Gilas Pilipinas begins Asiad campaign vs Bahrain

Interim coach Tim Cone is sticking with the team's four recent replacements in Chris Ross, CJ Perez, Kevin Alas and Arvin Tolentino.The four are taking the spots of original Gilas members Calvin Abueva, Terrence Romeo, Moala Tautuaa and Jason Perkins, who were not part of the 60-man and 37-man lists submitted to the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee .

'They've got a Spanish coach, they swept through the qualifiers, they beat Kazakhstan by 30 points, they beat Indonesia by 25, so they're a team to reckon with right now. We think they're the sleeper.'Justin Brownlee, one of two naturalized players, leads Gilas gold medal quest.The Filipinos are coming off an 86-81 win over Korean club Changwon LG Sakers late last week in their only tuneup match as part of their Asian Games preparations.

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