Gilas Pilipinas-27th FIBA Asia -Silver Medalist

Last Aug.1-11,2013,the Philippines hosted a FIBA games at MOA arena of about 15 nations participate.And it was a first time in our history.They lost a game when they meet -Chinese Taipei of 75-82 score and I felt they are not capable to met the goal of being a champion or the most prioritize as a host countries.I thought they got a great advantage when they win against Japan team after the full support of more fanatics at the MOA arena with fully accomodate at nightime prime scene by two TV -Basktball and Aksiyon-5 at 8:30 pm.schedule.And the most exciting game has come after the Chinese Taipei was defeated by Korea at the semis.The team Gilas Pilipinas had also got to win from Kazakstan.They have to play now for Korea Team -the rivalry of all time since the beginning of Basketball history eversince when I was young.And the game for the final was started with very exciting cheer by the Filipino crowd every seconds and tied of the game by the Koreans.Until it was tied up to 75-75 bet.and with the next two- 3 points shot by Jimmy Alapag,the team captain was succesfully executed to last 2 mins of the game to make the score up to the opponents.And the 2 points lay up shoot by Mark Pingris-makes the Philippine team to win this game and with a score of 79-86 at the final moment-and the whole filipino crowd got a tremendous and so enjoyable for this game.Considering as a champion even they lost to get the title from Iranian team-who got the gold medalist for this historical event in Manila.And the most important,they are qualified to play as one of the Top-3,of the FIBA Asia-Representative in-Spain 2014 FIBA world championship games.

Gilas Pilipinas vs South Korea [FULL GAME] - FIBA Asia 2013 (August 10, ...