2022 Philippines Asian Games basketball team

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2022 Philippines Asian Games basketball team
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Scoring leader Flag of the United States.svg Justin Brownlee
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The 2022 Philippines men's Asian Games basketball team, was a Filipino Asian Games team assembled for the basketball competition on 2022 Asian Games.

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The Asian Games was rescheduled by 2023 because of COVID-19 pandemic.

Forming the team

The formation of the team was started after the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Tim Cone (notably coached the 1998 team) was appointed as head coach. [1] The team roster composition have problems, as majority of the players from the World Cup (coached by Chot Reyes) was unable to commit due to their another commitments (mostly due to their B-League teams). [2]

Roster

2022 Asian Games

The following was the roster of the Philippines national team for the 2022 Asian Games in China. [3]

Philippines national basketball – 2022 Asian Games roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G/F 3 Chris Newsome 33 – (1990-07-25)July 25, 19901.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Meralco Bolts Flag of the Philippines.svg
PG 6 Kevin Alas 31 – (1991-11-13)November 13, 19911.83 m (6 ft 0 in) NLEX Road Warriors Flag of the Philippines.svg
SG 9 Scottie Thompson 30 – (1993-07-12)July 12, 19931.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Flag of the Philippines.svg
F 10 Arvin Tolentino 27 – (1995-11-05)November 5, 19951.96 m (6 ft 5 in) NorthPort Batang Pier Flag of the Philippines.svg
G 12 Chris Ross 38 – (1985-03-09)March 9, 19851.85 m (6 ft 1 in) San Miguel Beermen Flag of the Philippines.svg
G/F 13 Marcio Lassiter 36 – (1987-05-16)May 16, 19871.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Miguel Beermen Flag of the Philippines.svg
C 15 June Mar Fajardo 33 – (1989-11-17)November 17, 19892.08 m (6 ft 10 in) San Miguel Beermen Flag of the Philippines.svg
G 17 CJ Perez 29 – (1993-11-17)November 17, 19931.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Miguel Beermen Flag of the Philippines.svg
F 18 Calvin Oftana 27 – (1996-01-03)January 3, 19961.96 m (6 ft 5 in) TNT Tropang Giga Flag of the Philippines.svg
F 25 Japeth Aguilar  (C)36 – (1987-01-25)January 25, 19872.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Flag of the Philippines.svg
F 32 Justin Brownlee  (NP)35 – (1988-04-23)April 23, 19881.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Flag of the Philippines.svg
C 34 Ange Kouame  (NP)25 – (1997-12-15)December 15, 19972.08 m (6 ft 10 in)Free agent
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized player
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 26, 2023

Asian Games competition

Group phase

September 26
13:30 (UTC+8)
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg8961Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Scoring by quarter:22–18, 29–15, 21–14, 17–14
Pts: Perez, Kouame 15
Rebs: Brownlee 9
Asts: Lassiter 4
Pts: Almoathin 14
Rebs: Chism 13
Asts: Almoathin 3
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Paul Skayem (LBN), Taha Mohammed Nasser Al-Hashedi (YEM), Li Chengxin (CHN)
September 28
17:30 (UTC+8)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg7287Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:22–20, 13–21, 15–27, 22–19
Pts: Lamb 29
Rebs: Jakrawan, Klahan 6
Asts: Lish, J. Morgan 3
Pts: Brownlee 19
Rebs: Brownlee 12
Asts: Thompson 9
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Hu Jing (CHN), Mohammad Rajabiozoodi (IRI)
September 30
11:00 (UTC+8)
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg8762Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:16–13, 26–16, 17–23, 28–10
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 24
Rebs: Bohannon 9
Asts: Hollis-Jefferson 9
Pts: Brownlee 24
Rebs: Thompson 11
Asts: Brownlee, Perez 3
Zhejiang University Zijingang Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Song Houlu (CHN), Issam Nasser Khalfan Al Siyabi (OMA)

Qualification for quarterfinals

October 2
16:00 (UTC+8)
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg8041Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Scoring by quarter:33–14, 24–9, 16–7, 7–11
Pts: Fajardo, Perez 12
Rebs: Kouame 10
Asts: Newsome 6
Pts: Muslic 12
Rebs: Ndao 8
Asts:four players 4
Zhejiang University Zijingang Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Wissam Zein (SYR), Hu Jing (CHN), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM)

Quarterfinal

October 3
12:00 (UTC+8)
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg8384Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 14–20, 18–23, 29–13
Pts: Vahedi 24
Rebs: Kazemi 8
Asts: Rezaeifer 7
Pts: Brownlee 36
Rebs: Brownlee, Fajardo 8
Asts: Brownlee, Fajardo 4
Zhejiang University Zijingang Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM), Ahmad Alyousef (JOR)

Semifinal

October 4
20:00 (UTC+8)
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg7776Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 13–29, 20–14, 27–14
Pts: Brownlee 33
Rebs: Thompson 8
Asts: Brownlee, Perez 4
Pts: Zhao R. 18
Rebs: Zhu 8
Asts: Zhao R. 6
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Paul Skayem (LBN), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Wissam Zein (SYR)

Gold medal game

6 October
20:00 (UTC+8)
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg6070Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 19–14, 10–20, 19–19
Pts: Hollis-Jefferson 24
Rebs: Al-Dwairi 15
Asts: Hollis-Jefferson, Mustafa 5
Pts: Brownlee 20
Rebs: Kouame 11
Asts: Brownlee 5
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Paul Skayem (LBN)

Legacy

The team won the first gold medal since 1962, first medal since 1998 (also a Cone-coached team who won bronze), and finals appearance since 1990 (Jaworski-coached team who won silver). [4] [5] [6]

The success made Tim Cone to be appointed as head coach of the Philippine national basketball team. [7]

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