00:00Let's go back to the Basketball, GILAS PILIPINAS' plan to compete in a few tune-up games in Doha, Qatar
00:06before their campaign in the third window of FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers this month.
00:10For the details, here is the report of Timmy Paolo Salamatin.
00:16The GILAS PILIPINAS Men's Basketball Team headed to Doha, Qatar on February 13
00:23to compete in a few tune-up games in the country
00:26before facing China, Taipei, and New Zealand in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers' Window 3.
00:31And because the Philippines is already qualified for the upcoming 2025 FIBA Asia Cup in Saudi Arabia in August,
00:37after a 4-0 win-loss record in Group B,
00:41the GILAS had time to prepare before the big event
00:44to land on their players, AJ Edward and Jamie Malonzo, who had just recovered from an injury.
00:50The GILAS expected to play three friendly games in Doha
00:54before facing China, Taipei, and New Zealand in the third window
00:58which is a big part of their overall preparation for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup
01:04which will start six months from now.
01:07This is also one of the ways of GILAS PILIPINAS Head Coach Tim Cohn
01:11to get used to the system when their big man, Kai Soto, is absent.
01:17On February 15,
01:19the FIBA World Rank 34 GILAS faced the World Rank 92 Qatar
01:25at 1.30am.
01:27On the same day, the Philippines will face the World Rank 29 Lebanon
01:32at 11pm.
01:34While on February 17,
01:36the World Rank 38 Egypt faced the Philippines
01:40at 1.30am.
01:42The GILAS PILIPINAS is now set for the FIBA Asia Cup.
01:47One of the main focus of the Philippine basketball or SBP for now
01:51is to have a good preparation of the team
01:54which will start the third window of the qualifiers.
01:58Paulo Salamatin, for Atletang Pilipino, for Bagong Pilipinas.
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