2022 Philippines Asian Games basketball team

2022 Philippines Asian Games basketball team

Head coach	Tim Cone
2022 Asian Games	Gold
Scoring leader	Justin Brownlee 22.1
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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.

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

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]

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G/F 3 Chris Newsome 33 – (1990-07-25)July 25, 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Meralco Bolts PG 6 Kevin Alas 31 – (1991-11-13)November 13, 1991 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) NLEX Road Warriors SG 9 Scottie Thompson 30 – (1993-07-12)July 12, 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel F 10 Arvin Tolentino 27 – (1995-11-05)November 5, 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) NorthPort Batang Pier G 12 Chris Ross 38 – (1985-03-09)March 9, 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) San Miguel Beermen G/F 13 Marcio Lassiter 36 – (1987-05-16)May 16, 1987 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Miguel Beermen C 15 June Mar Fajardo 33 – (1989-11-17)November 17, 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) San Miguel Beermen G 17 CJ Perez 29 – (1993-11-17)November 17, 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) San Miguel Beermen F 18 Calvin Oftana 27 – (1996-01-03)January 3, 1996 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) TNT Tropang Giga F 25 Japeth Aguilar (C) 36 – (1987-01-25)January 25, 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel F 32 Justin Brownlee (NP) 35 – (1988-04-23)April 23, 1988 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel C 34 Ange Kouame (NP) 25 – (1997-12-15)December 15, 1997 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Free agent	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Richard del Rosario LA Tenorio Jong Uichico Josh Reyes Legend (C) Team captain (NP) Naturalized player Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on September 26, 2023

September 26 13:30 (UTC+8)

Results

Philippines	89–61	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)

Boxscore

Thailand	72–87	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)

Boxscore

Jordan	87–62	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)

October 2 16:00 (UTC+8)

Report

Philippines	80–41	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)

October 3 12:00 (UTC+8)

Boxscore

Iran	83–84	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)

October 4 20:00 (UTC+8)

Boxscore

Philippines	77–76	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)

6 October 20:00 (UTC+8)

Boxscore

Jordan	60–70	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)

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]

The success made Tim Cone to be appointed as head coach of the Philippine national basketball team.^[6]