{"id":24511,"date":"2014-09-02T21:53:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T13:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=24511"},"modified":"2014-09-02T21:53:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T13:53:51","slug":"palace-gilas-pilipinas-can-still-make-it-let-us-support-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/02\/palace-gilas-pilipinas-can-still-make-it-let-us-support-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace: Gilas Pilipinas can still make it, let us support them"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24494\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Gilas-Pilipinas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24494\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Gilas-Pilipinas.jpg\" alt=\"Smart Gilas Pilipinas (Facebook photo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Gilas-Pilipinas.jpg 900w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Gilas-Pilipinas-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smart Gilas Pilipinas (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang is hopeful that the country\u2019s Gilas Pilipinas basketball team could still qualify in the round of 16 in the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Seville, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatuloy nating suportahan ang kampanya ng koponang Gilas Pilipinas sa 2014 FIBA World Cup Basketball Championship. Tunay na kahanga-hanga ang ipinapakitang husay at tapang ng mga manlalarong Pilipino bagamat ang kalaban nila ay higit na malaki at matangkad na mga manlalaro,\u201d said Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. during the daily press briefing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Coloma said he believes that Gilas Pilipinas\u2019 performance has been impressive despite its three straight losses under Group B.<\/p>\n<p>In its first game against Croatia, the Philippine team lost during overtime, 81 \u2013 78. In the second game, Greece defeated the team, 82 \u2013 70, while in game 3, Gilas lost to Argentina, 85 \u2013 81.<\/p>\n<p>In Group B, the Philippines (ranked 34 by FIBA) and Puerto Rico (ranked 17th) now share the bottom of the bracket, each having three losses.<\/p>\n<p>Greece (ranked 5th) is in the lead with three wins, followed by Argentina (3rd), Croatia (16th) and Senegal (41st), all three sharing the second spot with 2 wins and 1 loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines has waited four decades to reenter the FIBA World Cup competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKapag nagwagi ang Gilas Pilipinas sa kanilang huling dalawang laro, may pag-asa ang pangkat nating mabilang sa apat na koponan mula sa Group B na magtutunggali sa susunod na bahagi ng kompetisyon &#8212; ang Round of 16, na susundan ng Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, at Finals sa paraang knockout o direct elimination,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that with the impressive performance of Gilas Pilipinas, hopes are still high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHindi naman kahiya-hiya ang performance natin\u2026siguro para sa aking mga kapwa basketball fans dito sasang-ayon kayo sa assessment na marami tayong dahilan para mag-cheer sa Gilas Pilipinas,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang is hopeful that the country\u2019s Gilas Pilipinas basketball team could still qualify in the round of 16 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":24494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","category-sports","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}