Gilas fans console one another online after Angola heartbreaker

Heartbroken Gilas fans make peace with nightmare World Cup campaign
Sep 4, 2019
PHOTO: Jerome Ascano

AN 84-81 overtime loss to Angola resulted in Gilas Pilipinas bottoming out in Group D of the 2019 Fiba Basketball World Cup.

Despite Andray Blatche's best game in the tournament (23 points, 12 rebounds, four steals) and another strong performance from CJ Perez (17 pts, 7 reb), the Filipinos failed to go out on a high note.

Valdélicio Joaquim led the Angolans with 20 points, while four of his teammates scored in double figures.

Gilas' poor execution and timely baskets from the opposing team at the end of the regulation period and extension denied coach Yeng Guiao and his boys a reason to celebrate during their World Cup campaign.

Pinoys on Twitter were understandably in a somber mood following the heartbreak defeat. Fans of the national team tried to take comfort in the latter putting up a good fight against Angola.

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Former Gilas coach Chot Reyes, who won versus Senegal in the 2014 World Cup, was left speechless.

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