contributed by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
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Tagay mga kabarangay! Ilang minuto nalang, Championship na!
Sino interisado manood? I'll be watching this sunday, drop me a line, nood tayo ng live.
My preview of the finals here
Tama na muna mga smurf-smurf.. Ginebra muna!
GI-NE-BRA! GI-NE-BRA! GI-NE-BRA!
posted by hilarion, 3 months ago
*echoes chris*
GI-NE-BRA! GI-NE-BRA! GI-NE-BRA!
posted by Edan, 3 months ago
GI-NE-BRA! GI-NE-BRA! GIVE-ME-BRA!
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
50-39 Ginebra. Halftime na. Wuhooo!
Late na ko sa gimick. Hehehe
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
Edan: Bakit kailangan mo ng bra? Man-boobs? Hahaha
*Peace pare
posted by kingcardinal, 3 months ago
mga kabarangay sino nanalo? di ko mapasok yung pba website!
posted by jmg_up, 3 months ago
Kailangan pa ba i-memorize yan?
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
KingCardinal: Ginebra syempre
http://www.pba.ph/content/view/2237/1/
CHRIS Alexander may have had some early jitters in his first PBA Finals. But those proved to be short-lived.
And the rest of Barangay Ginebra, especially Mark Caguioa, certainly did not have such attack of the nerves as the Kings tripped the Air21 Express, 105-96, Wednesday at the start of the 2008 Smart PBA Fiesta Conference championship series at the jampacked Araneta Coliseum.
Caguioa finished with 22 points, offsetting Alexander's woeful 2-of-8 free throw shooting and leading the predominant favorites of the approximately 17,000 crowd to the blazing start in the best-of-seven series.
It's not that Alexander, normally a 54 percent free throw shooter, let himself be affected by his stints from the stripe. He still wound up with 18 points, a game-high 25 rebounds and five blocked shots.
Five of his seven fourth quarter points came off his three offensive rebounds, each one proving crucial in helping the Kings stymie the Express' comeback bid from as much as a 44-64 third quarter deficit.
“That's what we've been saying about Air21 as a team,” said Ginebra coach Jong Uichico. “We're up by 18 or 16 points and then all of sudden they'll score five straight points. They're really a very streaky team.”
Air21 whittled the deficit to as low as 90-96 on a hook by Steven Thomas, still 2:07 to go.
Then Alexander canned a charity off his offensive rebound and then tipped in a Jayjay Helterbrand miss to make it a nine-point game, only 1:20 to go.
The initial anxious moments over, Uichico finds additional comfort in the win.
“It's very important. It gives the burden on the other team to make the adjustments,” he said. “At least 1-0 ka na. We can also still make adjustments and malaking bagay iyon, when you're up.”
Air21 coach Bo Perasol admitted there are indeed some tweakings needed.
“I think those aspects of the game we knew they were going to beat us with became exactly those,” said Perasol, referring to fastbreak and second chance points, which Ginebra translated into concrete figures of 22-12 and 24-8, respectively.
Perasol also admitted his Express, first-timer in a PBA Finals, failed to overcome their own nerves.
“Nagkaroon ng feeling na eto pala 'yung Finals, kaya parang just going through the motions,” he said. “We had a good start but we failed to sustain it. I think we will be better the next game.”
The fact Alexander outplayed Air21 counterpart Steven Thomas, who had 21 points and 16 rebounds, also gnawed at Perasol. “He has to do a better job,” he stated.
Ranidel de Ocampo's 22 points, to go with seven rebounds, led the Express, who also drew 19 points and 14 rebounds from Arwind Santos but only 14 points from Gary David.
David and Santos chiefly alternated at Caguioa, but with little success.
Air21's defensive rotation was generally thrown into shambles when the likes of Junthy Valenzuela, Helterbrand and Eric Menk each had 12 points, leaving Perasol's charges at a loss on who to concentrate chiefly on.
