The Group E top-seeded Team, Gilas Pilipinas will face the fourth-seed team of Group F, Team Lebanon in a do-or-die Quarter Finals. The Philippines needs to win this game tonight which will start at 9:30 PM so the country’s dream of reaching to Rio could be possible. We will be having our very own live coverage of the game between Gilas Pilipinas and Lebanon.
Here’s our Live Coverage Gilas vs. Lebanon:
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Should the Filipinos advance to the semi-finals round they will face the winner of the Japan vs. Qatar match as they are now three wins away from representing Asia in the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil.
A victory by Gilas Pilipinas over Lebanon will send them through the semis, assuring they’ll finish no lower than fourth. Although only the winner of FIBA Asia will earn an outright spot in Rio, the next three teams earn at least a spot in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, keeping the Olympic dream alive for Gilas Pilipinas.
Gilas Pilipinas should be careful of naturalized player Jay Youngblood, who leads his team in scoring averaging 19 points per game with the full support of offensive players such as Mohamad Ali Haidar who is a solid scorer, he’s averaging 14.3 points per game.
