Moments after Gilas Pilipinas gave world No. Jordan Clarkson (right) FIBA PHOTOWith Reyes were Gilas Pilipinas team manager Butch Antonio and assistants Jong Uichico and Josh Reyes, all four solemn-faced but not because of the outcome. Cone, who missed Gilas Pilipinas' tune-up games against Ivory Coast and Montenegro, was in Granada for a top-secret mission: file a dossier on the Dominican Republic, the national team's opening opponent at 8 p.m. on August 25 at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. Later, after the Gilas Pilipinas coaches had stepped out from their meeting, Reyes was asked if the friendlies had left any impression on him. And Cone had all the files that could be gathered on the FIBA World Americas qualifier.