Menk highlighted his best game in the conference by canning two charities in the first minute of the third period to earn his niche as the 59th member of the league's 5,000-point club and his jumper from the left corner gave Ginebra its biggest lead at 64-44, 6:56 in the period.
Despite its lapses, Air21 still proved to be like a bad dream that won't go away for Uichico.
With De Ocampo leading the way, the Express brought the deficit down to 82-89 before Thomas joined in and helped make it a six-point game.
Ginebra guard Paul Artadi was instrumental in Ginebra's charge from a 15-19 deficit and into a 25-19 lead, but pulled his left hamstring during a fastbreak play in the last five seconds of the first period.
He did not return but Uichico, who already lost Ronald Tubid to a dislocated left ankle in the quarterfinals, prays he will be fit enough for Game 2 Friday at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.
“Hopefully, he's healthy enough for the next game. Nakagawa na kami ng paraan ng wala si Ronald, then here comes Paul. Baka we have to find another way na naman,” said the soft-spoken Ginebra chief tactician.
The expected ruggedness in the series first surfaced when Air21's Homer Se gave Rafi Reavis a hard foul at the 10:57 mark of the fourth, exacerbating the Express' plight as the adjudged flagrant foul penalty one only led to two free throws that made it a 83-67 Ginebra lead. (NCo)
The scores:
Ginebra 105 – Caguioa 22, Alexander 18, Valenzuela 12, Helterbrand 12, Menk 12, Reavis 8, Artadi 7, Pacana 6, Mamaril 4, Salvacion 4.
Air21 96 – de Ocampo 22, Thomas 21, Santos 10, David 14, Arboleda 9, Se 6, Billones 4, Canaleta 1, Kramer 0, Cruz 0, Sotto 0.
Quarters: 25-19, 50-39, 79-62, 105-96.
posted by Jots18, 3 months ago
^ adiktus. WALANG TULUGAN!
posted by lexicon, 3 months ago
GINEBRA! GINEBRA! GINEBRA!
posted by ztrain, 3 months ago
GINEBRA! GINEBRA! GINEBRA!
posted by lakerfan, 3 months ago
next season, lakers naman magchachampion. sarap naman magbasketbol.
posted by lakerfan, 3 months ago
the fast and the furious, saan ka pa? hehehe. ang lakas ng ginebra.
sobra!!! inuman na lang.
posted by jepong, 3 months ago
^^ matagal na disbanded MBA at Laguna Lakers ah!? heheheheh
GI-NE-BRA! GI-NE-BRA! GI-NE-BRA!
posted by battousai, 3 months ago
GI-NE-BRA! GI-NE-BRA! GI-NE-BRA!
hik! hik! hik! hik! hik!
posted by Stingray, 3 months ago
kano ba pba ticket?
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
^ 185 UPPER A. 55 UPPER B. 400 yata ang lower box. Di ko alam ang mas mababa pa
posted by Harley_Quinn, 3 months ago
Lols I remember as a child, my brothers and uncles were rowdy every time Ginebra Team was on the television. That was 15 years ago, I remember two brothers and some Indian guy.
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
^ And the trend continues up to now. Just last night, every house on our alley were screaming every time Ginebra makes a basket.
posted by lakerfan, 3 months ago
@stingray: as far as i know, you can't buy the lowerbox and courtside tickets during the finals. just my experience. last time i watched a live pba game was the all-filipino championship between ginebra and san miguel. hehehehe. a couple of years ago, i think.
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
BPC si Jayjay Helterbrand. Best Import si Chris Alexander. Wuhooo.
Second quarter, Air 21 29 Ginebra 25
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
Halftime 58 Air21 45 Ginebra.
Tsk tsk, apat na si Caguioa.
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
TANGINA! PILAY SI HELTERBRAND!
posted by acer3ya1, 3 months ago
talo na amp!! malas ang 8-8-8 sa Ginebra
posted by boozelang, 3 months ago
blowout amp.. :(
buti pa si pacquiao chill lang sa pagdala ng flag sa beijing.. haha
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
Blowout mga chong. Tsk tsk. Bawi nalang sa Game 3/
posted by kingcardinal, 3 months ago
Sinong nakapagrecord ng game 1? anyone? Wag na game 2, bugbog sarado dun eh...
