Without a doubt, Gilas Pilipinas forward Dwight Ramos had one memorable birthday following a 96-75 win by the Nationals over China in the FIBA World Cup classification stage on Thursday, Sept. 2 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
As the crowd of more than 11,000 sang 'Happy Birthday' it was one for the books for Ramos, who turned 25.'Of course, everybody was there. My family was there, the whole stadium was singing happy birthday so I could not ask for more and we won,' said Ramos, who also got a birthday cake from his teammates.'It's a little extra. Everything. A win, the whole crowd's here, and my whole family's in the crowd so I have everything,' he added.
'I don't think anyone's really thinking about that right now but obviously that's a good thing and at least we still have a chance – it's better to have a chance than to have no chance after that,' said Ramos.'So we got the win and hopefully we get to that OQT,' added Ramos, who had averages of 13.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals as he played all five games for the national team.Ramos, who plays for Levanga Hokkaido in the Japan B.
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