NOT even the failure of getting the services of a number of players prevented Gilas Pilipinas 3.0 from overachieving in its FIBA-Asia Men’s Championship campaign in the Chinese province of Changsha.

Handled by veteran coach Tab Baldwin, the Filipinos played with grit and passion and were on the verge of earning a long-cherished dream of making it back to the Olympics until losing to host China in the gold medal match, 78-67, played before a raucous crowd at the Changsha Social Work Colleges gymnasium.

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