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PSN Palaro

Makarating sa Finals, inaasahan ni Toroman sa Smart Gilas

- Ni Russell Cadayona -

MANILA, Philippines - Ang paglalaro para sa kampeonato ng 22nd Fiba Asia Champions Cup ang inaasahan ni Serbian coach Rajko Toroman para sa Smart-Gilas Pilipinas.

“Our goal is to play in the finals. We have to do that with a lot of games, a lot of practices. It’s time to show that we can be competitive in the FIBA-Asia Cham­pions’ Cup,” wika kahapon ni Toroman.

Para magawa ito, hi­nugot ng Nationals sina PBA veterans Asi Taulava ng Meralco Bolts at Dondon Hontiveros ng Air21 Express.

Nakatakda ang natu­rang 10-nation tournament sa Mayo 27 hanggang Hun­yo 5 sa Philsports Arena sa Pasig City.

Kasama ng Smart-Gilas sa Group A ang Korea, Malaysia, Jordan at India, habang nasa Group B naman ang Iran, Syria, Qatar, Lebanon at United Arab Emirates

“Dondon is an extremely good player, he’s working on both sides of the court,” ani Toroman kay Hon­tiveros. “He picked up the system, I think he’s the piece of the puzzle that we missed. He will be the guy who can do a lot of good job for us.”

Umaasa rin si Toroman na makakapaglaro para sa Smart-Gilas sina Jimmy Alapag at Kelly Williams na naging sandata ng Talk ‘N Text sa paghahari sa nakaraang 2011 PBA Philippine Cup at Commissioner’s Cup.

Bago sumabak sa tor­neo, natalo muna ang Na­tionals sa Ginebra Gin Kings, 3-1, sa kanilang best-of-five semifinals se­­ries ng PBA Commissio­ner’s Cup.

Gagamitin ng Smart Gilas ang Fiba Asia Champion’s Cup bilang pagha­handa sa 2011 FIBA-Asia Championship sa Wuhan, China sa Setyembre.

Bukod sa nasabing dalawang torneo, sasabak rin ang Nationals sa Southeast Asian Basketball Associa­tion Champions Cup sa Jakarta sa Hunyo 23-25 at sa isang Portugal tourney sa Lisbon sa Hulyo 21-28.

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