TIANJIN – Powerade Team Pilipinas bowed to Iran for the third straight time yesterday but, with help from Japan, formalized its entry into the knockout stage of the 25th FIBA Asia Championship at the Tianjin Gym here.
The Nationals again failed to overcome the Iranians’ tremendous size advantage, led by 7-foot-3 center Hamed Ehadadi and 6-foot-8 forward Nikkhah Bahrami in a 78-88 loss that came after a crucial
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TIANJIN – RP coach Yeng Guiao has finally found the team he was looking for. Sadly, it’s not Powerade Team Pilipinas but the Korean squad which they face in a crucial tiff today.
“They have what it takes to be successful in international competition: size, quickness, outside shooting,” said Guiao of the Koreans on the eve of their encounter closing the initial round of elimination phase of the 25th FIBA Asi
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TIANJIN – Powerade Team Pilipinas hardly broke a sweat against Sri Lanka and took a late workout last night as it warms up against Japan tonight.
The Nationals clobbered the lowly regarded Sri Lankans, 115-31, at the start of the 25th FIBA Asia championship at the Tianjin Gym here Thursday in a game where the Filipinos were hardly tested.
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The coach of the team that beat Powerade-Team Pilipinas by a whopping 31 points in the last Jones Cup sees China, defending champion Iran and Lebanon as the teams to beat in the 25th FIBA-Asia men’s basketball championship.
Mario Palma, Jordan’s brash talking mentor, said he based the assessment after seeing the teams – with the exception of China – play in the annual cage meet held in Taipei.
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The Sri Lanka puzzle stands in the way of Powerade-Team Pilipinas when it formally kicks off its campaign in the 25th FIBA-Asia men’s basketball championship today at the Tianjin gym in Tianjian, China.
Going into the 9 a.m. game, the Sri Lankans remain a big mystery to coach Yeng Guiao, as he hasn’t seen them play, personally or even on video tapes.
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From team captain Asi Taulava, a rejuvenated JayJay Helterbrand to national team newcomer Japeth Aguilar, just about everybody in the Powerade-Team Pilipinas is upbeat about their shot at the 25th FIBA-Asia men’s basketball championship.
The Nationals checked in here late Tuesday afternoon after a seven hour flight from Manila to the bustling Chinese provincial city of Tianjin.
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TAIPEI – Powerade Team Pilipinas learned another neat lesson last night in the 31st William Jones Cup basketball competition – this time from Lebanon and its prolific American recruits.
Lebanon, qualifier in the 2002 world championship in Indianapolis and runner-up in the last FIBA-Asia championship, clobbered Powerade-RP, 95-83, for a fourth win against one loss in this nine-day, nine-nation event.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Powerade RP team leaves today for the Williams Jones Cup competition in Taipei, which serves as the final stage of the Nationals’ preparation for the Fiba-Asia championship set Aug. 6-16 in Tianjin, China.
The Nationals take on Jordan at 7 p.m. Saturday to kick off their Jones Cup stint which will also be used by national coach Yeng Guiao and his staff as the final basis for the s
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MANILA, Philippines – Burger King chief playmaker Wynne Arboleda has been included in the Powerade Team Pilipinas competing in the Jones Cup in Taipei starting Saturday with Jayjay Helterbrand and Ryan Reyes nursing injuries.
RP coach Yeng Guiao said Arboleda may even play all the way to the Fiba-Asia championship in Tianjin, China in August if Helterbrand and Reyes fail to recover in time.
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MANILA, Philippines – National coach Yeng Guiao said he is hard-pressed in naming the final 12 of the 14 training team members to the national team that will compete in Tianjin, China next month.
“That will be the most difficult decision probably coming in the next three weeks,” said Guiao, head coach of Powerade Team Pilipinas, during practice Tuesday night at The Arena in San Juan.
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