We expected them to come back and last………, they did! I promised to be ready with everything and I was indeed very ready! The only difference was that, Kim and Camille weren’t able to watch with me. But they made a “dedication thingy” for Chris Tiu.
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| Very candid shot. counter clockwise from right: Marvin Hayes, Marcus Douthit, Mark Barroca and Chris Tiu |
If you compare this team to the first one, it’s different. They already had a naturalized player in Marcus Douthit, Cliff Hodge
was also there to replace Marcio Lassiter who was injured at that time and the
built of their bodies were great. I was with
my sister and my roommate. The excitement that I felt was still the same with
the first one. While they were warming up, the first person I saw was Chris Tiu
but the presence of someone from the Gilas bench shocked me the most. It’s
Coach Charles Tiu, the brother of Chris Tiu.
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| Smart Gilas 2011 |
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| The perks of staying at court side - above: Kim wrote that for Chris Tiu. That's the reason why I had a little chitchat with him. Below that is the gigantic but very soft spoken Marcus Douthit |
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| The very athletic Cliff Hodge. (third from left) The game was great but the postgame activities were the best! |
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| Jvee Casio and Coach Charles Tiu (Chris Tiu's brother) |
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| Clockwise from left: Dylan Ababou, Mac Baracael, Japeth Aguilar, Chris Lutz and Jason Ballesteros |
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| top: One of the most friendly members of the Gilas coaching staff. bottom left: Gilas head coach Rajko Toroman bottom right: the smile that brought me to cloud nine. so kind of him :)
As a
basketball fan, I am very proud that once in my early life, I have met our
national basketball team. This team made history by breaking the winning
drought of Philippine basketball in international games – placing 4th
in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, its best finish since 1984.
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