Topic: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup - page 109. (Read 98630 times)

That was a long time ago, but now we have a chance, and we shouldn't waste it. No matter what the outcome is, I'm sure the fans are already proud of what Gilas has achieved. Getting to the Finals is not easy; we beat our strong rivals, Iran and China. Now, it's time for revenge. Watch out, Jordan!

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I don't know; I think there's no major problem with the players. It's obviously the coach.

Snatching that win against the host and heavy favorite team is something that will boost the confidence of Gilas, we have witness the greatness of each individual who participated to this campaign not just the players but everyone, it's something that we will going to take pride but like you I'm sure it's not done yet we will aim for the gold and complete this journey to a much better success.

Gilas, together with all those who continue believing and supporting this squad, we will conclude this after the finals..

Let's all hope and pray for our very own National squad!

Yes, 1962 was the last time the Philippines won a gold medal in Asian Games basketball, held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Winning against China feels like winning the championship in this tournament. Just imagine playing against the host country. Hopefully, they will still give their best against Jordan in the Finals.

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Just in case Justin Brownlee played in the FIBA World Cup in the last tournament instead of Jordan Clarkson, do you think the outcome for Gilas would have been different or better?

I'll call the chance now 50/50, considering Gilas fell to Jordan during their first meeting. However, winning against the heavy favorite to win the championship would certainly give Gilas enormous confidence going into the Finals. Jordan should not be complacent, as the Philippines has overflowing confidence; they will play hard to win the gold as they want to continue making history.

Actually, by reaching the Finals, the Philippines has already made history, but we are not content with that; we need to win the Finals.

Go GILAS!

Yeah, everyone is celebrating this win of Gilas against China and it's certainly an upset not just by the record through the odds but also in the actual game. I am also seeing those debates that are putting an end about on who's better naturalized player, Justin Brownlee or Jordan Clarkson. Well, it concludes that both of them are needed and essentially good on their respective plays. JB did contributed a lot or let's just say that he's likely the one that made all of those shots. Alas did also great by those clutch plays while it's disappointing with many free throws that have been missed instead of them taking time to shoot and count it as a score. JB seriously is considered as a hero at that moment, and for that last ball posesssion I thought that China will just pass it to their big man and he's the one to take that dunk or close shot. But that good defense from Gilas did it.

Not off topic but seriously if he's going to be just consistent as that play, you're right. However, yes, there's a but because some imports have been reported already from other teams like in Phoenix who's gonna be with an NBA veteran Johnathan Williams.

They will be more encouraged and fierce this time. Let's just hope for the best and let's pray for the Gilas that they'll win against Jordan even we know that they've lost against them last time but this is a nice rematch and I don't want to be contented despite Gilas secures silver medal.

Its actually a total team effort and the whole Gilas did their best to cut the lead and luckily we have Justin to take over the lead. Now we are facing the team that beat us in Fiba and here in Asian games, hopefully to have a better chance now. The coaching staff should be more wise on making their decisions, we already have a good player and they only need is to have a better strategy.

We know how great Justin is and he did a great job last night now we have the chance to get the gold and hopefully we can get a win against Jordan this time. I don’t think Ginebra will be unbeatable because they are still losing despite of having Brownlee. Gilas must be proud for their performance, this is our good comeback.

The Philippines is rejoicing now. China was the heavy favorite, but we believe Gilas has a chance of winning. It turns out it was a huge upset, and Justin Brownlee really showed how special he is. I'm wondering why he wasn't in the NBA. I think he truly is a great player, a real superstar who knows how to finish the game.

With this performance by Brownlee, I think Ginebra is going to be unbeatable. (Sorry, a bit off-topic.)

I can't believe what I saw. Justin Brownlee took over the game and wasn't afraid to take 3-point shots. He was perfect despite the defense of China being so focused on him. Without Brownlee, Gilas would easily lose. Now, there's no debate about who fits better on the team. It's JB, not JC.

Meanwhile, with this win, Gilas will be facing Jordan in the finals. It's a rematch where Gilas lost by a huge margin in the 4th quarter, but that shouldn't be the barometer for this game. Gilas knows how to come back, and that's important.

All I can say is that I enjoyed the game, and I'd like to say good luck in advance in the finals. Hopefully, we will get the GOLD.

Wow, Justine Brownlee is the savior of them all, what a ball game.

When the score read 76-67, I stopped watching the game as i thought that was it for the Gilas but when i came back to watched the final score, wow, i couldn't be believed what i saw, Gilas won by a point and we are going to the finals against Jordan.

