(Photo : Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images) BULACAN, PHILIPPINES – Karl-Anthony Towns (#32) of the Dominican Republic drives towards AJ Edu (#34) of the Philippines within the third quarter throughout their FIBA World Cup Group A sport on the Philippine Arena on August 25, 2023, in Bulacan, Philippines.
The FIBA World Cup 2023 is underway, and the host nation’s nationwide squad received a dose of Karl Anthony-Towns on Friday, August 25, on the Philippine Arena in Bocaue Bulacan.
The Minnesota Timberwolves heart was visibly making an attempt to regulate to the worldwide basketball model of play. Regardless, this didn’t cease him from pouring in a game-high 26 factors together with 10 rebounds for the Dominican Republic, who received over the Philippines, 87-81.
Making it tougher for Towns was 6-foot-10 Filipino AJ Edu, the Filipino tasked to include the three-time All-Star.
After their win, KAT praised the younger Filipino cager, welcoming the problem since it will assist him change into a greater basketball participant, PTV Sports Philippines reported.
“He’s a fantastic player, he’s an ultra competitor. I love the competition he brought tonight, it makes me better,” the 27-year-old NBA star acknowledged.
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Aside from that, Towns additionally hailed the Filipinos for his or her tradition and onerous work – a cause why he was hardly shocked that the Philippines gave his group a scare for three-fourths of the sport.
“You know, Filipinos are a culture that don’t give up and they played hard, as I expect. The culture is nothing but a hard-working people,” Towns quipped.
The Filipinos have been within the thick of issues for a lot of the sport, with Fil-American Jordan Clarkson and native behemoth June Mar Fajardo conserving the Dominican Republic at bay.
However, issues swayed in favor of the Dominicans when the Utah Jazz star fouled out with nonetheless greater than three minutes left within the contest within the Group A opener in entrance of an enormous crowd of 38,115 spectators.
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