But realtalk, FIBA OQT schedule sucks… why putting that horrible schedule for some teams? including us… I don’t know if we can perform the same way we did vs Latvia due to fatigue… Georgia are well rested and they didn’t played Shengelia against Latvia, for sure they reserved it against Gilas… next edition of OQT should be revisited… one day rest is enough for every team after the game…
If hypothetically Georgia wins by 19 (God forbid)
Then
Georgia: -28+19= -9
Gilas: +9 -19=-10
*Edited
Then Georgia now has the differential in that scenario.
That's why lowkey I wanted them to get a shot or a drive with less than 10 secs left just to try to pad our quotient
I think the morale of Latvia is down right now… they are not sure if they can win against either Brazil or Montenegro… actually the OQT in Riga is the most unpredictable who will make it in all 4 stages of OQT events… In Spain, it will be either Spain or Bahamas, while Greece is favored in Greece OQT then either Lithuania or Italy in Puerto Rico edition… In Riga, we don’t know who are the favorites… for sure Latvia is the favorite, but their lose against us will doubt some experts if Latvia can pull thru…
It's basketball bro. FIBA is also test of how conditioned and sharp a country's players are for competition hence a pool of players is allowed and the home-and-away format.
I say we have a real shot vs Georgia. Their coach is not as bright as Luca Banchi (Best Coach of FIBA World Cup 2023). Players not as mature and polished as Latvians. We'll be confident and ready later.
I’m worried here.. Georgia have their 1 day rest, we are tired, they didn’t played Shengelia against Latvia to be prepared for their big game vs Gilas… this scheduling sucks.. FIBA organizers should notice this.. it’s brutal to schedule some teams not more than 18 hrs in games between…
Latvia w/o Porzingis ain't it. System too reliant on threes ala 2018 Houston Rockets without isolation. I think the toughest team in this tournament is Brazil. Not sure how we're gonna match up with their speed and athleticism. Unlike the Euro-teams, brazil is NBA-esque. Who's gonna stop Bruno Caboclo?
How can Newsome guard Marcelino Huertas and Yugo Santos?
Who will contain Raul Neto?
Not this era bro.. if players before agree with this schedule, players today and some fans are not agree with this stupid scheduling… next OQT should be revisited… make it atleast 1 day rest every match… players are not robots… Croatia also complaining with their schedule, that cost their lost vs NZL… even Bahamas coaching staff didn’t agree with their schedule …
I will never, ever forget coach seyer's "bahala na kayo". The last stupid coaching? Nope. His son's basura team got bulldozed by 96 points.
I can stop watching basketball. Marunong ng maglaro at manalo ng basketbol na mga pinoy. But, i can still travel to europe when they go up against the top five teams.
They can complain all they want but it's the competition schedule. Intrams nga sa school 2-3 games in a day sunod sunod. They are professionals bro.
So Japan and the Philippines can do what Asian teams can't do for a very long time - beating European teams in men's basketball. The shorter Asian teams just did what Middle Easterners and China supposed to do.
Kai is the best big in Asia! Haha. FU to those who banned us! Haha.
Australia should send all their bigs to Kai! I'm standing by my prediction that Kai will be the best big in Asia/Oceania! Haha 1 to 2yrs and that would be the reality!
This is the best time to be a pinoy bball fan. This is just a start of Gilas Golden Generation!haha
China with Yao Ming beating European teams before Japan and Gilas did… they beat Nowitzki led Germany in 2008 Olympics, Slovenia and Yugoslavia in 2006 World Cup…
He will bro… just wait for his prime years… even those overrated Japan team will have hard time beating us… they are small… Watanabe and Hachimura are overrated by those fans here…
Even the dumbest won’t dare think nor suggest that a national team should tank or throw away a game to save energy for their next opponent. Robert, our village idiot, exceeds himself again. Cheers to Robert, forever soft in the head.
Let's not be cocky bros. We should celebrate with this very huge huge win against world's No. 6 team, but this win should not deceive us into thinking that we are now the best team in Asia. That's something we have to prove in next year's FIBA Asia Cup. Saka na tayo magyabang if we win the gold medal of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.
Let's not be cocky bros. We should celebrate with this very huge huge win against world's No. 6 team, but this win should not deceive us into thinking that we are now the best team in Asia. That's something we have to prove in next year's FIBA Asia Cup. Saka na tayo magyabang if we win the gold medal of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.
we are not the best Asian team but those supposedly best and tall Asian teams (China, Iran, Lebanon, and Jordan) cannot beat Europeans for the past five years or so. Ironically, Japan and Philippines did and I'm happy about it.