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Strong Group Athletics head coach Charles Tiu stuck to the positives as he looked back on his team’s journey in the 33rd Dubai International NBA Championship that saw them fall in the finals in a heartbreaking fashion against Al Riyadi.The Philippine representatives, bannered by former NBA players like Dwight Howard, Andray Blatche and Andre Roberson as well as collegiate star Kevin Quiambao, found themselves deep in a 19-point hole halfway through the penultimate quarter, 55-36, before they regrouped and even regained a 66-64 lead early in the fourth.Jordan Heading’s triple sent the game into a 74-all affair with a minute and three seconds left on the clock. Roberson had their fate in his hands, but he missed a potential game-winning three-pointer.Ismael Abdelmoneim then made Strong Group pay, sinking the long bomb off a Wael Arakji dime to give the Lebanon side a 77-74 win and it is second straight title.That loss was the first and only defeat of Strong Group in the pocket tournament as they wrapped up the elimination round unscathed with a 5-0 card before defeating AS Sale of Morocco in the quarterfinals and Beirut Sports Club in the semifinals.FULL RESULTS | Strong Group at the 33rd Dubai International NBA ChampionshipBut while the championship loss stings, Tiu remained upbeat about how the team performed in the tournament.”Trying to figure out how to get over a buzzer beater loss in a championship game, and I guess the best way would be to just focus on the positives and to accept that God has other plans,” Tiu, also the head coach of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, said in an Instagram post. The tactician also showered his players with appreciation while savoring his personal experience of working with NBA stars like former three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Howard and ex-Oklahoma City Thunder stopper Roberson.Tiu also expressed gratitude to his coaching staff composed of Brian Goorjian, Topex Robinson, TY Tang, and Rajko Toroman, who all helped him guide several local stars like Quiambao, Justin Baltazar, JD Cagulangan, Francis Escandor, Tony Ynot, Justine Sanchez, and Allen Liwag.”We may not have won the chip but we hope we were able to make you guys proud with the way we battled. 10 days of preparation against the best club team in the region, and we pushed them to the brink,” Tiu added.”It was one heck of a ride and a memory that I will cherish. These are the moments we live for, and while it didn’t go our way, we still live to fight another day.”—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
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