• 9 months ago
Back when Gilas Pilipinas was wrapping up its preparations for the first window of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers, head coach Tim Cone pleaded for patience and support from the Filipino fans as the newly formed national team is still trying to find its identity. (Video Courtesy FIBA Media)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/23/cone-lauds-filipino-crowd-s-help-as-gilas-overcomes-slow-start-in-debut

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00:00 It was quite, we were quite surprised. I thought we came out a little tentative and and
00:04 but in the second half, I thought we kind of relaxed a little bit, played better,
00:09 defended better and
00:12 got on a little bit of a run. Our crowd helped us
00:15 gain some momentum and and
00:19 we were lucky to get a run and and take it through and then
00:22 Kevin here, he just down the stretch of fourth quarter just took over for us.
00:28 We've seen this through the World Cup and you know everywhere we've gone in Cambodia, it didn't matter, you know, we always travel very well
00:36 because there's we always have a crowd and I think that's a big advantage that we have over other teams.
00:41 No matter where we play, there's always a crowd that's going to be there behind and behind us and and
00:47 cheering. We know they have to spend their hard-earned money to watch the game and and
00:52 so we we truly appreciate them there and I thought they were the reasons
00:56 when we came out there in the second half, made a couple of nice plays and and they really got
01:00 cheering hard and and and
01:04 it kind of lifted our spirits and we got some momentum and that kind of keyed our runway there in the third quarter.
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