ICYMI: Monster Bowles outduels Mamaw, The Streak ends, This should be a rivalry!

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1. Monster Bowles wins monster match-up Just when I started to feel that the Monster Bowles mania was dying down and that Mamaw Michael Dunigan was beginning to get more love from us, Denzel just outplays him. Dunigan was still a force on the boards grabbing 10 offensive rebounds and [...] Read more »

PBA Comm Cup Power Rankings Week 8: 2nd and 8th Seeds Still Up for Grabs

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Last week. All games count. What could be better? As always, rankings are based on record, offensive and defensive efficiencies, quality of wins, and my unbiased opinion. 12. GLOBAL PORT BATANG PIER (Last week: 12th) (Record: 2-10 / Offensive Efficiency: 5th – 98.3 points/100 possessions / Defensive Efficiency: 10th – [...] Read more »

Air 21 Express Poised to Cut Barangay Ginebra’s 4-Game Win Streak

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WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: Jockeying for position. With a few more games remaining in the elimination round, this game is all about positioning for the best seeding possible for both teams. For BGSM, although they’re at .500, they’re only two games behind the twice-to-beat advantage. So they’ll try as hard [...] Read more »

PBA Comm Cup Power Rankings Week 7: Aces and E-Painters are Pulling Away

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There were only four games last week but as ho-hum as that may be, those games were enough to clear things out. Global Port will finish at the bottom. Meralco, Air 21, TNT, and SMC seem to be all stuck in the middle. Petron, still without a replacement for Renaldo [...] Read more »

Streak Versus Chase: Air 21 Looks to Keep It Going as Rain or Shine Seeks Tie for Top

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WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: Basag-trip Air 21 is on a winning streak. Twice against Barako to bookend the run, and shockers over San Mig Coffee and Alaska to fill the sandwich. As for Rain or Shine? They’re doing Rain or Shine things. Quietly putting wins together, inching to the top, [...] Read more »

PBA Comm Cup Power Rankings Week 6: “Nakakapagpagabagab”

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If Alaska Assistant Coaches Jojo Lastimosa (a.k.a. The Truth!) and Alex Compton were to compete in the I’m Not Conyo Championship and they had to fluidly pronounce ‘nakakapagpagabagab’ to determine who’ll end up as the fictitious Conyo Champion, I’ll put three pieces of Yakeeee! sour gum balls on Coach Jolas! [...] Read more »

In Case You Missed It: The Streaks, The Double Lane and Luigi Trillo Being Called To The Principal’s Office

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PBA Sabado Night stayed in town last night as the Smart-Araneta Coliseum hosted a double-header of opposites. The first offering was Air 21- Globalport. A hot team against a team as cold as the pavement Walter Sharpe fell asleep on. The second game? Alaska-San Mig Coffee. Again. Tim Cone against [...] Read more »

In Case You Missed It: WTF is up with Barako Bull, San Mig Coffee and Ogie Menor’s Jordan Ankle Tattoo?

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Basketball Never Stops. But sometimes, winning does. The Energy Cola of Rajko Toroman drops another one as Rain or Shine ended their own losing skid. Paul Lee came up big and got back to putting on the headset as player of the game. Air 21 pulled off another shocker and [...] Read more »