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Hangzhou, China – The Philippines embarks on a mission that would have been impossible two weeks ago as it shoots for its first basketball gold medal in the Asian Games in over six decades when it plays Jordan at 4 p.m. on Friday in the men’s finals at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center here.
Justin Brownlee was magical in the victory. He scored 33 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter, highlighted by back-to-back treys as Gilas completed an amazing comeback from 20 points down to bring down the Great Wall right in its own backyard. Standing in their way is a Jordan team with a Kobe Bryant-like leader in Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, who steered the team to a massive 87-62 spanking of the Filipinos in the first round. Curiously,“We said that from the beginning. I’m not sure we believe we’d get here, but we did say that from the beginning. We also kept saying we want to get back and play Jordan, so we’re back to play them. Now we’ll see what we can do on Saturday,” added Cone.
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