Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tiebreaker Times

3x3 Basketball

Manila Chooks sent to brink by Liman in Abu Dhabi WT


ABU DHABI — Manila Chooks could not get anything going against world no. 4 Liman, absorbing a 21-11 (8:09) in the opening Pool D game of the 2021 FIBA 3X3 World Tour Abu Dhabi Masters, Friday evening at the Kasr Al Amwaj here.

Dominant were the Serbians who raced to a 9-3 lead early and never looked back. World no. 4 Mihailo Vasic and no. 11 Aleksandar Ratkov took turns in pounding the Filipinos inside during the rally.

Though Mac Tallo tried to cool Liman with a couple of deuces, the mastery of the Liman quartet just overwhelmed Manila Chooks who could not stay in front of them.

Nebojsa Kilijan brought Liman to match-point with 2:05 left while Stefan Kojic scored the winner 14 seconds later.

Manila Chooks will fight for its tournament life when it faces world no. 5 Amsterdam of the Netherlands at 2:45 AM on Saturday.

Ratkov had six points and five rebounds for Liman while Kojic also had six points built on two deuces. Kilijan had five points and five rebounds while Vasic had three points.

Tallo was the leading scorer for Manila with eight points – all coming from rainbow country. Mark Yee had four rebounds and two points while Chico Lanete had a solitary point.


The Scores:

Liman 21 – Ratkov 6, Kojic 6, Kilijan 5, Vasic 4.

Manila 11 – Tallo 8, Yee 2, Lanete 1, Huang 0.

#ReadMore  Ildefonso happy for Ramos as 'Double D' becomes a 'what if' for Ateneo
Written By


You May Also Like

Basketball

Magnolia began its PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup campaign with a dominant 106-75 conquest of Converge, Saturday night at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The...

Basketball

Robert Bolick reset his career-high in scoring to power NLEX past the luckless Converge, 112-93, for back-to-back wins in the PBA Season 48 Philippine...

Basketball

Blackwater humiliated Converge, 90-78, to take the provisional lead in the PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup, Wednesday at the SMART Araneta Coliseum. In arguably...

Basketball

NorthPort rallied back from as much as 18 down and left Converge a frustrated bunch in overtime, 112-104, to barge into the win column...

Basketball

Terrafirma arrested a hijack attempt by Converge, 107-99, for a winning PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup debut, Friday at the SMART Araneta Coliseum. Stephen...

Basketball

Mac Tallo has squandered his second chance at a PBA stint. The prolific 6-foot guard from Cebu was terminated by Converge on Wednesday after...

Basketball

Rain or Shine needed some aid from Lady Luck to survive Converge, 112-111, to finish its PBA Season 48 Commissioner’s Cup elimination round campaign...

Basketball

NLEX survived Converge, 107-103, to stay afloat in the PBA Season 48 Commissioner’s Cup, Wednesday night at the SMART Araneta Coliseum. Robert Bolick, new...

Advertisement