The outside shooting that has been absent from the Philippines'game finally arrived against Chinese Taipei as the Philippines shot 15-of-30 from beyond the arc as Powerade Team Pilipinas rallied in the second half for a huge 77-70 win in the 25th FIBA Asia Championships at Tianjin.James Yap hit 6-of-11 threes while Willie Miller hit all five three-point attempts as the two led the team's big third quarter surge in outscoring the Taiwanese 29-19 to turn a 2-point halftime deficit into an 8-point lead.
Jayjay Helterbrand hit two huge threes as well, including a running conversion to beat the halftime buzzer. Mick pennisi and Cyrus Baguio both hit a three-pointer each.
Yap finished with a game-high 23 points while Miller added 17.
6-foot-8 Taiwanese center Wen-Ting Tseng led his team with 21 points and added 7 rebounds.
Scores:
Philippines 77 - Yap 23, Miller 17, Thoss 8, Helterbrand 8, Baguio 6, Raymundo 5, Dillinger 3, Pennisi 3, Taulava 2, Norwood 2, Aguilar 0, Santos 0.
Chinese Taipei 70 - Tseng 21, Lee 8, C. Chang 8, Lin 7, T. Wu 6, T.Chang 6, Lien 6, CY. Yang 4, Su 2, CM Yang 2.
Quarterscores: 16-21; 33-35; 62-54; 77-70.
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