SMART Gilas-Pilipinas is eyeing nothing but a finals stint in the 22nd Intenational Basketball Federation (Fiba)-Asia Champions Cup slated next week at the PhilSports Arena.
Head coach Rajko Toroman said this year’s competition definitely would not be a walk in the park for the hosts, but with a lighter group in the classification phase and playing in front of the home crowd, reaching the gold-medal round is achievable.
“We’re aiming for a finals appearance at least and see what happens from there,”the Serbian coach said.
“We know that the Filipino fans are coming to watch and cheer for us and we don’t want to disappoint them so we will be motivated to play in the tournament,” he added.
The Philippines begins its campaign against Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia on May 28 at 6 p.m.
Aside from Smart Gilas-Pilipinas and Al-Ittihad, also in Group A are Jordan’s ASU, Duhok of Iraq and WKL Dragons of Malaysia. Read More...
“We’re aiming for a finals appearance at least and see what happens from there,”the Serbian coach said.
“We know that the Filipino fans are coming to watch and cheer for us and we don’t want to disappoint them so we will be motivated to play in the tournament,” he added.
The Philippines begins its campaign against Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia on May 28 at 6 p.m.
Aside from Smart Gilas-Pilipinas and Al-Ittihad, also in Group A are Jordan’s ASU, Duhok of Iraq and WKL Dragons of Malaysia. Read More...
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