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THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has issued special permits to select Public Utility Buses for spectators and players attending the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup at the Philippine Arena today, Friday.These are the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange in Parañaque City, Trinoma in Quezon City, SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, One Ayala Terminal on Ayala Avenue, Makati City, Cloverleaf Ayala on A.
Yet at this World Cup, the only team with 12 NBA players on its roster finds itself back in the role as the favorite knowing that only gold will be good enough and anything less will be decried as failure. "Honestly, I hate the definition of defending anything," Scariolo said."We are not defending anything. Every team is starting a new, fresh competition. Every team starts 0-0. We have been proud to exceed any expectations during the last competitions, winning championships which nobody predicted beforehand. We might win and we are starting from once again several teams in the expectations of the final result.
Qualifying for this event started more than two years ago, with 80 hopefuls trimmed down to the 32 nations that are in Asia for the next couple weeks. Teams were placed into a four-team group; the top two teams in each of the eight groups will advance in the second round.When Venezuela's David Cubillan was asked how to guard Doncic, who awaits them in their tournament opener on Saturday:"You need to pray.
The Americans, who will play in Group C in Manila, are looking to set the record straight after slumping to a seventh-place finish at the 2019 tournament in China.
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