Twitter gets flooded with cheers for Gilas Pilipinas!
Croatia, a favored team in the on-going FIBA World Basketball Championship, was almost beaten by Gilas Pilipinas in an emotionally charged showdown in Sevilla, Spain. The arena transformed into a home court of sorts for Gilas as thousands of Filipinos attended the game to cheer on the most unlikely team to do well in basketball. The cheers though weren’t just being shouted from inside the arena in Sevilla. The Twitterverse exploded with tweets of Filipinos all over the world cheering Gilas with a variety of hashtags. We did a quick scan and as it turns out there were over 150,000 tweets that hit the internet on August 30 with the keywords Gilas, #GilasPilipinas, and #Puso. Check out the chart below!
The tweets also didn’t just come from the Philippines. It looks like our kababayans all over the world also lent their voices to the virtual cheer barrage!
Croatia barely won with a 3 point lead. Just to put it into context, Croatia is considered as one of the best teams in Europe. For us to be able to almost beat them is a strong statement!
The Philippines still has a few more games coming up. Be sure to tune in and watch! Here’s the schedule:
Monday, September 1
• 2:00 a.m. — Gilas versus Greece LIVE ON TV5
(Replay on Sep. 1 at 9:00 p.m. on AksyonTV and on Sep. 2 at 7:00 p.m. on TV5)Monday, September 1
• 11:30 a.m. — Gilas versus Argentina LIVE ON TV5
(Replay on Sep. 2 at 9:00 p.m. on AksyonTV and on Sep. 3 at 1:30 p.m. on TV5)Wednesday, September 3
• 7:30 a.m. — Gilas versus Puerto Rico LIVE ON TV5
(Replay on Sep. 4 at 1:30 p.m. on TV5 and on Sep. 5 at 12 noon on AksyonTV)Thursday, September 4
• 8:00 a.m. — Gilas versus Senegal LIVE ON TV5
(Replay on Sep. 5 at 11:00 p.m. on TV5 and on Sep. 6 at 7:00 p.m. on AksyonTV)
Alternatively you can also watch the live stream via Smart’s new application called Viewstream.
PUSO!!!!!
