{"id":417881,"date":"2026-06-19T10:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=417881"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:06:53","slug":"injured-thompson-out-gomez-de-liano-joins-gilas-final-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/injured-thompson-out-gomez-de-liano-joins-gilas-final-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Thompson out; Gomez de Lia\u00f1o joins Gilas final 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Juan Gomez de Lia\u00f1o will be stepping in for injured guard Scottie Thompson for the upcoming third window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) announced that de Lia\u00f1o will take Thompson&#8217;s place in the final 12 for the crucial road games against New Zealand and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development came days before the national team&#8217;s departure for Auckland, where Gilas is scheduled to hold a training camp in preparation for the July 3 clash against New Zealand and the July 6 showdown with Australia in Perth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gomez de Lia\u00f1o provides additional scoring and backcourt depth for a Philippine squad already dealing with several key absences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thompson has been nursing a hamstring injury but played through Ginebra&#8217;s grueling seven-game finals series in the Commissioner&#8217;s Cup, where he emerged as the finals Most Valuable Player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thompson&#8217;s absence adds to the manpower concerns faced by coach Tim Cone, whose squad is also without Kai Sotto, Quentin Millora-Brown and Calvin Oftana for the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big men Justine Baltazar, Mike Phillips, and Troy Rosario have been tapped to fill the void in the front court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading the roster is naturalized player Justin Brownlee, who joins the national team after powering Barangay Ginebra to the PBA Commissioner&#8217;s Cup championship on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also included are Ginebra guard RJ Abarrientos, veteran San Miguel center June Mar Fajardo and Meralco stalwart Chris Newsome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Completing the 12-man lineup are Japan B.League campaigners Dwight Ramos, AJ Edu, Kevin Quiambao and Carl Tamayo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines currently shares second place with New Zealand in Group A at 2-2, behind unbeaten Australia at 4-0, with Guam winless at 0-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&nbsp;\u2013 Juan Gomez de Lia\u00f1o will be stepping in for injured guard Scottie Thompson for the upcoming third window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers next month. In a statement, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) announced that de Lia\u00f1o will take Thompson&#8217;s place in the final 12 for the crucial road games [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417882,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417881\/revisions\/417882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}