What Is Gilas Doing Right In The Jones Cup?

In the very first day of the Jone Cup competitions, the Gilas Nationals pulled off what should be the upset of the tournament, a 73-59 victory over two-time defending champion Iran.

Then, they bucked spotty officiating and a hostile crowd by defeating the home team Chinese Taipei 90-78.

That being said, there are three things that are Gilas is doing better than their opponents:

Smart Gilas Makes Next Round Even Without Douthit!

For those who think Smart Gilas is a Douthit-and-Others team, think again.

JV Casio took up the cudgels for the Nationals by scoring 29 big points against the big boys of the PBA, driving Smart Gilas to a 98-97 win over the Powerade Tigers. He also scored the winning basket, a driving, underhanded layup past two Powerade defenders.

Smart Gilas Pulverizes SMB!

Teamwork? Check. Firepower? Double check. Dominating? Triple check. If you still aren't on the Smart Gilas bandwagon, it's time to get on!

Smart Gilas showed discipline, teamwork, cohesiveness and a killer instinct in in dealing the SMB Beermen a 109-68 walloping. Marcus Douthit led the balance Gilas effort with 17points, with Barroca and Ababou joining him with the same number of points. Marcio Lassiter and Chris Lutz had 16 and 14 points respectively.