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2022 Philippines Asian Games basketball team - Wikipedia

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2022 Philippines Asian Games basketball team
Head coach	Tim Cone
2022 Asian Games	Gold
Scoring leader	Justin Brownlee 22.1
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The 2022 Philippines men's Asian Games basketball team, was a Filipino Asian Games team assembled for the basketball competition on 2022 Asian Games.

The Asian Games was rescheduled by 2023 because of COVID-19 pandemic.

Forming the team

The formation of the team was started after the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Tim Cone (notably coached the 1998 team) was appointed as head coach.^[1] The team roster composition have problems, as majority of the players from the World Cup (coached by Chot Reyes) was unable to commit due to their another commitments (mostly due to their B-League teams).^[2]

Roster

2022 Asian Games

The following was the roster of the Philippines national team for the 2022 Asian Games in China.^[3]

Philippines national basketball – 2022 Asian Games roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G/F	3	Chris Newsome	33 – (1990-07-25)July 25, 1990	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Meralco Bolts
PG	6	Kevin Alas	31 – (1991-11-13)November 13, 1991	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	NLEX Road Warriors
SG	9	Scottie Thompson	30 – (1993-07-12)July 12, 1993	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
F	10	Arvin Tolentino	27 – (1995-11-05)November 5, 1995	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	NorthPort Batang Pier
G	12	Chris Ross	38 – (1985-03-09)March 9, 1985	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	San Miguel Beermen
G/F	13	Marcio Lassiter	36 – (1987-05-16)May 16, 1987	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	San Miguel Beermen
C	15	June Mar Fajardo	33 – (1989-11-17)November 17, 1989	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	San Miguel Beermen
G	17	CJ Perez	29 – (1993-11-17)November 17, 1993	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	San Miguel Beermen
F	18	Calvin Oftana	27 – (1996-01-03)January 3, 1996	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	TNT Tropang Giga
F	25	Japeth Aguilar (C)	36 – (1987-01-25)January 25, 1987	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
F	32	Justin Brownlee (NP)	35 – (1988-04-23)April 23, 1988	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
C	34	Ange Kouame (NP)	25 – (1997-12-15)December 15, 1997	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Free agent

Head coach

Tim Cone

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on September 26, 2023

Asian Games competition

Group phase

September 26
13:30 (UTC+8)

Results

Philippines	89–61	Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 29–15, 21–14, 17–14
Pts: Perez, Kouame 15 Rebs: Brownlee 9 Asts: Lassiter 4		Pts: Almoathin 14 Rebs: Chism 13 Asts: Almoathin 3

Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Paul Skayem (LBN), Taha Mohammed Nasser Al-Hashedi (YEM), Li Chengxin (CHN)

September 28
17:30 (UTC+8)

Boxscore

Thailand	72–87	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 13–21, 15–27, 22–19
Pts: Lamb 29 Rebs: Jakrawan, Klahan 6 Asts: Lish, J. Morgan 3		Pts: Brownlee 19 Rebs: Brownlee 12 Asts: Thompson 9

Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Hu Jing (CHN), Mohammad Rajabiozoodi (IRI)

September 30
11:00 (UTC+8)

Boxscore

Jordan	87–62	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 26–16, 17–23, 28–10
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 24 Rebs: Bohannon 9 Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 9		Pts: Brownlee 24 Rebs: Thompson 11 Asts: Brownlee, Perez 3

Zhejiang University Zijingang Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Song Houlu (CHN), Issam Nasser Khalfan Al Siyabi (OMA)

Qualification for quarterfinals

October 2
16:00 (UTC+8)

Report

Philippines	80–41	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 33–14, 24–9, 16–7, 7–11
Pts: Fajardo, Perez 12 Rebs: Kouame 10 Asts: Newsome 6		Pts: Muslic 12 Rebs: Ndao 8 Asts: four players 4

Zhejiang University Zijingang Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Wissam Zein (SYR), Hu Jing (CHN), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM)

Quarterfinal

October 3
12:00 (UTC+8)

Boxscore

Iran	83–84	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 14–20, 18–23, 29–13
Pts: Vahedi 24 Rebs: Kazemi 8 Asts: Rezaeifer 7		Pts: Brownlee 36 Rebs: Brownlee, Fajardo 8 Asts: Brownlee, Fajardo 4

Zhejiang University Zijingang Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM), Ahmad Alyousef (JOR)

Semifinal

October 4
20:00 (UTC+8)

Boxscore

Philippines	77–76	China
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 13–29, 20–14, 27–14
Pts: Brownlee 33 Rebs: Thompson 8 Asts: Brownlee, Perez 4		Pts: Zhao R. 18 Rebs: Zhu 8 Asts: Zhao R. 6

Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Paul Skayem (LBN), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Wissam Zein (SYR)

Gold medal game

6 October
20:00 (UTC+8)

Boxscore

Jordan	60–70	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 19–14, 10–20, 19–19
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 24 Rebs: Al-Dwairi 15 Asts: Hollis-Jefferson, Mustafa 5		Pts: Brownlee 20 Rebs: Kouame 11 Asts: Brownlee 5

Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Paul Skayem (LBN)

Legacy

The team won the first gold medal since 1962, first medal since 1998 (also a Cone-coached team who won bronze), and finals appearance since 1990 (Jaworski-coached team who won silver).^[4]^[5]

The success made Tim Cone to be appointed as head coach of the Philippine national basketball team.^[6]

References

^ Villanueva, Ralph Edwin. "Tim Cone warmly received as Gilas coach, study claims". PhilStar.
^ Guardian, Daily (2023-09-08). "Gilas Pilipinas faces roster formation woes for 2023 Asian Games". Daily Guardian. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
^ "Perez, Lassiter, Ross, Tolentino, Alas called up for Gilas team to Asiad". spin.ph. September 19, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
^ "Gilas exact revenge on Jordan to end 61-year wait to be crowned Asian Games champions". ESPN.com. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
^ "Philippines win 1st gold in basketball at Asian Games since 1962". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
^ "SBP appoint Tim Cone as new Gilas coach". ESPN.com. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

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