Gilas Pilipinas gets another crack at the Paris Olympics. After missing out on an outright ticket to Paris, the Philippines qualifies for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament or OQT as it ended its FIBA World Cup run on a high note with a 96-75 win over China on Saturday, September 2.
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00:00 Gilles Pilipinas gets another crack at the Paris Olympics
00:04 After missing out on an outright ticket to Paris, the Philippines qualifies for the Olympic
00:09 Qualifying Tournament, or OQT, as it ended its FIBA World Cup run on a high note with
00:14 a 96-75 win over China on Saturday, September 2.
00:19 Gilles winds up 24th out of the 32 participating countries and secures one of the 19 OQT berths
00:25 up for grabs in the World Cup.
00:27 Meantime, USA Basketball folds for the first time in the World Cup, as Lithuania dominates
00:32 all the way for a 110-104 shocker win on Sunday, September 3.
00:38 The Americans expressed disappointment with their first loss in five games.
00:42 "They just punched us in the mouth.
00:44 Right away, they made every shot, they executed.
00:49 So I don't think it was a case of us not being ready.
00:52 I think it was a case of them playing a perfect first quarter."