Still being outmuscled by Filipinos
Sunday, August 22, 2010
The Brunei national team have fallen to 0-6 against quality Filipino teams in local competitions under Kevin Reece, the national basketball coach, since his arrival in late December. They were so close to breaking that egg last night, having led the whole match just to choke late on for a 100-96 loss to MK Kids Salon in overtime in the third-place playoff of the 2010 Sultan's Cup.
Playing under the banner of Soon Lee-Easyway, once again, their weakness showed as they only hit 16 of their 37 attempts from the freethrow line that saw them throw away the match.
"I'm not bitter about the losses but I'm disappointed that we didn't get into the final this time (the 2010 Sultan's Cup). We should be better than this," said Reece, in an interview with The Brunei Times, yesterday.
"We've been getting outmuscled by the Filipinos as they are stronger and more physical. We'll have to continue to work out at the gym. Hopefully it would be an eye opener for the team," he added.
"Nonetheless, we're improving as a team but we still got a lot of work to do. As I've said before, development is a marathon and not a sprint. We just have to give it more time," continued the Los Angeles-native.
The American once again questioned the mentality of the local players as the Filipinos tend to strike fear in them having ruled the basketball scene in the country for years.
"For instance, if the name (Geve) Leones is mentioned, local players tend to fear him. We will need to overcome that to beat them. That's our goal," said Reece.
"In addition, the Filipinos are hungry for a win in every game that they play and they would fight for it without giving up. Instead, the local players would just cave in after going so far. We just don't want it bad enough," he added. Read More...
Source: The Brunei Times
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