It felt like Gilas Pilipinas was content with just a win. After all, it seemed like they just needed to brace for a Chinese onslaught, especially after China administered a 105–59 beating to Bahrain. The triple threat of Jakarr Sampson, Mustafa Rashed, and Elijah Thomas went from scoring 64 points against us to a combined 34 against China. More importantly, China is going to face us with an average winning margin of 42 points. It would have been better if Gilas had just evalu