Tournament
final day - Aug 2, 2005
All-Tournament Team selected by
Taiwanese press
G Abdulrahman Ali, Qatar
G Terrance Johnson, USA-Passing Lane
F
Steffon Bradford (198-F-77, agency:
Passing Lane, college:
Nebraska), USA-Passing Lane
F Pavel Ulyanko, Russia-Samara
C Tsun Wen-din, Taiwan
Results:
Russia-Samara 61-55 Qatar (26-27)
Samara: Ulyanko 17p, Bartunov 10p, Ponosov 3p+15rb
Qatar: O. Khamis 12p, Abdulla 11p+6rb, M.A. Ali 11rb, Abdulrahman
10p+10rb
Japan 87-69 India (47-39)
Japan: T. Onishi 20p+10rb, T. Ishizaki 16p, T. Ito 14p+8rb
India: Rai 17p, J. Singh 16p+12rb+6blk+4s, Riyazuddin 12p, T. Singh
11p+5a
Kazakhstan 88-77 Australia-AIS
(37-42)
Kazakhstan: Shpeht 19p, Gilyarzutdinov 17p, Nechaev 11p, Pononmarev
10p+7rb, Vdovin 10p, Lopatin 10p
AIS: Baynes 16p, Weigh 15p, Kersten 12p, Ingles 11p
USA-Passing Lane 99-96 Philippines
(53-45)
Passing Lane: T. Johnson 33p(9-12 3PT), M. Douthit 21p+6a, C. Okosa
17p+9rb, S. Bradford 12p+7a
Philippines: Taulava 23p+7rb, Hontiveros 13p, Helterbrand 12p, Cablay
10p, Miranda 9p+5a, Raymundo 8p, Dela Cruz 8p, Salvador 8p
Taiwan 84-73 Korea (32-23)
Taiwan: Yang Yu-min 21, Chang Chi-feng 19p, Chen Chih-chun 17p+6a, Tsun
Wen-din 7p+9rb+3blk
Korea: Julian Kim 27p+14rb+3blk, Yang Hee-jong 19p, Kim Yong-hwan 10p
Standings:
1. USA-Passing Lane 9-0
2. Taiwan 7-2
3. Philippines 6-3
4. Qatar 6-3
5. Russia-Samara 6-3
6. Korea 4-5
7. Kazakhstan 3-6
8. Japan 2-7
9. Australia-AIS 2-7
10. India 0-10
USA-Passing
Lane edges Philippines, wins Jones Cup title - Aug 2, 2005
- by
Eurobasket
USA-Passing Lane, who has
already clinched the 2005 Jones Cup title yesterday, beat Philippines
99-96 in the finale and came away with a perfect 9-0 record. But the
final game was not easy as Philippines almost forced the game into
overtime until team leader Asi Taulava missed the desperation
three-point shot.
Passing Lane came out strong as expected and led by as many as 19
points. But Philippines was too experienced to let the game become a
blowout. Taulava, who made two threes in the first half, attacked the
rim repeatedly in the second half and led Philippines' furious comeback.
With Philippiines on their tails,
Marcus Douthit (208-F/C-80, agency:
Passing Lane, college:
Providence) made a turnaround jumper with 1:23 left to make the
score 94-91. Taulava and Mike Williams made a free-throw each before
Anthony Helterbrand made a twisting layup to cut the deficit down to one
point with 56.2 seconds to go.
Ben Walker and Jordan Salvador traded basket as Passing Lane still led
97-96 with 22 seconds left. But Passing Lane broke down a Philippines
full-court press in the next play as Steffon Bradford jammed home the
most crucial basket of the game.
Philippines didn't give up. Coach Reyes called timeout to set up the
final play. Taulava caught the inbound pass and faked a high post screen
before launching the desperation three-pointer that bounced out.
