Play in China, Sharks invite Gilas-PH
Ecstatic over Manila’s hospitality during their visit here this week, the Shanghai Sharks want to return the favor by inviting Gilas-Pilipinas national team to play a series of friendly matches in China.
Ecstatic over Manila’s hospitality during their visit here this week, the Shanghai Sharks want to return the favor by inviting Gilas-Pilipinas national team to play a series of friendly matches in China.
The two-game goodwill series by the Shanghai Sharks against the country’s top basketball players may have been a flop at the gates but the visit enhanced the country’s diplomatic relations with China.
Gilas Pilipinas held off the Shanghai Sharks, 80-72, Monday night in the first leg of the Philippines-China Friendship Games at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
Smart Gilas Pilipinas settled for a 124 draw against the PBA All-Stars Sunday night in the main attraction of the league’s All-Star festivities held at the Davao del Sur Coliseum in Digos City.
All for the fans. Gilas-Pilipinas, the national five tasked to take the country back to the World Basketball scene, and a PBA All-Star Selection made up of superstars who are just as talented as the nationals, clash in the centerpiece game of the All-Star Week today at Davao Del Sur Coliseum here.
Marcus Douthit believes that Kelly Williams and Jared Dillinger are irreplaceable components of the Gilas-Pilipinas squad, but injuries to both Talk ‘N Text stalwarts have not diminished his belief in the National team.
The Philippine Basketball Association’s best and brightest fly to Davao City today for a week of fun, charity work and a lot of show time for the fans as the Annual All-Star Week gets off the ground in Digos, Davao Del Sur.
A 17-man pool featuring players with international experience, size, speed and outside shooting was named by Gilas-Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes yesterday to handle the task of taking the Philippine back to the World Basketball Championship scene next year.
National coach Chot Reyes will name his Gilas-Pilipinas lineup today after the PBA board of governors formally approves the revisions done for the rest of the pro league’s season.
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.
A blistering start propelled Smart Gilas Pilipinas to a 90-69 dispatching of Changsha Parklane Saturday night for a slot in the finals of the 2013 Super Kung Sheung Cup Invitationals in Hong Kong.
Smart Gilas took a 65-95 beating from a towering Sagesse team of Lebanon in the quarterfinals Friday morning to conclude its stint in the 24th Dubai Invitational basketball tournament in Dubai.
Chinese Taipei edged Qatar, 75-73, on a last-second slam Tuesday to set up a quarterfinals encounter with Gilas-Pilipinas II in the Fiba Asia Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
