JAKARTA — Yeng Guiao made heads turn following Gilas Pilipinas’ masterful performance in its first game in the men’s basketball competition of the 18th Asian Games on Thursday.
The Rain or Shine-backed Nationals registered a 37-point blowout, 96-59, against a bigger, more experienced Kazakhstan squad to gain momentum entering their very crucial game against China next week.
Guiao admitted that their preparation was far from ideal and that they were quite challenged by the tag as a mere “token team” by some officials of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP).
But they turned those setbacks into motivations to post massive a victory that nobody, not even ranking federation officials, saw coming.
“The coaching staff did a good job preparing this team,” Guiao told Daily Tribune whose coverage of the Asiad is supported by Primehomes, giving credits to chief scout Ryan Gregorio and assistant coach Caloy Garcia.
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“Our anticipation was good because of the scouting we did and the implementation and execution of the players, he added”
The Nationals came here with zero expectation.
After a massive brawl between Gilas Pilipinas of coach Chot Reyes and Australia broke out, the federation decided to withdraw from the Asian Games because it said it couldn’t form a “competitive team.”
