Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone himself was disillusioned with the staff’s tough begin within the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup as they sank to 0-2 within the group stage of the competitors.
The Philippines lost to Chinese Taipei, 95-87, in its opener, then fell short in its comeback attempt against New Zealand, 94-86.
“Effectively we’re disillusioned that we did not get that. That we misplaced two in a row. We did not see that, I do not suppose all of us noticed that coming and so we’re disillusioned however the match’s not over for us,” Cone stated after the loss to the Tall Blacks.
Cone remains to be holding on to the truth that they’ll nonetheless advance to the quarterfinals, though the trail is tougher.
“We have now an enormous recreation towards Iraq arising and [let’s] see if we will get into the following spherical… We simply have to maintain battling, maintain our heads going ahead and do not sink due to these final two losses. We won’t afford that, there’s nonetheless extra to do and we will be prepared for our subsequent recreation.”
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Cone additionally stated they hope to regulate mentally and tactically, particularly close to the three-point capturing by their opponents.
Chinese language Taipei shot 12-of-27 for 44.4% capturing from three whereas New Zealand torched Gilas with 13-of-26 (50%) on triples. In distinction, the Philippines shot 8-of-28 (28.6%) and 9-of-28 (32.1%) within the two video games.
“To me, it is simply extra psychological changes than the rest and simply one thing we have got to proceed to speak about and work on and check out to determine why groups are capturing so nicely,” Cone stated.
“Hopefully, we will flip that round. We have now to, and once more, it is all going to be about psychological, getting free balls, getting free rebounds and never permitting the additional possessions to get three-point pictures up.”
Gilas is now in a must-win scenario heading into their match towards Iraq on Saturday. A win will enable the Philippines to maneuver to the quarterfinals qualifiers, whereas a loss will finish its FIBA Asia Cup marketing campaign.
—JMB, GMA Built-in Information