WORLDSPORTS
APRIL 2014
GILAS’
ROAD TO
SPAIN
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t h e g a m e sports magazine
T
heir journey to the
FIBA Basketball World
Cup in Spain begins
here and now .
Considering the short
time available before facing
the mightiest basketball
powers in the world in
August, Gilas Pilipinas head
coach Chot Reyes — the
brains behind the Philippines' return trip to the
world basketball stage for
the first time in 35 years —
has already begun doing his
homework.
He has laid down a
training schedule for the
national team, known as
Gilas Pilipinas, which could
be very “brutal,” according
to the multi-titled mentor.
“Surely our boys are
going to be dead-tired, but
I told them that we are
duty-bound because our