Asian Games 2010 Basketball: Team Pilipinas suffers second loss in a close battle

Smart Gilas Team Pilipinas strived hard to lead its game against Japan into an overtime but JV Casio failed to execute the last shot from the baseline to give the opponent a hard-fought victory with a score of 60-58.

Team Philippines made a successful return at the Asian Games Basketball event after beating Kuwait 76-69 in the qualifying rounds of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Japan remains unbeaten in Group F with three straight victories.

Smart Gilas Team Pilipinas can still make it in the medal round as long as the team wins its upcoming games versus India on Sunday and Taiwan on Monday.

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