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AFTER A DISAPPOINTING 0 - 3 STINT AT THE TOYOTA 4 - NATIONS POCKET TOURNAMENT IN ESTONIA, GILAS PILIPINAS IS SET TO PARTICIPATE AT THE UPCOMING 2015 WILLIAM JONES CUP IN TAIWAN LATER THIS MONTH. THE 2015 WILLIAM JONES CUP WILL BE THE TOURNAMENTS' 37TH EDITION. THE TOURNAMENT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
PHILIPPINES HAD SUCCESS IN THIS TOURNAMENT HAVING WON 4 GOLDS AND A BRONZE. THE LAST TIME THE PHILIPPINES WON THE TOURNAMENT WAS IN 2012 WHEN FORMER GILAS STAND OUT LEWIS ALFRED "L.A." TENORIO HIT A PULL UP JUMPER ON THE TOP OF THE KEY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES TEAM TO GIVE GILAS PILIPINAS THE GOLD MEDAL. L.A. TENORIO THEN AWARDED AS THE MVP.
THE PHILIPPINES WILL BE PARADING THE SAME LINE UP THEY HAD IN ESTONIA WITH THE ADDITIONS OF MARC PINGRIS WHO IS SAID TO BE BACK IN THE GILAS FOLD AND LOS ANGELES LAKERS' FIL-AM JORDAN CLARKSON WHO SAMAHANG BASKETBALL NG PILIPINAS (SBP) SAID WILL BE OBSERVING GILAS PRACTICES AND WILL BE WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM IN TAIWAN.
GILAS WILL BE UP AGAINST TEAMS FROM THE UNITED STATES, IRAN, CHINESE TAIPEI A, CHINESE TAIPEI B, NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON SAINTS, RUSSIA SPARTAK PRIMORYE, SOUTH KOREA, AND JAPAN.
GILAS PILIPINAS SCHEDULE IN THE 2015 WILLIAM JONES CUP:
AUG 30, SUNDAY, 7PM – PHILIPPINES VS CHINESE-TAIPEI A
AUG 31, MONDAY, 5PM – PHILIPPINES VS SOUTH KOREA
SEP 1, TUESDAY, 1PM – PHILIPPINES VS RUSSIA SPARTAK-PRIMORYE
SEP 2, WEDNESDAY, 3PM – PHILIPPINES VS JAPAN
SEP 3, THURSDAY, 1PM – PHILIPPINES VS IRAN
SEP 4, FRIDAY, 1PM – PHILIPPINES VS NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON SAINTS
SEP 5, SATURDAY, 5PM – PHILIPPINES VS USA
SEP 6, SUNDAY, 1PM – PHILIPPINES VS CHINESE-TAIPEI B
2015 WILLIAM JONES CUP WILL BE HELD AT XINZHUANG STADIUM, NEW TAIPEI CITY, TAIWAN FROM AUGUST 29 TO SEPTEMBER 6, 2015.
HOPE THIS TIME THE GILAS 3.0 WILL BE ABLE TO GEL AND COME UP WITH WINS AND EVENTUALLY WIN THE JONES CUP TO BOLSTER UP CONFIDENCE AND NEEDED MORALE TO THEMSELVES AND THE FANS FOR THE COMING 2015 FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIPS.
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