TIM Cone completed the mission he failed to accomplish 25 years ago in Bangkok, Thailand. Cone, serving as Gilas Pilipinas' interim coach, went through all the challenges of preparing a national side that only had 12 days to train and try to win the gold medal for the 19th Asian Games men's basketball. Come the knockout semifinal, Gilas fell by as many as 20 points in the first half. But Brownlee led the Philippines' gutsy second-half uprising, dropping 27 of his game-high 33 points, including the game-winning triple to lift the national team to a pulsating 77-76 triumph against host China. We played our best game of the tournament," said Cone, remarking on Gilas' defense, which held Jordan to an abysmal 18-of-69 field goal shooting in the knockout final game for just 26 percent.
