Cone admits losing hope, but Brownlee rescues Gilas Pilipinas en route to Asian Games final

It must be fate as Justin Brownlee steered Gilas Pilipinas to the Asian Games final for the first time since 1990, hitting big shot after big shot in an exhilaratingBrownlee whipped up a magical performance, erupting for 17 fourth-quarter points in the miraculous win that saw the Philippines fight back from a 20-point deficit against no less than the defending champions at their own turf.

Even head coach Tim Cone admitted accepting defeat as China held the upper hand for almost the entire game before Brownlee came to the rescue. “I thought for sure we’re going to lose that game. But the good news is even though I lost hope, our players did not lose hope,” Cone said during the post-game press conference, as posted by One Sports.The Barangay Ginebra import drained all of his five three-pointers in the fourth quarter and scored the last 8 points in the Philippines’ win-clinching 10-0 run inside the final 2:30 minutes.

His go-ahead trey over two Chinese defenders with 24 seconds left gave the Filipinos their only lead of the game, and eventually, the win.“Playing here in China against China, very hostile crowd, it got to be up there with one of the greatest shots I’ve hit,” Brownlee told One Sports’ Paolo del Rosario about his final triple.Brownlee hopes to go all the way as Gilas Pilipinas battles Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Jordan for the gold medal on Friday, October 6.

The Nationals last captured the Asian Games crown in the 1962 edition, where the squad led by the late great Caloy Loyzaga completed a four-peat.Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.

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