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Gilas Pilipinas is not yet done.After pulling off an upset against Latvia, 89-80, in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament on early Thursday , the national team will next face world no. 23 Georgia on Thursday night.Gilas head coach Tim Cone is aware of the pressure of the team's upcoming match and said the team just needs to play as they need to."You know, whenever you win a game, the expectations go up. You had to keep chasing the expectations and hopefully we won’t feel that.
"Like I said, our country is so passionate about basketball, there’s a lot of intense pressure to succeed, and I know it seems like we haven’t been successful but that doesn’t mean anything to our team.
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