blocks, and three steals.<\/p>\n<p>Quincy Davis led Chinese Taipei, which now needs to beat Japan to stay alive in the qualifiers, with 17 points, seven rebounds, three blocks, and one steal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Gilas Pilipinas mauled Chinese Taipei, 93-71, in a crucial FIBA World Cup Qualifiers showdown in Taipei on Friday night. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":168404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[51074,35235,5980],"class_list":["post-168403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-chinese-taipei","tag-fiba-world-cup-qualifiers","tag-gilas-pilipinas","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}