PHNOM PENH—CJ Perez searched for a personal motivation to keep him going and found his from all the non-believing skeptics of Gilas Pilipinas. 'All those doubters, they inspired us. They made us highly motivated to win,' said Perez after attaining success with Gilas despite adopting a contradictory mindset. After the pieces of the team were put hastily together shortly before the 32nd Southeast Asian Games here, the swarm of pessimists became louder when Gilas got whacked by host Cambodia during the men's basketball elimination phase.

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