HANGZHOU—The Philippines faces perhaps its first worthy opponent in the 19th Asian Games’ men’s 5x5 competition—Jordan—on Saturday but ahead of the showdown, it’s all fun for Gilas Pilipinas and their foes’ naturalized player Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. Hollis-Jefferson came over to hug and greet Gilas head coach Tim Cone, Justin Brownlee and TNT Tropang Giga teammate Calvin
Gilas Pilipinas’s naturalized player Justin Brownlee shares some light moment with his Jordan counterpart Rondae Hollis-Jefferson ahead of their teams’ showdown.
Even the TNT utility guy doubling for the national team got a warm embrace from the friendly Hollis-Jefferson, whose Jordanian squad face the Filipinos for an outright quarterfinals berth from Group C at 5:30 p.m. at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. There wouldn’t be much of that pleasantry in their next meeting, though, with both teams looking to sweep Group C of the preliminaries and move on, avoiding any disastrous detours in the event of a loss.
“They’re going to be tough,” said Cone after Gilas survived Thailand and a barrage of three-point shots from Tyler Lamb and Frederick Lish, 87-72.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
LIVE UPDATES: Philippines vs Jordan - 19th Asian Games basketballGilas Pilipinas faces Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Jordan in a battle of unbeaten teams for an outright berth in the quarterfinals in the Asian Games
Read more »
Smashing Asiad debut for Gilas women's teamHANGZHOU: Welcome to the Asian Games, Gilas women's team.
Read more »
Gilas fends off late Thailand rally to nab second Asian Games winThe Philippine men's 5x5 basketball team is assured of advancing to the next phase of the tournament at the 19th Asian Games in China.
Read more »
Cone admits Gilas commitment only thing keeping Brownlee to play through injuryGilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone praises naturalized star Justin Brownlee for playing through injury in the 19th Asian Games
Read more »
Gilas rolls to second win, repel ThaisAfter a lopsided win against Bahrain, Gilas Pilipinas needed one final push to turn back Thailand, 87-72, Thursday and keep its strong momentum going in men’s basketball of the 19th Asian Games here.
Read more »
Gilas milampornas sa BahrainGiablihan sa Gilas Pilipinas ang ilang kampanya sa men's basketball event sa 19th Asian Games pinaagi sa usa ka masipang buto.
Read more »