The PH National Team struggled in the early goings as they were outscored, 34-23, and outrebounded, 27-15, after the first half.
The Philippines National Team fighting back from a 13-point deficit with 1:11 in the third quarter, 59-46, unleashed a 5-0 run to close the period, 59-51.
The fourth and final period once again was an all Smart-Gilas show as they opened the quarter with another 10-0 burst with the smallest guy in the team, LA Tenorio, scoring 7 points and Gabe Norwood chipped in 3 points to make the score 61-59 with 8:25 left in the game to give the Gilas its first lead since the first quarter.
Alaska point guard Tenorio scored 20 points, including the go-ahead basket off the screen of Marcus Douthit, 76-74, with 18 seconds to go.
The Philippines outscored the Americans 25-16 in the fourth quarter and 53-41 in the second half.
The scores:
Smart Gilas 76 – Tenorio 20, Chan 18, Douthit 17, Fonacier 9, Norwood 5, de Ocampo 2, David 5, Mercado 0.
4 Filipino teams have won the William Jones Cup International Basketball Campionship:
1981 - Northern Consolidated Cement (coach Ron Jacobs)
1985 - San Miguel Beer (coach Ron Jacobs)
1998 - Philippine Centennial Team (coach Tim Cone)
2012 - Smart Gilas 2.0 (coach Chot Reyes)
Jones Cup Champions and runner ups:
| Year | Champion | Second place | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | American Challenger | Eastern Washington | Flying Camel |
| 1978 | American Buluside | Korea | American College |
| 1979 | not held | ||
| 1980 | Sweden | United States | Panama |
| 1981 | Northern Consolidated Cement | Sweden | France |
| 1982 | United States | Canada | France |
| 1983 | United States | Scotland | Italy |
| 1984 | United States | Canada | Netherlands |
| 1985 | San Miguel Beer | United States | Sweden |
| 1986 | United States | Korea | Japan |
| 1987 | West Germany | United States | Australia |
| 1988 | United States | Australia | Korea |
| 1989 | not held | ||
| 1990 | Mexico | Poland | United States |
| 1991 | United States | Soviet Union | Korea |
| 1992 | Marathon Oil | USK Praha | United States |
| 1993 | University of Hawaii | Hung Kuo | Ukraine Sparta |
| 1994 | United States | Yulong | Hungary |
| 1995 | United States | Slovak Republic | Macro states |
| 1996 | Canada | Russia | United States |
| 1997 | Kangoo Jumps | Statyba | Guanghua |
| 1998 | Philippine Centennial Team | Taiwan | Korea |
| 1999 | Korea | Taiwan | New Zealand |
| 2000 | New Zealand | Korea | Taiwan |
| 2001 | Taiwan | Korea | Russia |
| 2002 | Great Mates | Canada | Japan |
| 2003 | not held | ||
| 2004 | Taiwan White | Canada | Perth Wildcats |
| 2005 | Passing Lane | Taiwan | Philippines |
| 2006 | Athletes in Action | Canada | Qatar |
| 2007 | Jordan | Lebanon | Philippines |
| 2008 | Jordan | United States | Australia |
| 2009 | Iran | Jordan | Lebanon |
| 2010 | Iran | Lebanon | Japan |
| 2011 | Iran | Korea | Philippines |
| 2012 | Philippines | Iran | United States |
| # | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Philippines | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Taiwan | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | South Korea | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Canada | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 |
TNT represent!!! twitter.com/coachot/status…
— Chot Reyes (@coachot) August 26, 2012
CHAMPIONS!!!! twitter.com/coachot/status…
— Chot Reyes (@coachot) August 26, 2012
Thanks for the AMAZING support throughout the tournament. We couldn't have done it w out you guys!#PinoyPride#GilasPilipinas#SigeLang
— Solomon Mercado (@M3rcMyWords) August 26, 2012
Great job Team! Well done Coaches! Saya! Go Gilas! Go Pinas!
— Manny V. Pangilinan (@iamMVP) August 26, 2012
Congrats Philippines! Smart-Gilas Pilipinas wins the Jones Cup 2012 with 76-75 vs US, bringing home the gold for the first time since 1998!
— MILO® Philippines (@MiloPH) August 26, 2012
Manny V. Pangilinan: "@iammvp Great job Team! Well done Coaches! Saya! Go Gilas! Go Pinas!"#JonesCup Congrats Philippines#TeamPilipinas
— Smart Gilas (@SmartGilas) August 26, 2012
Congrats@la_tenorio@smartgilasinstagr.am/p/OyePfaLDYz/
— JC Intal (@jcintal7) August 26, 2012
Congrats to Team Pilipinas for winning the 2012 Jones Cup! UAAP alum LA Tenorio starred in the title-clincher.#PinoyPride
— UAAP Season 75 (@UAAPSeason75) August 26, 2012
What a TEAM w great HEART! What a game by my roommate@la_tenorio and the rest of the guys. We got GOLD BABY!!!#GilasPilipinas#CHAMPS
— Solomon Mercado (@M3rcMyWords) August 26, 2012
Congratulations Smart Gilas! Pride felt all the way from New Zealand. Thank you for all you've done for flag n country!
— Patricia Hizon (@patriciahizon) August 26, 2012
GLORY BE TO GOD!!! First time being part of a gold medal winning team.#JonesCupChamps#PinoyPride
— Gabe Norwood (@GNorwood5) August 26, 2012
chot in jones cup history as 1 of 3 coaches to lead PHL to title-others were jacobs in '81, '85 and cone '98-1st title since turn of century
— Quinito Henson (@TheDeanQuinito) August 26, 2012
This is the first time that the Philippines won the Jones Cup since the Philippine Centennial Team bagged the title in 1998.:)
— Barangay Ginebra (@barangayginebra) August 26, 2012
Congratulations to Smart Gilas for beating USA and winning the Jones Cup Championship, from all of us here at MMDA. :)
— Official MMDA (@MMDA) August 26, 2012
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