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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: First to draw blood. Game 1 should mean the same to both teams. But if Meralco wants to steal this series or at least make things tough for SMC, this is the game they have to win. For SMC, a huge Game 1 win should be [...] Read more »
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 »
WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: Gargantuan game for both teams. Coming into this game, the Aces’ mentality would be like “Hey, we know we have an unblemished record but we know that we haven’t fully convinced people yet that we’re the realest team in the L right now.”. Yes, something like [...] Read more »
(Top 10 Coaches I’d Like to Get Drunk With Part 1) Most of what you will read below just was pulled by boredom out of my ass. These rankings are purely subjective and solely based on the question, “Shit. Kung papiliin ako ng Coaches sa PBA at college na pwede [...] Read more »
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 »