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Despite having a loaded roster, Gilas Pilipinas Men could not escape in Zouk Mikael with a win, falling to Wael Arakji and Lebanon.

Besides Clarkson, Reyes and Tim Cone also played three other players 30-plus minutes in the contest. Saoud had 17 points in the game. The Utah guard though shot just 2-of-10 in the second half, including a ‘gimme’ miss with 1:19 left that would have broken the 78-all deadlock. However, the ball was able to find its way to a wide-open Arakji, who drained the dagger trey. With the game tied at 78-all with 58 seconds left, Arakji was able to power his way past Scottie Thompson and fish for a foul. Gilas mainstay Carl Tamayo, meanwhile, only played 11 minutes.

Playing with zest and vengeance all night long, the Philippines on Friday morning faltered late against Lebanon, 85-81, in the Fiba World cup Asian ...

Ravena 2, Tamayo 0, Parks 0, Oftana 0. The most efficient player during the continental showcase went on to hit another pair of freebies to cap a 24-point job and give Lebanon its sixth victory in seven outings in the showcase. The Asia Cup Most Valuable player hit the Cedars’ last seven points to frustrate Gilas’ payback bid anchored on the all-around brilliance of Utah Jazz star Jordan Clarkson.

Errors and turnovers proved difficult to overcome for the Philippines against a tough Lebanon matchup.

"We suffered at the beginning," El Hajj said. "The 21 turnovers was really the big difference in this ballgame, and that's just the result of us not yet as familiar with each other as we'd like to be," Reyes said. It's hard to win when you have 20-plus turnovers in a game like this especially with the home crowd behind them." Just a tough one tonight." But he had just five points in the fourth, three coning off free throws in the last 12 seconds, as the Cedars did a good job getting the ball out of his hands. We battled and we battled hard and competed." The MVP of last month's FIBA Asia Cup Arakji bucked a slow start and took over at the end. Gilas got off to a hot start and took an early 19-9 lead. "Well, we knew it was gonna be a tough game," Gilas coach Chot Reyes said. The Cedars took advantage, posting a 22-13 edge in points off turnovers. We controlled the game after 15 minutes, and we were lucky at the end to finish the game winning." The game went back and forth in the fourth period, with Gilas even surging ahead 75-71 after trailing by five.

IT WAS a roller coaster ride of emotions for Philippine fans as they woke up early Friday morning (Philippine time) to tune in to the Gilas-Lebanon faceoff ...

[Download the app](https://quento-news.onelink.me/27Zn/84976fc5) to enjoy more articles and videos from SPIN.ph and other Summit Media websites. Fans looking for the hustle IT WAS a roller coaster ride of emotions for Philippine fans as they woke up early Friday morning (Philippine time) to tune in to the Gilas-Lebanon faceoff at the Fiba cup qualifiers in Lebanon.

After a quarterfinal exit, Gilas Pilipinas U18 shoots for the next best thing when it takes on Chinese Taipei anew in a classification match of the FIBA U18 ...

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2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers Round 2 action in the African region tipped off Friday, with a notable national team debut.

Angola faces Nigeria on Sunday. Metu and Okogie will be back in action on Saturday when Nigeria takes on Guinea. Suns guard Josh Okogie (23 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals) and Kings big man Chimezie Metu (20 points, 11 rebounds) both posted double-doubles in Nigeria’s Friday loss.