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The Red Bull Barakos carved out a cardiac squeaker over the resurgent Coca-Cola Tigers, hacking out an emphatic 105-103 victory in their match-up earlier today.
Import James Penny hit a crucial jumper with 15 seconds remaining to put the Barakos on top for good. He had another all-around performance, contributing 13 points, 15 rebounds, two assists, […]

The Philippine National team romped its opponents by an average of 38.5 points in the FIBA-Asia qualifier, Southeast Asian Basketball Championships, held in Ratchaburi, Thailand. San Miguel-Pilipinas stamped its class against Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and host Thailand, easily thrashing every opponent.
The All-PBA team was represented by guards Jayjay Helterbrand, Mark Caguioa, Jimmy Alapag, Dondon Hontiveros […]

Lesser and lesser people are watching the NBA playoffs right now. In fact, here in our area, nobody’s watching at all. Not even Spurs fans.
The fact is the NBA is getting boring and predictable. Right now, the Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs are definitely going to meet in the NBA Finals. The Spurs are […]

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It’s a good thing the Detroit Pistons are up 2-0 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. But how they won those two games at their home floor is a different story.
The Pistons had to rely on their experience and Cleveland’s lack there of to scrape two close wins. Two amazingly similar three-point wins. Detroit should feel […]

As much as I want the San Antonio Spurs to suffer and falter, I don’t see it happening against the less-experienced Utah Jazz.
San Antonio waltzed their way to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals. As long as Utah cannot stop San Antonio’s three-headed monster, they will continue to loss. After all, they never […]

It’s the first time the Cleveland Cavaliers will advance to the Eastern Conference Finals in 15 years. The last time they went here, Mark Price was still calling the shots in tight shorts and Craig Ehlo was guarding Michael Jordan, being “posterized” each time. This time, they will face the mighty Detroit Pistons.
All the advantages […]

The San Antonio Spurs cheated their way to the Western Conference Finals. The Phoenix Suns were robbed-off of three games in this series due to unfortunate turn of events, horrible one-sided officiating and stupid decision making by NBA league officials.
Game One could have gone to the Suns if not for Steve Nash sitting out the […]

Game Six is set in a few hours at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, and the Phoenix Suns need to pull-off the impossible, as they will try to extend their series against the Spurs in seven games.
They will be getting some more offensive fire power this time with Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw back […]

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I thought that the Detroit Pistons and the Cleveland Cavaliers would have arranged their Eastern Finals showdown a little earlier. Instead, we see the Chicago Bulls and the New Jersey Nets rising from a seemingly-deep grave in brilliant fashion, challenging their respective nemesis.
The Pistons were an impressive 7-0 to start the postseason. They won […]

Now, who’s the sore loser?
San Antonio’s Robert Horry threw a cheap elbow at a running Steve Nash, which sent the two-time MVP banging to the scorer’s table and sprawling to the floor. The incident almost ignited a free-for-all.
Horry just couldn’t handle the sorry loss emotionally. The Spurs had control of the game from the second […]