Gilas-Pilipinas is starting to feel the effects of a gruelling week in Lithuania – a crucial stage of the team’s build-up for the coming Fiba Asia Championship this August.
After giving the country its first cage title at the continental level in a long time, the Energen-Philippine youth team faces a tougher challenge in the Fiba 3×3 U18 World Championship this September.
The Gilas Pilipinas 2, counted upon to finally bring the country back in the elite level of basketball, is expected to see action in two major international tuneup tournaments before pruning down its 17-man pool for the Fiba Asia Championship in August.
The plan to give the Gilas-Pilipinas squad the time it needs to prepare hard and long for the Fiba-Asia championship in August continued to gather steam with several members of the PBA’s board of governors amenable to a drastic change in the Governors’ Cup.
THE MUCH-IMPROVED Smart Gilas-Pilipinas team is bent on regaining the country’s past glory in international basketball.
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) will be working hand in glove when the cage body lobbies for the country’s hosting of the FIBA-Asia Men’s Championship next week.
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is optimistic that the Philippines will win hosting rights for the 2013 Fiba Asia Championship.
ATENEO and San Sebastian’s varsity stars top the wish list for the national team that Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas hopes to form for the 2013 Fiba Asia Championship.
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines lost even its last sliver of hope to make it to the prestigious 2012 London Olympics. Missed free throws down the stretch keyed in the doom of Smart Gilas as it absorbed a crushing 68-70 defeat Sunday by South Korea and settled for fourth place in the Fiba Asia championship. Only the first and [...]
Jordan shut down Smart Gilas Pilipinas’ direct path to London, crushing the Olympic dreams of a basketball-crazed nation.
The Philippines’ stellar run came to an end Saturday in the face of Jordan’s blistering offense.
WUHAN, CHINA—Smart Gilas Pilipinas could break a jinx that has spanned more than two decades with a quarterfinal victory in the Fiba Asia Championship. And with Chinese Taipei looming as the opponent, the Nationals’ chances are as bright as sunshine. The Filipinos had defeated the Taiwanese four in a row, three of them on the [...]
Marcio Lassiter provided the spark in his belated appearance at the Fiba Asia championship as Smart Gilas Pilipinas squeezed past Jordan, 72-64, Monday night at the Wuhan Gymnasium.
