FIBA: Iran Crushed Malaysia

The FIBA Asia Championships opened with Iran vs. Malaysia. Game started at 11 am in the MOA Arena and Iran Finished the game on a 115-25 Winning note.

At the start of the quarter Hadadi Unleashed a quick 5-0 run on the Malaysia squad and the Iranian squad continued the run and held Malaysia in just 3 points in the 1st Quarter. The Huge run continues at the 2nd Quarter and Iran has established a 58-13 lead.

But the nightmare for Malaysia did not stop, Iran still continued it's hot start in the 2nd half and Malaysia wasn't able to establish its ground and the Iranian Squad crushed them in a Commanding 115 - 25 score. 

Leading scorers for Iran are: Hadadi with 21, Kardoust: 18, Bahrami and Veisi with 17 each. 

Leading scorers for Malaysia are: Gan with 11, Tong and Wong 3 each

(Source: Basketball TV's twitter: @BTVHoops)

The Big 3 is back

June 13, 2013 (June 14 in the Philippines) Is the 4th game of the NBA finals and the San Antonio spurs is leaning on a 2-1 lead in the series. 

In Game 3 The spurs outscored Miami in the 2nd half where they rain 3's in the AT&T arena. During that game 3 the Big 3 (Wade, James and Bosh) is nowhere to be sighted. While the small 2 (Danny Green, Gary Neal) of the Spurs stole the limelight. But before game 4 Lebron james vowed that he will bounceback on Game 4.

Which actually happened. The Big 3 of the Miami Heat also with Ray Allen Carried them from the Spurs. The 1st half was all on Lebron, He played exactly what the people expected and wanted from him And the heat established a 10 point lead. But also in that 1st Half There is also one man who don't want to go down without a fight and that is Tony Parker. Tony Parker Scored 15 points in the half enough to tie the game.

But in the 2nd half it's a different story, The 2nd half is  having a up-and-down scenario because sometimes the lead is favoring back to Miami and also Spurs are snatching away the lead.

Lebron can't do it all in the 2nd half because he already contributed a lot in the 1st half. So People are now expecting help from the "Big 2". Luckily they followed that expectation and played sharp basketball. D-wade was unstoppable in the paint during the 2nd half and Bosh is Playing Great D in the inside paint, while Ray Allen and Mario Chalmers is Helping Miami beyond the arc by hitting those crucial 3's. 

But the Heat won't win like that easily if it weren't for turnovers. Turnovers has been the problem of the Spurs entire game and they've committed a lot of Turnover to help the Heat establish those leads and get the runs that they want. 

Luckily for Coach Spo, His Big three Steps up in the time where they needed the win while sadly for Coach Popovich his Big 3 were nowhere to be found in the entire game.

Maybe Coach Popovich and Coach Spoelstra are now thinking of what adjustments they need  to do in Game 5. 

I am a True Blooded Ginebra

I was a kid back then when my 'Kuya' is watching PBA, of course during that time I have no like on basketball especially on PBA because there was this mentality that I have (During my kid days) that PBA is just a CopyCat to the NBA. But everytime I caught my Kuya watching PBA it's always the game of Ginebra. 

Back then I never thought that Ginebra is the most popular ball club in the Philippines and I really get irritated to my brother because he is always switching the channel to TV5 (They are the Broadcaster of the PBA games back then) During I am watching cartoons or anime during the afternoon. I have no choice back then but to of course just follow him because he's older than me. So I had no choice, I have to watch with my Kuya the game. That was the first time I watched PBA and it was the year 2005 and it is the Fiesta Conference where Ginebra wins the Championship. 

After that game, I always watch with my kuya the game of Ginebra. Back then the only player I knew is Mark Caguioa because my Kuya is always Cheering for him, So every time he cheers with Mark Caguioa I also cheer with him "Go Kagwya" that's how I Pronounce his name back then. And so after that my love for Ginebra Grew I started to watch their games alone even without the reminder of my kuya that it is their game on that day or this day, I'm just figuring it out when is the game of Ginebra.

Now that I'm a Teenager My love for the team even grew, My support for them is grew unwavery. Some people think of me as a weirdo because of how I'm affected to the team. I don't know I just feel different for this team whenever they win I feel so happy it's like I'm the most happiest man in the world and when they lose I feel like I lost something BIG. 

