Philippine Blog Awards 2010Smart Gilas Pilipinas Bows to Jordan, Battles Korea for 3rd
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs Jordan Game Result: 61-75.Smart Gilas Pilipinas lost to Jordan on Saturday, September24, during the semifinals of 2011 FIBA Asia championship held in Wuhan, China.
Smart Gilas has defeated this team last June 1 with score of 74-72, but this time that they face once again and it’s for the slot in the finals, Jordan was more determined to win.
Jordan will meet china in the FIBA Asia 2011 Finals while Smart Gilas Pilipinas will play against Korea for third place.
Since the Philippine team is already assured of 4th placement, this can be considered their best performance at the FIBA Asia Championship since 1987 in Bangkok when they finished fourth overall.
Team Philippines has been champion of the FIBA Asia Basketball Championship 5 times: 1960, 1963, 1967, 1973, and 1985. From 1960 to 2011, we rank 2nd to China.
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Cross-published in Starmometer
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