Gilas Pilipinas expects no less than a hostile Chinese crowd booing them at every turn when the Filipinos clash with host China in the knockout semifinals of the 19th Asian Games men's basketball on Wednesday night, October 4 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium.
Game time is 8 p.m. with a spot in the gold medal round at stake.

While Li Kaier, also known as Kyle Anderson and Jordan Clarkson won't be around - both served as naturalized players for China and the Philippines, respectively in the recent 2023 FIBA World Cup in Manila, the Chinese are motivated as ever to get their payback.
Kaier and Clarkson are already back in the United States to start training camp with their respective NBA teams.
Just a little over a month ago, Gilas Pilipinas rode on the 34-point explosion of Clarkson to cruise past China, 96-75, putting an emphatic end to an otherwise, disappointing hosting of the FIBA World Cup before, wildly-cheering Filipino fans at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
China's 21-point loss drew sharp criticisms from Chinese fans in their local social media accounts, a reason why the host national squad intends to come out with all guns blazing.
June Mar Fajardo, who scored 18 points to help Gilas score an 84-83 escape act against Iran in their quarterfinal duel last Tuesday, expects an uphill battle against China.
'This will be a tough fight (against China), but then, for me, we just need to focus and through our viewing, we will be able to come out and prepare,' the 6-foot-10 Fajardo said during his interview with One Sports.
China may not have star big man Zhou Qi, who is still recovering from an injury he sustained in the recent World Cup, but the host country still has a lot of weapons in its roster.
Six-foot-10 Zhang Zhenlin is capable of carrying the load for the Chinese national squad after averaging 13.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.5 blocks in the Asian Games.
Another Chinese big man in Hu Jinqui, is expected to come out with all his might against Gilas.
The 6-foot-11 Hu fired 14 points and hauled down seven rebounds in China's 84-70 win over South Korea to book the Final Four seat last Tuesday.
Justin Brownlee said they simply need to show the never-say-die spirit, the mantra Barangay Ginebra is known for in the PBA, as the national squad faces China
'(We) just go out there and keep fighting. In the Philippines, the never-say-die spirit means a lot, (so) keep (the) spirit, just showing that,' he said.
A win by the Philippines puts the country into the gold medal round of the Asian Games for the first time since the first PBA-backed national team took home the silver in the 1990 edition in Beijing, China.
That team then, was handled by then Ginebra playing-coach Robert Jaworski, and had the likes of PBA stars Ramon Fernandez, Chito Loyzaga, Allan Caidic, Benjie Paras, Alvin Patrimonio and Ronnie Magsanoc leading the way.