Watch only the highlights of that friendly game against Turkey and you were right, that was a well fought game by our Gilas team as it was a competitive game until the fourth quarter. It was surprising for me that Junemar Fajardo scored 17 points in that game while Kai Sotto which i expected to score more was limited to just a single digit points.
Kai Sotto was only limited because he was in foul trouble, but Kai is not as smart as JMF so we can't really so much from him in terms of points. That was really a good game considering how good Turkey is, and I think we can just continue to bet on the handicap if we want to win. As what my friend shared to me, the handicap was +11.5, which means Gilas were able to cover it.
Though i expect them to lose against Latvia but i hope they will fight like they did against Turkey.
We have a better chance with Georgia, but a slim chance with Latvia.