Barangay Gilas reacts to Gilas' 4th place finish.

While we all have different reactions to the 4th place finish of Gilas in the FIBA Asia Cup and it's important that we share them with each other, I think it's also important to share how fans in Japan - that slice of the global community we can now call Barangay Gilas - felt about the team's performance. Fans like Alvin Palmones, Mack Muscolino, Reggie Salvador, Maden Lee Rubio, Nabila Lim and many others were there. They chanted De-Fense. They saw it all first-hand. Their feedback, therefore, carries a different relevance: