With sympathy all over the country and Filipinos all-over the world poured for the heartbreaking loss of “Gilas Pilipinas” on the October 3, 2015 match against the FIBA Asia Finals host country, China. Just like a normal basketball fan, celebrities are seen to give their salute and genuine support for the country’s basketball team representatives through their social media accounts.
In an Instagram post of actress Danica Sotto-Pingris, she has expressed her appreciation of the opportunity given to the “Gilas Pilipinas” team to play on the international court scene, in which her basketball player husband is included. She posted “Salamat (Thank You) Gilas Pilipinas! #labangtapat Thank you Lord for keeping them safe and thank you for the opportunity! #puso #labanpilipinas”.
With another post coming from the wife of the basketball player JC Intal which is also drafted for the national team, actress Bianca Gonzales-Intal became emotional on how she expressed her heartfelt support and happiness for his husband and the team on winning Silver medal. On her post “From the day you got the call for Gilas to this point that you boys have a silver medal, God has been so good!!!! We can’t be any prouder. Time for you boys to come home. #LabanPilipinas #PUSO.” It also showed a photo of a token that was given to each of the team members after winning.
Some celebrities and personalities from the GMA Network are also seen to recognize the momentous contribution of the national team for the sports.
Posted by the “Eat Bulaga” host-actress Pauleen Luna, saying “Still so proud of Gilas Pilipinas! God speed!”
Host-athelete Chris Tiu has posted his support for his co-atheletes on Twitter.
Kobe Paras, son of former PBA star turned comedian-actor Benjie Paras, now a UCLA basketball recruit posted the hashtag #GilasDeservesRio on his Twitter account.
PBA star and commercial model Doug Kramer also made a post for the national team.
Comedian Tim Tayag posted a sarcastic sentiment for the national team’s loss.
ALDUB star, Alden Richards has also posted his support for the team.
UAAP Womens’ Volleyball player and host Gretchen Ho poster a “Thank You” artwork of the national team.
Basketball player veteran Jimmy Alapag made his salute to the team as well.
Son of host-actor-comedian Joey de Leon, Jako shows how proud he is for the team.
Actress Iza Calzado picked a humorous post of her support for the team by a meme artwork citing their recent movie.
And ofcourse, a post from one of the team members of “Gilas Pilipinas” expressed their gratitude for all the support given to the national team. Posted by Marc Pingris;
