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GILAS OUT FOR BLOOD
The Philippine Star
|February 20, 2025
Getting beat up by the likes of Lebanon and Egypt in the recent Doha Invitational Cup has stoked a fire in Gilas Pilipinas.
Game tonight (Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium) 7 p.m. - Chinese-Taipei vs Philippines
And now the Nationals are out for blood as they shift to the third and final window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers.
First target on their sights is Chinese-Taipei, a retooled squad gunning for payback on home ground tonight at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium.
"We're trying to erase all the bad juju that happened to us in the Middle East. It was tough," Cone said on PBA Rush.
He was referring to the blowout losses they received from the Cedars (54-75) and the Pharaohs (55-86) that followed their comefrom-behind 74-71 win over host Qatar recently in the run-up to the road assignment in Taipei.
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