Gilas vs China Quarterfinal Game Imminent. Who will win?

Smart Gilas scores another victory against Qatar, 80-70. This victory somewhat lands a quarterfinals ticket with the most possible foe, China.

Smart Gilas is expected to place 2nd in Group E, and China is expected to place 3rd in Group F. Thus a match-up between them is inevitable. So who can we expect as the victor in this game? We need to look into the performance of the two teams in the competition in order for us to make an evidence based assumption.

Smart Gilas is likely to place second with a possibility of only one loss. China is likely to place 3rd with two losses. Based on their performance in the past games, Gilas victories against Japan and Qatar are impressive given these teams are not push overs, and the loss to TPE, was a game stolen by TPE from Gilas with a come from behind victory.Smart Gilas has been playing well that's why they are in 2nd place.

Now China. China lost to Korea and Iran, and had a nail-biter against Kazakhstan. Their wins are against, no disrespect, weak teams like Malaysia and India. Based on the tournament, China seems to be struggling against quality opponents. So, given these performances I give Smart Gilas the edge.

In terms of match-ups. Definitely size is in favor of China and Smart Gilas had difficulty defending bigger players as seen in previous games. China also has a legit NBA veteran of Wang. So China has definitely the edge.

My verdict, I expect a neck and neck game against these two teams and hopefully we will be treated with a great game. Who will win? China might be bigger, but due to their struggles in the tournament I'm banking on Smart Gilas.