After the Philippines pipped Korea on SJ Belangel’s buzzer-beater from beyond the arc last Wednesday in a Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers (ACQ) match, coach Cho Sang-hyun was asked about the defeat.
“It was a lucky shot,” the new Korean coach said after the game.
Tab Baldwin heard about that.
“[F]rankly, I think that’s pretty rich for a coach to walk off … a game in which you lose the game and to claim that it was good luck on the part of your opponent,” the Gilas Pilipinas head coach said after Gilas Pilipinas kept its ACQ slate clean with a 76-51 victory over Indonesia on Friday. “So, we will make sure that that is highlighted and I’m sure that that will give our play…
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