(UPDATE) GILAS Pilipinas is embarking on a tight schedule in the middle of February when the national squad flies to several nations beginning in Qatar as part of its buildup for the final leg of the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers.
GILAS Pilipinas is embarking on a tight schedule in the middle of February when the national squad flies to several nations beginning in Qatar as part of its buildup for the final leg of the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers.
The national squad is scheduled to leave on Feb. 13 in Qatar to join the four-nation 2nd International Friendly Basketball Championship.The friendly tourney will feature host nation Qatar, Egypt, Lebanon, and the Philippines from Feb. 14-16.After the brief Doha sojourn, the Philippine team returns to Manila before moving over to Taiwan and shortly, thereafter, Auckland in New Zealand for the final window of the Qualifiers.'It's going to be really tough. It's going to be really hard on the players, all the travel going to Doha back to Manila, and then to Taiwan and then over to Hong Kong I think it is, and then down to Auckland,' Cone said, in noting on the tight itinerary within a 10-day span.The American mentor shared that despite the grinding schedule, such is beneficial for the players.'I mean we'll be doing a lot of travel in about less than eight or nine day-time. But we wanted hard. That's the whole point because this is about prep,' Cone added.Gilas faces Taiwan on Feb. 20, followed by New Zealand in two away games this month.The Philippines eyes to close the final window with victories, having swept the first four games in the two windows in 2024.Gilas showed no mercy against Taiwan, smashing the foreign squad, 106-53, during the February 2024 window at the Mall of Asia Arena.And just last November, Gilas pulled the rug from under New Zealand, 93-89, marking the first time the Philippines defeated the former Oceanian basketball powerhouse since 2016.Young big man Kai Sotto, who stepped up big in the November window, won't be available this month since un-dergoing a knee surgery after tearing his ACL last December in a Japan B.League game.
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