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Hassan Whiteside had an unconventional triple-double with a team-record and career-high 12 blocks to go with 14 points and 13 rebounds to help Miami beat the sluggish Chicago Bulls 96-84 Sunday.

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A foreign basketball expert recently picked Gilas Pilipinas to make it to the semifinals of the 27th FIBA-Asia Championships here on Aug. 1-11 with Iran, China and Lebanon also qualifying for the Final Four but hesitated to predict if the home team will clinch one of three tickets to represent the continent at the FIBA World Cup in Spain next year.

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Smart Gilas Pilipinas groped for its old, competitive form three-fourths of the way before repulsing Chinese-Taipei, 75-68, to advance to the Final Four of the fourth FIBA Asia Cup at the Ota Gymnasium here Thursday.

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A breeze against Macau at the Ota Gymnasium followed right away by a hard one-hour workout in the adjacent practice hall made up Smart Gilas Pilipinas’ final drive in the group matches of the fourth FIBA Asia Cup here Monday.

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MANILA, Philippines – Smart Gilas Pilipinas did not need a herculean effort from naturalized Filipino Marcus Douthit this time.

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Smart Gilas coach Rajko Toroman admitted defending champion Iran has become a lot more formidable with star forward Arsalan Kazemi being allowed by his US varsity team to play in the coming FIBA Asia championship in Wuhan, China.

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Crestfallen Powerade Team Pilipinas failed to recover from its heart-breaking loss to Jordan Friday, hardly playing with energy and enthusiasm as it suffered another defeat, this time to Qatar in the penultimate playdate of the 25th FIBA-Asia Championship here yesterday.

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National coach Chot Reyes said he couldn’t ask anything more from his undermanned squad that was formed barely two weeks before leaving for Taipei last Friday.
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Coca-Cola is the squad’s final adversary in the Commissioner’s Cup and the game is set on Thursday. It doesn’t look like the Fighting 15 will advance to the quarters–an eventuality that sympathizers insist could be a blessing in disguise.
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Assistant coach Allan Caidic and chief scout Binky Favis were tapped to go to Tokyo to scout potential would-be members of the Japanese national team in the semifinals of the Japanese Basketball League.
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Hassan Whiteside had an unconventional triple-double with a team-record and career-high 12 blocks to go with 14 points and 13 rebounds to help Miami beat the sluggish Chicago Bulls 96-84 Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 14:16:20 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1124701 [AuthorName] => Andrew Seligman [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 954173 [Title] => Expert predicts Gilas in Final 4 [Summary] =>

A foreign basketball expert recently picked Gilas Pilipinas to make it to the semifinals of the 27th FIBA-Asia Championships here on Aug. 1-11 with Iran, China and Lebanon also qualifying for the Final Four but hesitated to predict if the home team will clinch one of three tickets to represent the continent at the FIBA World Cup in Spain next year.

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Smart Gilas Pilipinas groped for its old, competitive form three-fourths of the way before repulsing Chinese-Taipei, 75-68, to advance to the Final Four of the fourth FIBA Asia Cup at the Ota Gymnasium here Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 850234 [Title] => Gilas hardly sweats it out over Macau [Summary] =>

A breeze against Macau at the Ota Gymnasium followed right away by a hard one-hour workout in the adjacent practice hall made up Smart Gilas Pilipinas’ final drive in the group matches of the fourth FIBA Asia Cup here Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img571/9035/spo1a75thumb.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 849672 [Title] => Gilas breaks out from shooting slump, sinks Uzbekistan by 35 [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – Smart Gilas Pilipinas did not need a herculean effort from naturalized Filipino Marcus Douthit this time.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-16 14:30:25 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1114268 [AuthorName] => Alder Almo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 724081 [Title] => Toroman wary of stronger Iran squad [Summary] =>

Smart Gilas coach Rajko Toroman admitted defending champion Iran has become a lot more formidable with star forward Arsalan Kazemi being allowed by his US varsity team to play in the coming FIBA Asia championship in Wuhan, China.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-06 15:45:17 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496107 [Title] => RP cagers yield to Qataris [Summary] =>

Crestfallen Powerade Team Pilipinas failed to recover from its heart-breaking loss to Jordan Friday, hardly playing with energy and enthusiasm as it suffered another defeat, this time to Qatar in the penultimate playdate of the 25th FIBA-Asia Championship here yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9810/spo1thumbe.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346375 [Title] => Aspirants bow to Qatar in Jones Cup [Summary] => The country’s "aspirants" pool battled back from 16 points down in the third quarter and trailed by only three with a minute left but Joseph Yeo missed a triple as Qatar eked out a 68-63 decision in the eight-team Jones Cup basketball tournament at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium in Taiwan yesterday.

National coach Chot Reyes said he couldn’t ask anything more from his undermanned squad that was formed barely two weeks before leaving for Taipei last Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171010 [Title] => What to do next? [Summary] => The Selecta Philippine team is on the brink of elimination in the Samsung Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup and with only a game left in its schedule, coach Joseph Uichico might be wondering what to do in the next seven weeks before the start of the Asian Games in Busan on Sept. 29.

Coca-Cola is the squad’s final adversary in the Commissioner’s Cup and the game is set on Thursday. It doesn’t look like the Fighting 15 will advance to the quarters–an eventuality that sympathizers insist could be a blessing in disguise.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 152169 [Title] => Coaches on scouting trip to Japan, Korea [Summary] => In keeping with the promise of leaving no stone unturned in its bid to regain glory in the Asian Games, the scouting mission of the Philippine team took off in earnest yesterday with head coach Jong Uichico sending people to Japan to take a look at top Japanese players.

Assistant coach Allan Caidic and chief scout Binky Favis were tapped to go to Tokyo to scout potential would-be members of the Japanese national team in the semifinals of the Japanese Basketball League.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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