Gilas players, pinagtanggol si coach Chot

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00:00 Batikos' winner is GILAS Pilipinas' head coach, Chot Reyes.

00:04 From the fans, the country's next-to-next victory in the FIBA Basketball World Cup is over.

00:11 But what can his players say?

00:15 Rafael Bandayrel is back.

00:17 Batikos' left-right is what GILAS Pilipinas' head coach, Chot Reyes, is accepting

00:24 because the country's basketball team was close to the group phase of the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

00:29 Reyes was the one who was able to break the bad mood of the Filipino basketball fans

00:35 after the 0 wins and 3 losses of GILAS in the last tournament.

00:41 In fact, the Araneta Coliseum was drowning in booze when Reyes announced his name.

00:49 Despite this, GILAS Guard Kiefer Ravena gave him a full support for the head coach of the team.

00:57 I know it's been happening. I'm gonna play for my coach until the wheels fall off.

01:02 This is something that I have to lead by example, me, Japeth, and most of the guys that have been here.

01:09 Jordan Clarkson admitted that he doesn't fully understand the whole situation,

01:15 but for him, the lack of trust from their fans made him feel weak.

01:22 I've been around the situations to figure out what it's for or whatever as much.

01:30 But yeah, it is a little weird, especially us hosting and us being a home country.

01:38 But yeah, like I said, I don't really know much about the situation,

01:42 but like you said, it does, in that point, feel a little weird and just out of the ordinary, honestly.

01:52 Despite the criticism from Reyes, Italian Basketball Team Head Coach Gianmarco Pozecco gave a high praise.

02:00 First of all, I have to congratulate the coach of the Philippines, the staff, and all the players.

02:08 You did an amazing job. You did a great tournament.

02:12 You lost three games, but you fought all of them, all of those games.

02:16 And so, you have to be really proud of.

02:20 Reyes will have another chance to calm his critics.

02:24 This is because there are two more games left for the Gilas to play,

02:27 where they can get their entry to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

02:32 But for that to happen, they need to beat South Sudan at 8pm and China on Saturday.

02:39 Aside from this, the Gilas also need to hope that their teammates and Shannon Coponan will lose in their own classification games.

02:46 Rafael Bandayrel, PTV Sports.

02:48 PTV Sports.