Our win agains China help’s us to gain the momentum and of course the confidence.
For sure, Jordan is underestimating us since they beat us already in the world cup and also in the Asian games.
We’re lucky that the shooting of Jordan is off and of course, the defense pattern of Gilas was superb. Despite of being guarded heavily, Brownlee still manage to be the top scorer of the game he deserved our big respect and also with the whole coaching staff.
I don't think they underestimate us. They've seen how we had a miraculous comeback to beat China, and I'm sure they're quite wary of us, especially because our defense is superb. It's a game of coaching; both teams have great players, but we have a genius coach who knows how to make the right adjustments. I see that Ange Kouame has been a significant asset to the team. They can't attack him in the paint since he's a quicker big man.
They really can't underestimate the Philippines, especially after what we did to China. Jordan might have thought that China was the team to beat, and lo and behold, it was the Philippines who beat them. You know, regardless of how many points a team wins by, it still counts as just one win. It's clear that a losing team will make adjustments to correct their mistakes, which is exactly what Tim Cone did for the Finals.
I've got to say, Jordan seems like good sports. It's a bit different from China and Iran, who didn't take the losses very well. And China's fans, they're really taking it personally. They just can't stand the Philippines winning, so when their team was out, they switched their support to Jordan.
The only issue is his shooting, but given the importance of defense, I think he's been a tremendous help for our success.
Yeah, that was pretty obvious, but we have to cut him some slack. I heard he was coming back from an injury, so maybe he was just getting back into his groove. But let's give credit where it's due – he was seriously impressive at the free-throw line. I can't even remember him missing a free throw in the finals.