Ricardo Preston Ratliffe of South Korea Team - Image Source

South Korean players are really dominating on their Group where mostly they have outscored too much their opponents. Ricardo Preston Ratliffe aggressively working on South Korea's rebounds both offensive and defensive while scoring near the keyhole. Other Koreans are really a three-point hunters and can perform fast movements also. It can be a great challenge for the Philippines on how they will able to stop South Korea since they both play inside the paint area as well as in three-point area. 

The Philippines are needing some analysis and strategy for how they could beat South Korea since they are more tougher than the Chinese because of their speed. Still, the Philippine team is making sure that they could find a way on stopping the explosive three-point shots and never let any of them make some opportunity shots. A tight defense might be the solution but still, the Philippines need to match the speed of their opponent.

South Korea will be a big problem for Philippines

Ratliffe showing his rebound power - Image Source 

In South Korea against Indonesia, South Korea has really overwhelming performances where they got a high percentage on shooting two points with 59% while on three points they do have 40%. That is really a high percentage and it will be a big problem to the Philippines if they will make race into the scoring or they will shift into a defender mode. Aside from dominating rebounds, South Koreans also good with assists and steals.

In South Korea vs Mongolia, South Korea may have degraded on their two-point and three-point shooting but still, their percentage is still really high. Ricardo Ratliffe scoring total 19 points and still good with two-point shooting with seven attempts went in for all twelve attempts. Heo llyoung has really on fire always with his three-point shots where a total of nine attempts six went in, that is a quite high percentage of shooting.

In South Korea vs Thailand, still, Ricardo Ratliffe has shown a consistency of his rebounds as well as his points. He has grabbed a high score of 21 points which lead the scoring of South Koreans to their win. Aside from that Kang Sangjae is really showing a good performance in the perimeter area while Jeon Junbeom is always working his three-point shot.

Philippines facing a giant

Last Philippines match against China was really a tight match giving them a hard time winning. Their score ended with 80-82 which were won by China in a two-point lead only. I am sure the Philippines did learn something from China's match and possibly working on their loopholes that they will not commit it again.

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