lalong yayabang yun "champion" coach Chot Reyes mag feeling Eric Spo...
Congratulations Smart Gilas Pilipinas National Basketball Team for winning the 2012 Jones Cup.
nice job LA.. you lifted the team in the last 2 games..
next assignment..
4th FIBA Asia Cup (earlier known as Stankovic Cup)
September 14-22, 2012 / Tokyo, Japan
GROUP A: Philippines, China, Lebanon, Uzbekistan & Macau
GROUP B: Taipei, Iran, Japan, Qatar & India
Official Website: tokyo2012.fibaasia.net/
* The 4th FIBA Asia Cup is the qualifying event for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship in 2013, which in turn will be the qualifying event for 2014 FIBA World Cup to be held in Spain.
kaya pa ba kung just native Pinoys, like nung time ni Calma-Almario era?
maski nung panahon ni calma at almario sa national team meron na ding fil-ams at naturalized players tayo. most notably sina chip engelland, jeff moore, at dennis still
btw, earlier than that iyong grupo nina ricky brown nag laro din para sa pinas. cojuangco backed team din 'to kung 'di ako nagkakamali
Youngest pinoy player is 22y/o. Oldest chinese player sa team 22y/o. WTF!
Japan vs Qatar tong sumunod.. malaki na ni improve nitong si sakuragi (jr henderson) nang japan yung naturalized player nila.. walang makapigil.. mukhang papahirapan din tayo nitong Japan.. hirap na hirap ang Qatar..
CHN/PHI - Profligate Philippines squander, let patchy China get away
TOKYO, Japan (4th FIBA Asia Cup): Philippines blew away a fantastic third quarter resurgence allowing China to hit back and sneak through to a 71-68 win in a pivotal Group A Prelim Round game at the 4th FIBA Asia Cup on Friday.
Having fought China on even keel for a better part of the three quarters of the game, Philippines unleashed a 20-7 fury over 10 minutes – across the third quarter break to seemingly nudge ahead towards an opening game win.
But China gambled by bringing the prodigious Wang Zhelin back – despite the youngster in foul-trouble – and reaped rich dividends by eking out the win. Wang, arguably one of the more talented youngsters in view was superb and solid under the defense glass and pulled down 8 of his game-high 14 rebounds in the final quarter to propel China forward.
For the record, China outscored their rivals 12-4 in the final five minutes of the game.
Guo Ailun (pic above) , the most experienced member in this China roster – having played on almost every Chinese National Team across age-groups in the last three years – was surprisingly left out of the starting five, but was as fluent as ever when on court.
Guo Ailun, who played braving a nagging cold and niggling ankle, led scorers with 18 points.
Where China flourished, Philippines floundered.
Ranidel De Ocampo, the highest scoring Filipino had all his 11 points in the first three quarters and their naturalized center Marcus Douthit had all his 8 rebounds and 7 of the 10 points in the first three quarters.
“Well, against a team as strong and tall as China you can’t win missing crucial free-throws,” rued Philippines coach Chot Reyes.
“It was tough. And we didn’t expect anything easier,” the multiple PBA title winner added.
“But given that this team has been together for not more than a month, I guess we have done well. And let’s not forget this is yet only the opening game,” Reyes said.
“They were indeed a tough team. I think this was an excellent game on the opening day of such an important competition,” said China coach Fan Bin.
“We have come with a young team. And we are here to learn. We take anything that comes here as a welcome learning experience. A win is certainly a bonus,” he added.
Had Danny Seigle been injury-free he would have been our answer to the Fadi El-Khatibs and Nikka Bahramis of opposing teams.
Parang si Nelson Asaytono sa katawan and galing sa basketball si El-Khatib.
Dapat kasi revamp ang basketball system natin, more on the European type rather than NBA. Problema lang wala naman shooters, Sa Europe kahit malalaki tumitira ng 3 point or at least 18 feet Ang range ng mga big men.
Hinde naman natin pareho yun physique ng mga NBA players na kaya nila kabayuin one on one mga kalaban. Talent wise napanalayo din natin Sa mga ginagaya na NBA superstars.
Ok na nga yun blue print ng smart gilas 1 eh, hinde pa ituloy na Lang Sa mga bagong players, balik nanaman na kuha ng players Sa PBA tapos pag talunan idadahilan walang time magjell yun team.
Sana nag stick na Lang Sa program...
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Last edited by shadow; September 16th, 2012 at 07:59 PM.