Gilas Pilipinas, puspusan na ang pag-eensayo para sa Asian Games

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00:00 Fresh from the FIBA Basketball World Cup,

00:03 the next thing that the Philippines is paying attention to

00:06 is the upcoming 19th Asian Games.

00:09 That's what Rafael Bandayreal of PTV Sports has to say.

00:12 It's only a few days before the Philippines' campaign

00:17 for the Hangzhou Asian Games begins.

00:20 That's why the country of Coponan is going through

00:24 a lot of hard training here at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig.

00:28 A new head coach, new players, and a few remaining.

00:33 There's no doubt that the current form of the Philippines' team is different.

00:37 A lot of people left Coponan after the FIBA World Cup.

00:41 But it's also exciting for the chance to show the team

00:44 to some of the returning members of the national team,

00:48 including Terrence Romeo and Calvin Abueva.

00:51 Of course, it's been 8 years since 2015.

00:56 Now that I'm back in the Asian Games,

00:59 it's better that I can show what I can.

01:04 I'm so happy and excited at the same time

01:07 that I was invited to play for the country.

01:11 The time spent preparing for the Coponan national team

01:14 is not limited.

01:16 Despite this, San Miguel Berman has high trust

01:19 in his teammates, especially in Coach Tim Cohn's system.

01:23 I don't see it as an excuse to have an excuse in preparation.

01:30 We can't give an excuse to have an excuse in preparation.

01:35 We're here to give our best to the players.

01:38 Coach Cohn says that they're not rushing the progress of Coponan

01:42 and what they're remembering is the gradual improvement

01:46 of chemistry every day.

01:48 We don't need to be good now because we're not playing tomorrow.

01:51 If we were playing tomorrow, we'd be in big trouble.

01:54 But we're not playing tomorrow, so it's okay to be bad right now.

01:58 We're trying to figure things out.

02:00 We're trying to figure each other out.

02:02 We're trying to figure our system out.

02:04 That's just a daily, ongoing thing that we're doing every day.

02:08 On September 26, or three days after the opening ceremony,

02:13 the first Asian Games will start.

02:16 They'll be the first to remove Bahrain from Group C,

02:19 where Thailand and Jordan are also included.

02:22 Love of the Philippines!

02:24 Rafael Bandayrel for the country.