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Various reports from different media outlets have cited different sources that the chances of Calvin Abueva joining the Gilas program are beginning to pick up. InterAKTV first cited that according to a high-ranking staff of the national team, The Beast has been on their radar ever since the start of [...] Read more »
It was complete domination in the fourth quarter of Game 3. It was clinical in the third quarter of Game 2. It was the statement sent in the first quarter of the series. Alaska was out to prove something. Or at least that is what it looked like when the [...] Read more »
InterAKTV WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: For Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, it’s as simple as DO! or DIE! They’ve been dominated by a team that clearly is better than them and they haven’t shown any inkling of being able to find counters against Alaska’s D. Macklin and Caguioa have looked like [...] Read more »
WHAT THIS GAME MEANS If Alaska wins Game 2, BGSM is on the ropes. If Ginebra wins, then golly, it’s a series! Remember how Manny Pacquiao staggered Juan Manuel Marquez in the first round of their first fight? That’s practically what Alaska did to the Barangay, and Ginebra wasn’t able [...] Read more »
Complete domination. Right from the get go, Alaska proved to the Philippine basketball world that they wanted Game 1 of this series a whole lot more than Ginebra did. They were hungrier, they were readier, and they were just flat out better on the court. Coach Luigi Trillo had his [...] Read more »
Ito na ‘to. This is it. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the PBA Finals! It’s Alaska vs. Ginebra: The Best Team Since Game Zero vs. The Team That Fate Kissed. I’m already salivating just by mentioning “Alaska vs. Ginebra”. That sounds as sexy as “Mudwrestling: Trish Stratus vs. Stacy Keibler”, [...] Read more »
Well what do you know? Much like in poker, Aces trump all others. Young coach? No problem. Fiery players? Asset, not liability. Arch-rival? Defeated. Finally. With last night’s win, the Alaska Aces move into the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals, their first appearance in a championship series without Tim Cone. And [...] Read more »
WHAT THIS GAME MEANS Proving a point. The Alaska Aces are 48 minutes away from proving to the world that they are for real. There will be no doubt in anyone’s mind if the Aces pull a 3-1 series win against the San Mig Coffee that this team is a [...] Read more »
What happens when you cut the Commissioner’s Cup Semis into two parts, when you deprive Ginebra, San Mig Coffee, Alaska, and Talk ‘N Text fans an abundant source of joy and elation? You get 23,108. 23,108 rabid fans were crammed like sardines in the SMART-Araneta Coliseum despite the rain and [...] Read more »
WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: Before we start, can I just point out how hilarious Alvin Patrimonio’s face is on the photo above? Come on. That’s a meme waiting to happen. Seriously. Look again. Laughtrip. Okay, enough. Let’s start over. WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: The proverbial monkey is finally off of [...] Read more »