TWO games in and Gilas Pilipinas still could not give the home fans a much-deserved victory in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
The Philippines opened its campaign with an 81-87 defeat to Dominican Republic on Friday, August 25, before a record gate attendance of 38,115 fans at the Philippine Arena.
Gilas then dropped another one against Angola on Sunday, August 27 in front of 12,784 fans at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Back-to-back frustrating losses isn't going to dampen Jordan Clarkson's resolve, with the Utah Jazz star saying that he and his teammates are determined to win for the Filipino fans.
'We just gonna keep fighting. They're here to support us every night, every day so we gonna keep fighting for y'all and we gonna keep playing and compete,' said Clarkson after Gilas' loss to Angola.
'We'll try to get it together and we'll try to get wins for y'all,' added Clarkson, who fired 21 points on 7-of-22 field goal shooting.
Clarkson, who made up for his inefficient shooting with seven assists and three rebounds, admitted that losing to Angola after leading the African country, 28-17, was a tough pill to swallow.
But they can't dwell on it.
'It's tough but we gotta get over it. We got games to play. That's all we can do. '
Clarkson said Gilas needs to make adjustments as they are in a must-win situation when they face Italy on Tuesday, August 29.
A loss to the powerhouse Italian (1-1) squad will end the Gilas' hopes of advancing to the second round.
'[We need] to execute. I'm not sure, I haven't seen the stat sheet. Whatever we do, we need to figure it out, make adjustments, and come out here and compete.'
Roger Pogoy vowed that Gilas Pilipinas will continue to fight despite its slim chances of advancing to the second round.
'We're going to keep on fighting because we still have some games to play. We won't give up, we will continue to fight,' said Pogoy in Filipino.
Pogoy made this known following Gilas' loss to Angola, with the defeat dropping the Philippines to 0-2 in Group A.
That put the host country's bid of entering the second round as well as its Paris Olympic qualification in peril.
'We fell short. They [the Angolans] also had so many crucial three points. We were beaten in the offensive rebounding department,' said Pogoy, who scored eight points on 4-of-9 shooting.
'We're going to look at the film and assess what are the other things that cost us the game,' added Pogoy.