00:00 Basketball is one of the most popular sports among Filipinos.
00:04 According to the expert, it is now a part of our culture.
00:07 That's why most are excited for the start of the 2023 FIBA World Cup
00:12 which was held in the Philippines last year in 1978.
00:16 Here's the first news.
00:18 In hardwood man.
00:25 Or in cement.
00:29 In shoes man.
00:31 Or in slippers.
00:33 Sometimes in shoes.
00:34 Basketball is a game for most Filipinos.
00:37 It's called "Ball is life".
00:39 Basketball is not only for adults.
00:43 Our Filipino athletes are also showing their skills.
00:47 The love of Filipinos for basketball is also a part of our culture.
00:53 It seems like there was a natural flair of Filipinos for the game.
00:57 The freelancing, the drives of the basket, the beauty of passing,
01:04 and the heroics of the game seem to be attractive also to the culture of Filipinos
01:10 who like fast action, great pizazz, flamboyance, the fiesta of the Filipino.
01:19 For some Filipinos, basketball is what changed their lives.
01:27 Through basketball, it helped me to study, to enter the university,
01:32 to play and at the same time to play in the big leagues.
01:35 After my graduation, I was a continuous championship assistant coach.
01:41 It also helped me to go to the national team.
01:47 That's why for the start of the 2023 FIBA World Cup
01:52 where Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines are the hosts,
01:56 FIBA is hoping to break the 32,616th attendance record set in 1994 in Canada.
02:03 Until September 10, the Philippines will watch the games
02:08 and the other countries who will play to become the 2023 World Champions in basketball.
02:14 This is the first news, Bam Alegre for GMA Integrated News.
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