In Case You Missed It: Alaska Redeems, Luigi Knows and Abueva Beasts On.

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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 »

ALASKA, SAN MIG COFFEE RESUME TESTY SERIES IN ALL-IMPORTANT SWING GAME

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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 »

In Case You Missed It: Dozier Dominates, The Streak Ends and Calvin Pisses Off Everyone

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Monkey off back. Series evened. Alaska is back. Completely. Fully. No more Tim Cone asterisk. Now they’ve proven to everyone they can beat anyone, and finally have the boxscore to prove it. On a massive stage, against Cone’s Undertaker-Wrestlemania-like 9-0 record against them, the Aces showed us all who they [...] Read more »

In Case You Missed It: James is Back (Sorta), The Kiss That Never Was and My Goodness, Denzel Bowles!

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He did it again. I don’t know how. I don’t know if he knows how. But somehow, some way, Tim Cone did it again. He beat Alaska. Once more, he stands taller than his former team, albeit slightly, after the escape act they pulled to open their 5-game semifinals series with a [...] 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 »

The Week in Basketball (September 10-16, 2012)

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While we’re on Will Ferell movies mode… (Cue Jackie Moon’s voice — just for this line) “This was your crazy week in basketball”: 5. NCAA – Outrageous performances by Calvin Abueva and Kevin Alas lead off to Baste-Letran match-up Calvin Abueva exploded for a Rondo-like trip-dub as San Sebastian grounded [...] Read more »