MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Filipinos are known to be a resilient people, even in sports. Many were disheartened by the defeat of Gilas Pilipinas against Dominican Republic in the opening match of the FIBA World Cup. The Pinoys lost with a final score of 87-81.

But Filipinos were stunned and euphoric when they watched a replay of the game today on PTV4. In the replay, it was the Philippine team that won the match with the same score of 87-81 in its favor!

(Melchor Vergara contributed to this report.)