MANILA, Philippines–There’s a copious amount of takeaways to be soaked up in Gilas Pilipinas’ campaign in the Fiba Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, which came to an anticlimactic end after a 94-67 loss to the Dominican Republic on early Friday morning (Manila time).
“There are so many,” coach Tab Baldwin said, shortly after the match at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, where this current cast of the national team absorbed its biggest defeat, barely 24 hours removed from a near-upset of World No. 5 Serbia.
“[L]essons on how to handle measured success, how to handle complacency, how to handle expectations, how to handle your opposition, various styles of play, how to adapt,” h…
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