Jayson Castro and the rest of Gilas Pilipinas national team finally solved Iran’s puzzle with a decisive 87-73 win on Monday for their second win in second-round action of the 28th FIBA Asia Championship Olympic Qualifying tournament at the Changsha Social Work College’s gymnasium in Changsha, China.

This is the first time in recent memory that the Philippines has been able to beat Iran in a FIBA Asia Championship game, and they did it in dazzling fashion.

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