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Head coach Tim Cone says the Gilas Pilipinas’ marketing campaign within the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Match is a ‘development expertise’ for the workforce
MANILA, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone has been adamant that just about shouldn’t be sufficient.
Cone desires his gamers to embrace that very same method, as he hopes to construct on the positive aspects the Philippines constructed from its historic marketing campaign within the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Match in Riga, Latvia.
Exhibiting it may well go toe-to-toe with among the massive boys, the Philippines reached the semifinals earlier than in the end bowing out of the race for a prized Paris Olympics berth after a 71-60 loss to Brazil on Saturday, July 6.
“It’s an unimaginable disappointment for us and we’re not going to leap up and down and say, ‘Yay, we did our factor and all people was pleased with us.’ Hopefully, that doesn’t get into our mindset,” stated Cone.
“We have to maintain pushing and shifting ahead, getting higher.”
Gilas loved a sterling begin to the match because it pulled off a colossal 89-80 upset of host Latvia, which at present ranks sixth on the planet and completed fifth within the earlier FIBA World Cup.
It marked the primary time the Philippines beat a European workforce in 64 years, or since its 84-82 escape towards Spain within the 1960 Rome Olympics.
The Philippines then fought again from a 20-point deficit towards world No. 23 Georgia and intentionally misplaced by a single possession, 96-94, to safe its place within the semifinals.
The probabilities of reaching the ultimate seemed promising for the Philippines after a 22-12 first quarter towards Twelfth-ranked Brazil earlier than the extremely bodily South American squad flipped the script.
For Cone, whereas there have been loads of optimistic takeaways from the Philippines’ run within the OQT, the fact is the workforce nonetheless has a protracted method to go.
“It’s a development expertise for us. It’s form of like a ‘now we all know’ second. Now we all know we will compete, so how can we get that subsequent step through which we will get a bit bit higher than not simply compete however win?” stated Cone.
Cone stated the continuity of the nationwide workforce program will probably be essential because the Philippines shoots for the 2027 World Cup in Doha, Qatar, and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
“The entire a part of bringing this explicit program collectively … is the truth that we’re going to, hopefully, maintain these guys collectively over the following three to 4 years, attempting to maintain them collectively going into the following World Cup,” he stated.
Gilas returns to motion in November for the second window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers, the place it’s going to face New Zealand and Hong Kong. – Rappler.com
