Filipinos had waited so long for a moment like this.
Yes, it’s been 61 years, almost a lifetime, since the country of over a hundred million people, that treats basketball as religion, had won the gold medal in men’s basketball at the Asian Games.
Jordan, led by NBA veteran and former PBA Best Import awardee Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, has never won the Asian Games crown but has finished fourth a handful times, including in 1986 when they lost to the Philippines in the battle for the bronze. After the final buzzer, Gilas players and coaches celebrated on the court like the gold had been won. They formed a tight circle, and jumped up and down. The Chinese, on the other hand, were in disbelief, hands on top of their heads.“I am just in total shock, standing in front of all these people and you talking about a win.
Even then, Cone and his think-tank, which includes PBA superstar LA Tenorio, had looked forward to a rematch with the Jordanians. And now, it’s in front of them. A little-known 6-1 Iranian guard came out of nowhere to nearly beat Gilas singlehandedly in the quarterfinals of men’s basketball at the Hangzhou Asian Games the other day.
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