MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas wrapped up its campaign in the Fiba Olympic Qualifying tournament after absorbing a 94-67 loss to Dominican Republic early Friday in Belgrade, Serbia.
Head coach Tab Baldwin said his team failed to cope with the Dominican Republic’s physicality in the second half and folded under the pressure.
The Filipinos held a 45-51 lead at the start of the third before Dominican Republic went on a crippling 26-10 run to run away with the victory.
“In the second half, they came out very physical and came to make a statement against us. They really did. We didn’t execute what we can execute, what we should execute under the pressure. It was very disap…
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