Gilas Pilipinas appears to be like to hit the bottom working because the nationwide crew eyes redemption come the thirty second Southeast Asian Games this May in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The nationals are coming off a roller-coaster marketing campaign within the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, which noticed the Philippines end third in Group E with a 6-4 win-loss card behind New Zealand and Lebanon.
And as they closed out the qualifiers, the nationwide crew is now taking a look at reclaiming the SEA Games gold medal.
“The only thing that’s on our plate right now is when to call the guys in to practice for the SEA Games on May 5,” Reyes stated on the heels of Gilas’ 91-90 residence loss to Jordan on Monday on the Philippine Arena.
“Right now, that’s on our plate.”
The Philippines suffered a heartbreaking loss to Indonesia in the course of the Vietnam SEA Games final 12 months, which ended the nation’s three-decade gold medal end within the regional meet.
“Again, there are no shoo-ins for the World Cup, the SEA Games, anywhere. The first thing we’re going to do when I get back from Japan is we’re going to reconvene as a coaching staff and then we will put up a plan together,” Reyes added.
“So we fleshed out the details for this window and now the window is over, now it’s time to flesh out the details for the SEA Games.”
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
