The Smart Gilas Pilipinas suffered their first defeat in the currently held Dubai International Basketball Tournament against Al Ahli Club with the final score of 97-82. The National Team’s lack of maturity was exposed during the match as they battle against three ex-NBA veterans. American imports Leemire Goldwire and LeRoy Hurd led the home team … Read more
The Finals of the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup held in Lebanon was postponed due to the prevalent situation in the capital city of Beirut. The Final Game of the 23rd FIBA Asia Cup between Mahram of Iran and Al Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon was scheduled for Monday put was put off. According to the official … Read more
The Smart Gilas Pilipinas will face one of their toughest opponent in the competition, the Western Asian powerhouse Iran in the semi-finals of the FIBA Asia Cup 2012. The Iranians have easily made it to the next round after they were able to demolished the lowly Uzbekistan team on their quarterfinal match-up and maintained their … Read more
Smart Gilas led the first half of the game between the Philippines and the Chinese Taipei Team after the three-points of the Philippines started to sunk in with 3 out of 6 shots compared to the 0-4 in the first half. Marcus Douthit contributed with a total of 13 points and 11 rebounds, Larry Fonacier … Read more
The Smart Gilas will face one of it’s fiercest rival in the competition it’s northern neighbor Chinese Taipei who made it to the quarter-finals as the number 3 ranked team in Group B, after they defeated Qatar by a mere two points. The Taiwanese squad was able to secure a victory by beating the Qataris … Read more
The Smart Gilas Pilipinas was able to display their basketball skills in a superb way as five of their players were able to score in double figures and they dominated Macau with 98-46 final score and secured their third straight win in the FIBA Asia Cup 2012. Once again Smart Gilas was led by Jeff … Read more
The Philippine National Team, Smart Gilas Pilipinas easily defeated the Central Asian team of Uzbekistan as they controlled the tempo of the game from the very beginning and ended with 35 points led at 85-50. Coach Chot Reyes was able to rest his first five on their match up with Uzbekistan, especially the ever-reliable Marcus … Read more
The Smart Gilas Pilipinas defeated the 2010 FIBA Asia Cup depending champion Lebanon on their second game in the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup. The Philippines came back in the second half of the game after they were down by 3 points at the end of the first half. The Philipine Team was able to avenged … Read more
The Smart Gilas led the first part of the game with a total of 4 points against Lebanon but their opponent were able to score through the effort of all-star Fadi El-Khatib. The Philippines maintain their first quarter output with 19 points which was the same with the 19 points production in the second quarter … Read more
Smart Gilas suffered their first defeat in the 4th FIBA Asia Cup held in Ota City, Japan on Friday, September 15, with the final score at 68-71 from a came from behind victory of the Chinese National Basketball Team. The Smart Gilas team blew up an eight point lead in the final quarter of the … Read more