Basketball on track

Basketball on track

The Fiji national men’s basketball team’s road to retain their gold medal looks good after they beat Papua New Guinea yesterday.

The PNG boys gave the Paul Whippy-coached side a tough tussle leading them in the early stages of the game but the Fiji boys came back strongly to win the game by 85-62.

At one stage of the game, PNG led 9-6 before the Leonard Whippy-captained side came back to take the first quarter by 20-9; second quarter 40-25 and third quarter 61-46.

In the fourth quarter, the PNG boys tried to make a comeback but it wasn’t enough to shut out the reigning Pacific champs

Coach Paul Whippy said all credit goes to the team as a whole for managing to stand up to the PNG team.

“It was the most pressured game they had and this was a good game for us as the earlier games weren’t so hard,” Whippy said.

He said they focused on their defence and it proved well for them.

Last Modified on 05/09/2011 11:49

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