Gilas Pilipinas Basketball

8 – Battling Mighty Iran
Even though we know that Iran is a very tall and strong team, Gilas Pilipinas never backed down. Philippines lost the Gold but fought valiantly against the Champions.

With the absence of Marcus Douthit, Marc Pingris, Japeth Aguilar and Jayson William took turns attacking Hamed Haddadi in the paint.

7 – Gilas Pilipinas defeating Kazakhstan by 30
It was a perfect game by Gilas Pilipinas both in offense and defense and a very big win against Kazakhstan to enter the final four. Gary David had his best game of the tournament with 22 points.

Gabe Norwood congratulating Gary David for a job well done.

6 – Crowd Support
From President Noynoy Aquino, VP Jejomar Binay to Manny Pacquiao, the crowd support at the Mall of Asia Arena was spectacular.

Crowd at the Mall of Asia Arena

5 – Japeth Aguilar Dunks
There were a lot of dunks by Japeth Aguilar in this tournament and we cannot choose which one was the best, but we all know on each of Japeth Aguilar’s dunks, the crowd goes wild!