Patrick Yousef Gardner, who agreed to a Nets camp invite last month, played 13 minutes Friday evening in Egypt’s 93-67 loss to European powerhouse Lithuania an the Mall of Asia in Manila, scoring two points, grabbing two boards and handing out an assist.
Gardner, who Egypt lists at 2.16 meters — 7’1” — didn’t start for the Pharaohs but entered the game late in the first with Jonas Valanciunus, the Pelicans big, dominating the boards. Egypt’s head coach Roy Rana played Gardner at the 4 and he spent a lot of his time in the corners rather than the post.