Kiefer Ravena received a rare applause from the Gilas Pilipinas fans after his impressive performance during their 63-48 victory against Iran Team B in the closing game of the 2023 Heyuan WUS International Basketball Tournament on Monday at Xiaoqing Sport Center in China.
In the fourth quarter, the Shiga Lakes reinforcement took charge, contributing significantly in passing, scoring, and defense, enabling Gilas Pilipinas to create the much-needed separation from the Iranians.
Ravena, formerly with the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA before joining the Lakes in the Japan B.League, concluded the contest with nine points, six rebounds, and six assists.
Kiefer Ravena changed the game in the 4th quarter with his playmaking and timely shooting, but haters think he doesn't deserve to be in the Final 12.
— Ball Is Life (@allaboutbballll) August 7, 2023
These dumbasses keep embarrassing themselves. Tell me you don't know basketball without saying you don't know basketball. 🤣🤣🤣
The turnaround for #gilas came when Kiefer entered the ball game. Same as last night’s game. He knocked down a 3 and dished out 3 assists. That’s the value of Kiefer which the Ravena haters obviously don’t see.
— jepas (@jepas88) August 7, 2023
kiefer ravena 2nd game straight Sakalamm!! gusto masama sa final 12
— ball carousel sports (@ballcarousel) August 7, 2023
Pinoys thinking kiefer ravena is useless dont know ball
— Sdee (@_DEEHermoso) August 7, 2023
Kiefer Ravena is probably our best point guard, now that Scottie's injured
— CJ Amado 🇵🇠(@cjamado23) August 7, 2023
Despite the gratitude for Ravena, his critics continue to express their opinions on social media.
Itong commentator nitong tune up game ng Gilas against Iran, grabe makabuild up kay Kiefer Ravena. Ampp. Nope. Baldog pa rin yan at inconsistent sa offense. Lamya pa sa defense kaya pls lang wag niyo ng ipilit sa final 12 line up. Duhhh
— 😸 (@_PLB7) August 7, 2023
Bolick and cj perez showed what they can do at the world cup but the other one wasn't even invited to be part of the pool, even barroca & paul lee played better than kiefer ravena but they aren't priorities by gilas management.
— gilasmuse (@pilipinasmuse) August 7, 2023
Don't be prisoners of the moment against Iran's team C. That is NOT our level of competition, just watch what happened in the 2019 world cup and what kiefer ravena brought to the table. If he's the only PG out there because the pool is limited, we are f**ked.
— gilasmuse (@pilipinasmuse) August 7, 2023
Paramihan ng errors at mintis yung Ravena Brothers sa Gilas.
— Sn0ogy_p0Lgy (@Sn00gie_polgy) August 7, 2023
nung pinasok mga ravena bros nawala lamang ng gilas – ano na chot reyes – ginagawa ng mga inaanak mo ? hahahha
— Yuna.kai ♡ (@joy_gallery) August 7, 2023
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