FIBA World Cup 2019: Serbia vs Philippines

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While the Philippines did play with more determination today, they still suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the mighty Serbians, who look set to make a deep run in the World Cup. Gilas Pilipinas will now be looking to restore some of their pride as they face Angola in a tie they should win on paper. Serbia, on the other hand, will play Italy to decide who tops Group D.

That's it from me, Raunak Jaiswal, as I sign off on behalf of Sportskeeda Basketball. Be sure to keep checking the site for more dedicated FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 coverage! I leave you with some highlights from the game.

Top performers from the game

Serbia:
Nikola Jokic - 11 points, 5 of 5, 7 rebounds. 7 assists
Bogdan Bogdanovic - 17 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals
Nemanja Bjelica - 20 points, 7 of 7 shooting

Philippines:
CJ Perez - 16 points. 6 of 11 shooting, 3 assists
Paul Dalistan - 15 points, 6 of 13 shooting, 2 steals

Serbia make 75% of their shots from the field while Philippines could only make 37.3% of the same.

Serbia beat Philippines 126-67. This 59-point loss is the biggest ever for the Philippines in the World Cup.

That's the final piece of action as the clock winds down and Philippines are put out of their misery.

Marjanovic gets the bucket to fall and is fouled in the process. He makes the and 1.

Blatche fouls Marjanovic as the latter tries to dunk the ball. Blatche is fouled out. Marjanovic misses both free throws but Bjelica gets the offensive board.

Micic and Simonovic connect on the alley oop with the latter flushing it home.

Dalistan gets fouled and makes both of the resultant free throws.

Micic scores another trey as Serbia now lead by 56 points.

Pilipinas call time.

Serbia score on the transition again after a bad shot by Pilipinas.

Micic connects with Milutinov on the alley oop.

CJ Perez makes a trey from the left wing with the shot clock winding down.

Japeth Aguilar throws it down after the entry pass from Blatche.

Dalistan and Raduljica exchange jump shots.

Micic makes a reverse layup near the rim.

Perez draws a foul in shooting motion. He makes both free throws.

Unsportsmanlike foul by Dalistan on Guduric. He makes one of the resultant two free throws.

Aguilar tries to flush a jam but is fouled. He goes 1 of 2 from the charity stripe.

This is the first time in history that Serbia have scored 100 points in two back to back games in the World Cup.

Aguilar's layup attempt is slotted by Marjanovic. Bircevic gets the rebound and throws the ball ahead to Guduric who slams it home. They breach the 100-point mark.

Ravena misses his stepback jumper but Aguilar tips it in to get us started in the 4th quarter.

Another 10 minutes of garbage time to follow.

Ravena is fouled and misses both free throws. That's the end of the 3rd quarter as Serbia lead the Philippines by 51 points.

Marjanovic makes a turnaround jumper.

Bolick finds an open Fajardo underneath the rim off the inbound and he lays it in.

Bircevic tries an 18-footer from the right corner but is fouled by Blatche who now has 4 personal fouls against his name. Bircevic only makes one free throw.

Serbia lead by 50 points now.

Bjelica drives again and scores. Also gets fouled and makes the and 1.

Guduric dribbles and pulls up from inside the paint off the screen from Marjanovic and connects.

Dalistan makes a quick bucket in reply.

Bolick turns the ball over and Micic slams it home in transition.

Marjanovic finds Bjelica on the dribble and handover as the latter drains another trey.

Fajardo is fouled by Micic. He makes both the free throws.

Bjelica gets another bucket and Serbia now lead by 43 points. This is getting embarrassing for Philippines.

Bjelica replies with an easy mid ranger for Serbia.

Perez and Dalistan score back to back buckets for Pilipinas now.

Blatche commits a lazy turnover and Serbia score again.

Serbia lead by 38 points.

The game is all but over.

Bogdanovic makes a quick bucket and is fouled in the process. Philippines are already in the penalty as that was their 4th team foul.

Blatche swats away Jokic's shot!

Bogdanovic makes two treys and Jokic makes a close range jumper to make it quick 8 points for Serbia in the 3rd quarter.

Key performers from the first half

Serbia:
Nikola Jokic - 9 points, 4 of 4 shooting, 4 rebounds, 6 assists
Miroslav Raduljica - 11 points, 5 of 5 from free throws, 2 rebounds, 2 assists

Philippines:
CJ Perez - 8 points, 4 of 6 shooting, 2 steals
Robert Bolick - 7 points, 2 of 4 shooting

Serbia's superior passing has got the Pilipinas in all sorts of trouble. On the other end, Nikola Jokic and Co. have made good use of their size and proactiveness to ensure that Philippines fail to move the ball around much. As a result, Serbia have recorded 18 assists so far while Philippines have only managed 6 dimes. Jokic alone has 6 assists for the Serbians.

Serbia lead Philippines 62-35

Philippines run down the clock and Ravena misses his three point attempt as it's half time in Foshan.

Bjelica responds with a trey of his own.