Crowd favorite Dwight Ramos sat it out as Gilas Pilipinas rallied to a 93-54 home rout of Hong Kong to wrap up the second window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers on Sunday, November 24.
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00:00Crowd-favorite Dwight Ramos sat it out as Gilas Filipinas rallied to a 93-54 home rout
00:08of Hong Kong to wrap up the second window of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers on Sunday,
00:12November 24.
00:14Head coach Tim Cohn revealed he opted to bench Ramos after the Star-Guard sustained a calf
00:18injury in the Philippines' historic win over New Zealand three days ago.
00:23I wasn't holding him out for any other reason but the fact that he had pulled his calf muscle
00:29during the late stages of the New Zealand game.
00:32Fans noticed Ramos' absence as the game continued, with the 11,000-strong crowd chanting,
00:37We want Dwight.
00:39Ramos will soon return to the Japan B-League where he plays for the Livanga Hokkaido.