FIBA Asia Cup 2012 Broadcast Schedule: Smart Gilas vs Chinese Taipei

Fresh from snagging the trophy at the recently concluded 34^th William Jones Cup 2012, the Smart Gilas Pilipinas team’s future is bright with the ongoing 2012 FIBA Asia Cup competition. After winning their last 3 games, the spirits of the Smart Gilas Pilipinas are up and are ready to face Chinese Taipei for the quarterfinals round.

If you’re a die-hard follower of the Smart Gilas Pilipinas, I bet you would not want to miss a single game for the remainder of the competition. Good thing, local channel AKTV has issued their broadcast schedule for the games.

Here is the scheduled broadcast of the Smart Gilas team’s games on the ongoing 2012 FIBA Asia Cup, courtesy of AKTV:

• Philippines versus Chinese Taipei
  Thursday, September 20, 8 p.m.
• Semifinals
  Friday, September 21, 3:30 p.m. LIVE
• Battle for Third/Finals
  Saturday, September 22, 1 p.m. LIVE

Meanwhile, here’s a diagram of the competition flow chart and schedule for FIBA Asia Cup 2012:

What are your predictions? I'd love to hear them at the comments below. 

2012 FIBA Asia Cup Quarterfinals Schedule

The second round of competition for the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup is almost underway after the preliminary round has concluded. The next round, which will be the quarterfinals, will kick off on September 20 and will still be played in Tokyo’s Ota Gymnasium.

The pairings will be as follows:

Lebanon versus Group B No. 4

Uzbekistan versus Group B No. 1

Philippines versus Qatar or Chinese Taipei

China versus Group B No. 2

All of the above games for 2012 FIBA Asia Cup Quarterfinal round will be played on September 20, although the times of the matches are still to be determined. Meanwhile, the semifinal games are scheduled on September 21, whereas the Finals game will also be played the following day – September 22.

Check us back again for more updates on the final pairings for the upcoming games.

Smart Gilas Pilipinas Romp Macau, Readies for Second Knockout Stage at FIBA Asia Cup 2012

It’s the fourth day of competition in Tokyo for the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup and the Smart Gilas Pilipinas got their third consecutive win, after fumbling to China on the tournament opener last Friday. Even though the Philippine National team were impressive during their Sunday match against Uzbekistan, the game against Macau proved to be an even more lopsided match.

Smart Gilas Pilipinas ends up no. 2 in the Group A ranking after they routed Macau in a 98-46 game. Hence, they will be facing No. 3 in Group B for the quarterfinals match on Thursday. Depending on how the rankings will go at Group B, they could either be facing Chinese Taipei or Qatar.

Meanwhile, Lebanon defeated China during their own match last Sunday, allowing them to place number one in the group. Since three teams (Philippines, Lebanon, and China) end up tied at 3-1 after the first round of group elimination, the quotient tie break system pushed Lebanon to the top of the group.

The game against Macau was a breeze for the team that coach Chot even brought the team to another round of practice at a nearby venue following the match. In fact, he opted not to play Marcus Douthit in the game at all. Coach Chot Reyes also did not use a single time out in the game.

The scores courtesy of www.pba.ph:

Philippines 98 – Chan 18, Reyes 12, David 12, Dillinger 11, Ganuelas 11, Norwood 9, Tenorio 7,

Thoss 6, Fonacier 6, De Ocampo 4, Villanueva 2.

Macau 46 – Lao 14, Cheong 12, Lo 10, Cai 6, Lai 4, Wong 0, Iong 0.

Quarterscores: 33-14, 55-33, 83-41, 98-46

Smart Gilas 2.0 Results: Day 2 and 3 of FIBA Asia Cup 2012

Smart Gilas vs Lebanon

Following their defeat against China, Smart Gilas Pilipinas had to face another tough competition in Lebanon in their Group A clash last September 15 in Tokyo, Japan. The first half of this game was very tight with no team breaking away from their opponent. The Philippine team even trailed Lebanon during the halftime break.

El-Khatib, Lebanon's best player, rallied the team to a lead until the third quarter wherein he scored 15 points and and grabbed 6 rebounds during the first two quarters. Their naturalized player Garnett Thompson also contributed in scoring with his own 13 points.

But Smart Gilas Pilipinas turned things around in the second half, specifically during the third quarter as Marcus Douthit took charge. He scored 10 points in the third quarter alone wherein 8 of those are attributed to putbacks. This helped the Gilas Pilipinas 2.0 squad to grab the lead, which now stood at 6, by the end of the third quarter.

The Philippine team experienced a slight scare during the start of the fourth quarter when Lebanon attempted a comeback, scoring 6 points in succession with the Philippine team having no answer. This brought the lead down to 2, 61-59. But the rest of the Philippine squad contributed shots when they mattered most, such as the likes of Gary David, Jared Dillinger, and Gabe Norwood. All in all, it was an evenly spread scoring amongst the Smart Gilas Pilipinas squad to take the win, their first in the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup.

Box Scores courtesy of AKTV:

SMART-Gilas Pilipinas (78) – Douthit 25, David 11, Tenorio 11, Dillinger 10, Norwood 10, De Ocampo 8, Fonacier 3, Chan 0, Thoss 0.

Lebanon (68) – F. El Khatib 24, Thompson 17, Akl 10, Abdelnour 8, C. El-Khatib 4, Sarkis 3, Stephan 2, Rustom 0, Tabet 0.

Quarterscores: 19-20, 38-41, 59-53, 78-68.

Smart Gilas vs Uzbekistan

The win enjoyed by the Smart Gilas Pilipinas team yesterday (Sept 15) helped to boost the team's spirit and routs their opponent, Uzbekistan, for today's schedule of games as the Group A preliminary round competition continues in Tokyo, Japan. Jeff Chan was the highest scorer in this particular game wherein he scored 20 points in total.

The Philippine team limited their opponent to only 5 points during the second quarter and hasn't looked back since. Aside from Jeff Chan's -20 points, Jared Dillinger is the second best offensive player for the Philippine team in this game and was the second player to score in double figures. His PBA teammate Larry Fonacier also joined in on the shooting spree as he opened the second quarter with his own share of three.

The Filipinos rode their momentum until the third quarter with LA Tenorio manning the play and helped control the tone of the game right off the bat. With a huge lead, this also gave coach Chot Reyes the opportunity to give some of its key players some rest and allowing the reserves to play extended minutes.

With 3 games already concluded, Smart Gilas Pilipinas is set to face Macau in their final game to complete the preliminary knockout round for Group A.

Box scores courtesy of AKTV:

SMART-Gilas Pilipinas (85) – Chan 20, Dillinger 10, Douthit 9, Rosser 8, David 7, Fonacier 7, Reyes 7, Villanueva 6, De Ocampo 5, Norwood 4, Tenorio 2, Thoss 0.

Uzbekistan (50) – Denisov 16, Juginisov 12, Kozlov 6, Rahimov 6, Yakhin 6, Nuraliev 2, Tangrikulov 2, Kadirov 0, Nabiev 0, Safarov 0, Timofeev 0.

Quarterscores: 23-16, 39-21, 63-33, 85-50.