Coach Chot says sorry after Gilas falls to Japan – Tempo – The Nation’s Fastest Growing Newspaper

By REYNALD MAGALLON

Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes apologized after yet one more disappointing run for the nationwide staff that noticed them miss out on their goal of a Prime 8 end within the FIBA Asia Cup – a modest aim that Reyes himself set earlier than flying to Jakarta, Indonesia final week.

“Clearly the end result is just not what we wished and we’re sorry that we’ve disenchanted a number of our countrymen, our fellow Filipinos,” stated Reyes after Gilas absorbed a 102-81 drubbing by the hands of Japan within the knockout qualifiers for the quarterfinals on Wednesday, July 20.

The Filipinos wrapped up the continental showpiece with an general 1-3 document, solely successful in opposition to India within the group stage and taking blowout losses to Lebanon and New Zealand within the group stage.

The Akatsuki 5’s victory was additionally its first win in opposition to the Philippine nationwide staff in 12 years or because the Japanese defeated the Filipinos within the 2010 Asian Video games. Gilas then went on to win the following six encounters in FIBA-sanctioned tournaments.

Japan proved to be the higher staff this time round, racing to a double-digit lead proper off the bat and by no means regarded again to maul the struggling Filipinos.

Regardless of the painful defeat, Reyes stayed defiant saying that the expertise will simply make the younger Gilas core harder for the larger tournaments forward.

“Like I stated, we introduced a really younger staff right here and the expertise is simply going to make them higher, to have the ability to be uncovered to that form of depth and stage of play within the Asia Cup,” stated Reyes.

“There’s not one participant on our staff, the 12 gamers have by no means been to the Asia Cup. They’re all first time so like I stated we want we may get at the least to the Prime 8 however we weren’t in a position to get the job performed,” stated Reyes.