It speaks a lot about the national program’s growth and maturity that Gilas Pilipinas understands fully the value of a near upset against a team ranked No. 5 in the world.
“A lot of people will look at this as some sort of moral victory,” said Philippines coach Tab Baldwin, who is also the guy appointed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas to pilot the national program, early Thursday morning (Manila time) in a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia. “But I’ve been in this game for such a long time and I just don’t believe in those.”
Moral victories don’t reflect in the standings after all.
After a scrappy, scrambling stand, Gilas Pilipinas lost to Serbia, 83-76, in the Fiba…
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