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Depending champion and Asian powerhouse team was caught in embarr(–foul word(s) removed–)ment after they were defeated by the more aggressive Jordanian Basketball Team and say goodbye of representing Asia to the 2012 London Olympics. Three point shooting and excellent ball p(–foul word(s) removed–)ing had made Jordan their main weapon against Iran. The first of the … Read more
Poor free throw shooting from the undefeated Japanese Team was one of the factor why they suffered their first defeat against the more aggressive Philippine National Basketball Team Smart Gilas Pilipinas with the final score at 83-76. Japan’s leading scorer and one of the tournaments most feared outside shooter had been contained by the Filipinos. … Read more
Smart Gilas Pilipinas showed the Asian crowd that they were indeed one of the team to beat in the 2011 FIBA Asia Mens Basketball Championship. The Philippine Team defeated Jordan with a final score at 72-64 to start their campaign in the second round with a morale booster win. One of the surprises of the … Read more
Smart Gilas advances to the next round of the ongoing 2011 FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China. They outscored and bombarded the lowly Bahrain with a tremendous performance and landed at the 2nd spot in Group D which was lead by China. The Philippine National Basketball Team which is more popularly known as Smart Gilas … Read more
Smart Gilas Pilipinas suffered its first loss on the ongoing 26th FIBA Asia Mens Basketball Championship at Wuhan China at the expense of the home team China. The Philippine team was outscored by China from start to finish which ended up with a final score of 75-60 in favor of mighty China. The Philippine Team … Read more
Philippines were caught on surprise at the beginning of the first half having outscored by the United Arab Emirates. Smart Gilas was scoreless for more than 3 minutes in the opening quarter not until Marnel Baracael started out for Gilas resurgence and secured a win with a 40-point deficit at 92-52. A 5-0 start made … Read more
Group C Matches showcased the East Asian team powerhouse Japan dominating the second best team from South East Asia, Indonesia with a score at 81-59. The Indonesians were no match to the talents that the Japanese squad had compiled for their quest of the elusive Olympics berth for Asia. On the early part of the … Read more
Greg Slaughter and Kiefer Ravena are the two rookies that ranked first and second in overall statistics points. The two are leading the race for the “Most Valuable Player” (MVP) for the UAAP Season 74. The two rookies were sprouted from “Blue Eagles” of Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. After the first round of the … Read more
After more than a month of silence, the NBA representatives and NBA players’ union resumed the negotiation last Monday at New York. The long and tiring meeting that almost lasted for three hours has ended up in a stalemate as no new resolution has been p(–foul word(s) removed–)ed. With the pre-season about to start and … Read more
The head coach of the NBA Team Miami Heat, Erik Spoelstra has once again visit the Philippines as he continue to reach out with other people especially to his fellow “kababayan” through the global health and wellness program of the NBA. Last year, the Filipino-American coach also came here to the country through the same … Read more