Wow, just wow.

The Philippines is having a good run in the 4th quarter, and the lead of China is now trimmed to single digit. But another bad miss by Thompson, 2 FTs that were missed. Hopefully, this will not haunt him again in case Gilas will fail. But there's still more time, time to correct the mistake and continue the momentum to win. Good luck, Gilas.

Score now is 67-76.

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Final score 77-76, Gilas going to the Finals, congrats and thanks to Brownlee for his clutch 3 point shots.

It's understandable. China is the host team, and they have a good lineup, although their NBA player who was the center is not playing. But they have twin towers who could possibly pose problems for our bigs. Our chance here is for Brownlee to play like LeBron, and our shooters need to have their aim steady. I can't wait to see the game. I still have my support very high, and hopefully, Gilas will have a good night with a win.



I think Jordan will win, or they may have already won the game. So in case the Philippines will upset China, Gilas will have a chance to rematch Jordan, and maybe the outcome would be different.

Seems that the odds will continue to attract pinoy gamblers, with that ML and Handicap we may see more loads of small to decent amount of bets to show that support for the Gilas, something that is worth to risk and maybe if by chance and luck bring the fate for the national to upset the host team, that will be a great achievement for the team.

Though not the finals yet and for sure, whoever wins against Jordan and Saudi will also be a good competitor for the gold medal.

It's Jordan vs. Saudi Arabia first, then Gilas vs. China. The winners of their respective games will face each other in the Finals.

I tried to look for the Jordan vs. Saudi Arabia live stream on Facebook, but it seems that no one is streaming it. Probably the game is not popular, or Filipinos are not interested in streaming it. But for sure, Gilas vs. China, which will be starting at 8:00 PM, should be the anticipated game of tonight.

As for the betting odds, there's a major movement that happened. The Philippines moved to 5.30 for the moneyline and +10.5 for the handicap.

I guess if adding some more fun while supporting the National squad might lead us to bet for them, I mean like you most of us who supporting this squad will find a way to place some extra spare either with the handicap or with the ML, it's now or never again for the team, we can't remove the fact that we are heavy underdog here as main host China most of the time win the gold each time Asian games is being played inside their home crowd.

Let see if upset will happen or it will be that same fate way back 21 years ago if my memory serve me right, hopefully we will be able to find ways to make that good stop and continue to ball rotations to spread and create an opening.

It's quite risky betting on the Philippines, but not betting at all is not fun. Just my personal opinion, they are in the semi-finals, so I'm sure they'll do everything not to be lax on defense like what they did against Jordan. A win here is going to be their ticket to the Finals, so I believe that even if the Philippines are the heavy underdogs, I trust them to upset the host team. I'm not even thinking of betting on the handicap, straight-up win for me.

So the odds are now available, and I believe this is in all sportsbooks.

Philippines @ 3.85
China @ 1.23

The handicap is +8.5.

This is a big challenge for the Philippines. It looks like a championship game since China was the heavy favorite to win this competition. Also, the crowd is favoring China, so it's like JB now is playing a Ginebra team where the fans will be so involved. I guess I'm just going to sit this one out. I will still be watching the game, but I choose not to bet on this.

I guess odds are not yet release for this particular game, but since this game is going to be played tomorrow, we can expect this to be release in less than 24 hours from now.

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https://www.rappler.com/sports/gilas-pilipinas/game-schedule-philippine-team-men-women-3x3-asian-games-2023/

As we can see, tomorrow our team will be playing again. Hopefully, they are still not gassed out, as the games are consecutive since they beat Qatar. Brownlee had carried Gilas against Iran, and I hope he can still play at the same level tomorrow. They'll need to get some rest so they'll be energized tomorrow.

We have to beat this

The odds are still close; Iran is only a slight favorite, so the respect for Gilas is still high despite their loss to Jordan. If it's Gilas vs. China in the semi-finals, what's the other country playing in the other group?



Congratutations with that win, Korea is a strong team but China manage to beat them, so probably China is the strongest in this tournament.

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Wondering what's gonna be the odds for Gilas vs China.

Philippines fans almost faint when Iran up with 1 point on 4th quarter. Luckily they are been saved by the lay up of Brownlee and advance to semis.

I though they get choked by Iran since imagine how big the lead what Philippines get but suddenly it was erased out by Iran and manage to take a lead. But Iran just got ran out of time since if there's more minutes with that situation where they got the momentum and Philippines always commit turnovers for sure they will be the winner of that sequence.

What a great game we have seen today and lucky for Philippines to advance on semis.