Chot Reyes praised Gilas’ performance despite coming up short against Dominican Republic
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00:00 Yeah, well, I really love the fight of our players. They competed, competed hard.
00:08 Unfortunately, with the disqualification of Jordan, really a big blow for us.
00:14 But, you know, we can't worry about that now. We have to focus on our next game.
00:21 Quick turnaround for us and we gotta get ready for Angola.
00:25 Well, it's a different team, but Angola pressures the ball just as much as Dominican Republic did.
00:32 So, yeah, definitely we have to make some adjustments in our offense because today we had 19 turnovers and that was big.
00:43 We shot the ball well. We shot the ball better than Dominican, but they just had a lot more attempts than we did.
00:50 So, the story was our 19 turnovers and we gave up like 17 offensive rebounds or something.
00:59 So, that was it. We have to make sure that we're able to cope with the defensive pressure of Angola.
01:10 Going to mostly be video. As for the fact that we had a lead in the fourth quarter, we actually told the players.
01:19 In the pregame, we said, "Don't be surprised if you get a lead in the fourth," because that's how prepared we were and how much I believe in my players and in the team.
01:31 We were right there. I mean, one break, one bounce here or there, one call here or there, you know, might have been a different story.
01:41 But like I said, very strong team, two NBA players with an NBA All-Star. Unfortunately, very unfortunate we just gave up short.
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