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Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone said the national team 'was just not good enough' as they fell to Brazil, 71-60, on Saturday in the semifinals of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Latvia.Cone described the loss as 'painful,' especially after pulling off an upset against Latvia and almost completing a come from behind win against Georgia in the group stage."I don't know what to say.
Sotto was rushed to the hospital after the loss against Georgia. He was in the bench during the Brazil game but was not fielded."But the bottomline is we just weren’t good enough tonight," said Cone."We got to be better. We’re trying to tell ourselves that almost isn’t good enough. Almost winning, almost getting there, almost that, is not good enough. We got to find a way to get over the hump and get there, and tonight, we didn’t do that.
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