Our own Gilas Pilipinas (rank top 31) in the world will open their first game in the second window of the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers against Australia at the Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne Australia on February 22, 2018 at 4:30pm (Manila Time).
Recently, coach Chot Reyes revealed his 12 final roasters to compete against heavy favorite Boomers.
Image credit to Smart Gilas Website
Team (Philippines) Roaster |
Andray Blatche |
JuneMar Fajardo |
Gabe Norwood |
Japeth Aguilar |
Roger Pogoy |
Kiefer Ravena |
Kevin Alas |
Matthew Wright |
Allein Maliksi |
Carl Bryan Cruz |
Abu Tratter |
Calvin Abueva |
As, you can see Jason Castro “The Blur” is not included in the list because of his ankle injury. Gilas will be missing “The Blur” who average 20pts against Chinese Taipei and Japan in the first window.
Calvin Abueva is re-inserted in the list, abueva who was initially dropped from the lineup after missing 3 Gilas practices. Because of his desire to play with Gilas, Abueva is always present for the next Practices of Gilas Pilipinas. Chot Reyes also said that Abueva is back in the lineup because of Troy Rosario’s and Mac Belo’s injury.
Meanwhile, Australia’s Boomers still heavy favorite in the second window, even without their NBA player, Andrew Bogut, Ben Simmons, Matthew Dellavedova, Dante Exum, Joe Ingles, Patty Mills, Aron Baynes, Cameron Bairstow.
Australia is (rank top 10 ) in Fibas Basket Ball. Boomers also defeated Chinese Taipe (104-66) and Japan in (82-58).
Australia’s Andrej Lemanis (Head Coach) line-up included below.
Image credit to Smart Gilas Website
Team (Australia) Roaster |
Jason Cadee |
Matthew Hodgson |
Angust Brandt |
Mitch Creek |
Cam Gliddon |
Nicholas Kay |
Daniel Kickert |
Kevin Lisch |
Nathan Sobey |
Jesse Wagstaff |
Mitch McCarron |
Mitch Norton |
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