The silver lining in Gilas Pilipinas' 2023 FIBA World Cup campaign are the impressive efforts churned out by Dwight Ramos and high-flying Rhenz Abando.
True, Gilas fell short in is bid to make it to the second round after finishing with a 0-3 record in Group A with losses to the Dominican Republic, Angola and Italy. Yet, Ramos and Abando's heads-up plays gave Filipinos fans something to Cher about.National coach Chot Reyes said the 6-foot-4 Ramos' solid performance in the group stage was a by product of pure hard work since the close of the 2022-23 Japan B.League season.
'Not only his scoring, but everything he does, he defends, rebounds, he's a great package, so it's really great to have him on the team,' beamed Reyes, whose team though has been relegated to the classification phase that will start on Thursday to determine the 17th through 32nd places.On the other hand, the Gilas mentor described Abando as the team's 'spark plug.
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