Gilas Pilipinas’ Kai Sotto (center) with Justin Brownlee and June Mar Fajardo throughout the Fiba Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers sport in opposition to Hong Kong at Mall of Asia Area. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas swept the second window of the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers and in each video games, Kai Sotto confirmed why he’s one of many new go-to guys for the Nationals.
Gilas defended residence courtroom as soon as extra after defeating Hong Kong, 93-54, at Mall of Asia Area on Sunday night time after one other stellar outing from star large man Sotto.
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“It’s a very good feeling however all of this begins with onerous work. I labored onerous for this, the whole group labored onerous for this as nicely so I’m very completely satisfied that we received each wins on this window,” mentioned Sotto in Filipino.
“We discovered quite a bit plus all of us improved quite a bit for this group.”
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Gilas Pilipinas’ Kai Sotto throughout a Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers 2025 sport in opposition to Hong Kong at Mall of Asia Area. -MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
Following an amazing outing in opposition to New Zealand the place the Philippines duked out a historic 93-89 win, Sotto turned in one other monster sport to push Gilas to a 4-0 card within the qualifiers.
In opposition to New Zealand, Sotto dropped a close to triple-double with a Fiba-high 19 factors, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
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Sunday night time was virtually no totally different because the Japan B.League Filipino import recorded one other double-double of 12 factors and 15 rebounds with two blocks for good measure in opposition to Hong Kong.
“We needed to respect our opponents and respect the sport. We needed to exit and play onerous. We had a sluggish begin, however we picked it up. I’m completely satisfied everybody contributed,” mentioned Sotto of Hong Kong.
Previous to their fourth sport within the continental qualifiers, the Koshigaya Alphas standout normed 16.7 factors, 11.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.3 blocks and near a steal per outing, proving to be an anchor for coach Tim Cone.
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Sotto goals to increase his string of exemplary video games on February 20 when Gilas opens their third window run in opposition to Chinese language Taipei.