There was this one time, last year during the 2012 Commissioner's Cup when Mark Caguioa was seriously Injured his eye during their game on B-meg (Now San Mig Coffee) I was Shocked, I don't know what I felt, My heart just started to beat fast and there are even tears in my eyes especially when I saw Mark Caguioa is on blood. I'm shocked, I even asked myself "Why am I so affected on what Happened to Mark Caguioa? Why did I even get emotional?" 
I don't know what happened to me back then, I just burst down. My brother also caught me he even told me "Grabe bakit ka sobrang affected diyan si Mark Caguioa lang yan!" I replied back "Ewan ko! biglaan nalang ako naging emotional nung nakita ko si Mark Caguioa nang naka higa sa floor!" And by that time I knew it, it wasn't just bad fall there was a cut above his eyebrows! then that gave me more worry, there are so many things running inside my head. "Will this be the end of Mark Caguioa for his Basketball Career?" that is the thought that kept me worrying because seeing your childhood Idol going down on the floor with blood is very heartbreaking. It's like seeing a superhero fell down with no fight in front of you..

I know it's very weird for being emotionally intact with a basketball team, but this is what I am or maybe all of us Ginebra fan we are very passionate about the team. Maybe it's also the type of game they are bringing onto us fans. There is something different when Ginebra is playing, the excitement is different even they win or lose they never failed to bring us a heart-throbbing game. 

Maybe from the start Ginebra blood is really flowing inside of me. I never regretted anything that I say, post, tweet about this team. This team will be in my heart forever even though I grow old, my love for this team will never fade even though Mark Caguioa will be traded to other team (I think not) and whatever you say about me I will still be proud and will still bleed Red And White! 

MMDA (PBA)

MMDA is a government organization which take cares of the traffic,roads and some others things here in Metro Manila. But the PBA also have a MMDA but it's different, they don't rule the roads neither takes care of the traffic but this MMDA of the PBA but many say that they will rule the court in the future. MMDA is the new Backcourt Tandem of Global Port Composed of Miller, Mercado, David and Aguilar which makes it MMDA. 

This Backcourt Tandem was just organized this PBA 2013 Commissioner's Cup because of the blockbuster trade which led Sol Mercado (Meralco) and Japeth Aguilar (TnT) to Global port while Rey Guevarra and Josh Vanlandingham was sent to Meralco while Rabeh Al-Hussaini was sent to Talk N' Text.

Before the start of the Commissioner's Cup, Many people Speculates that Global port will be a contender this conference not unlike the past conference (All-Filipino) where they ended with a 1-10 standing. 

How can't they be a contender? They got the tools they need for this Conference: A Top scorer, A athletic forward with a great shotblocking technique, A great court general,  A veterans presence. (not to mention his 2 time MVP award) and a new coach (Coach Junel Baculi) Now tell me how can't they compete against the top teams right now in the PBA. And now they are being reinforced by a Import who is great in Hustle plays, Great in shotblocking but only Average in scoring.

Now with a 2-2 record this is the first time where Global Port reach a 2 win mark. Yes it shows a good sign because even in a 2-2 record they remain at the 5th standing atop with the top teams like Rain or shine, San Mig Coffee and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. With those 4 games the MMDA combination showed a great basketball game even in their losses.

I know it's early to say that Global port will be a playoff contender but who knows? With this Caliber they have I can say that they have a high chance to enter the playoffs but who knows? the ball is round and anything can happen within this season.

Want to watch MMDA in action? catch them on PBA on AKTV! 

San' ka? Kampihan na!

Watch PBA games on AKTV during Wednesday,Friday,Saturdays and Sundays.

Sol Train to the Port

There have been a lot of trade during the hiatus of the PBA for it's Commissioners cup, but the most interesting trade is Where Meralco gave up one of their best player to Global Port. That player is Sol "the Sol train" Mercado.

Off from a great start in the last Philippine Cup, Sol is confident that he wouldn't be traded of by his team because of his great performance and contributions in the Meralco Team. But what shocked him the most is that He was putted in the Trading Block alongside with his teammates Kelly Nabong, JP Belencion and Yousif Aljamal. They will be traded exchange for Rey Guevarra, Vic Manuel and Josh Vanlandingham of the Global Port.

Sol was "devastated" when he heard the news that the deal was signed He even posted many things on twitter about how disappoint is he about the trade. But as a professional basketball player, he just accepted it and said that it is part of his career life and it's part of being a pro Baller. 

Meralco said that it was part of it's rebuilding program for the future. They traded Sol so that they could get fresher players and have the 1st draft pick in the year 2015.

This Question will remain in our heads: Does Meralco did a Great move for trading Sol Mercado to Global Port or is it gonna be a dark "era" for the Bolts?

But Let's see what will happen to Sol train, The Meralco bolts and the Global port by tuning in to PBA on AKTV. Commissioners Cup will start at Feb 8 

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