Anyway, medyo malas talaga si caguioa sa individual awards...
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
Olats na naman. Sana bwenas naman sa Game 4
posted by everyonenose, 3 months ago
si helterbrand talaga kulang.. si menk at sunday gumagawa na rin e.. haayy
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
2-2 na! Ang saya sa Araneta kanina.
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
The Araneta Chronicles: Games 3 and 4
by Christian Angelo Jacinto of Hoops PH
This is the part where I am that damn thankful to my parents that I was raised a Ginebra fan.
Following the sour back to back defeats in the hands of my second favorite PBA team, the Air 21 Express, I thought to myself.. the crowd's going to get rowdier and rowdier come Game 4. And they didn't disappoint.
I told my friends to come early because I didn't want to spend the game standing (like I did with my younger brother in Game 3) and knowing that we only have tickets for Upper Box B, a section that gets filled 10 mins after the Araneta gates open.. we really had to hurry. So there, we reached Araneta at about 6 pm, just in time for the annual awards and my God, I was surprised at the number of people who were already there. Well, atleast we got ourselves some seats to enjoy the game.
Midway through the awardings, I was bothered by a couple who arguing at my back. Since they're only about a foot away from my back I can hear what they're talking about and you'll be surprised if you heard it too. Apparently, the wife was angry to his husband for spending the money on the tickets where in they could've spent it on the pambaons of their children. He goes to tell him that he'll be selling some scrap metals as soon as they got home just to give money to their children.
That goes to show you how hardcore the fans of the Kings are. And you know what? Midway through the game, the wife was leading the chants of GI-NE-BRA. And I thought she didn't want to watch?
Anyway, warm up time and the crowd is getting rowdier by the minute. Air 21 goes out first and of course, they were showered by boos. Thank God Ginebra came out a minute after Air 21 went out so the boos were halted and were changed into cheers.
Jayjay went straight to the bench and the guy on my left began talking to me like we were good ol' buddies. You know, the casual basketball talk. Pare di yata maglalaro si Helterbrand, badtrip pre.. pero kaya yan. And I was like, syempre naman, kailangan lang magstep up si Artadi tsaka si Pacana para mapunuan yung absence ni Jayjay. And the talk went on up to the last buzzer.
Game time and Ginebra went off to a blazing start. Crowd were into it early, but was hashed when Gary David converted a three pointer. Then some guy about three rows behind me started shouting Pakyu Dabid! Which drew laughters from the Ginebra crowd.
The biggest applaud of the night was awarded to Ronald Tubid. The moment he got up from the Ginebra bench, everybody was murmuring si Tubid maglalaro yata, oo nga oo nga. And by the time he was checking in the officials table, everybody went crazy. Everybody went crazier when Ronald converted his first basket which extended the Ginebra lead to 12, I think.
Another guy that caught my eye is a guy in his mid 40s wearing an Eric Menk jersey and was acting like the cheerleader of the Ginebra crowd. I dont think he ever sat down. He was reacting to every call, every non-call, every freethrow and time outs. He was just there, dancing, shouting, clapping and jeering, getting lots of attention and laughters to the Ginebra crowd.
Here's an interesting story. Anyone know the Tug and Shoot contest which is being held in timeouts and mid quarters in the PBA? Well, if you've been to a live event before, I guess you know it. After the buzzer sounded and their game stopped, the yellow guy (who was still strapped to the blue guy) began to walk towards the dug out. The blue guy was unaware the yellow guy began walking out, resulting to the yellow guy pulling him out and him falling awkwardly into the Araneta floor, garnering some laughters on the Air 21 and Ginebra crowd. What's funny (or not) is that when the blue guy was walking, we noticed that he was limping. And we were like, pucha napilayan yata
In other news, the winner of the most booed Express player award today goes to Nino Canaleta. After burning Ginebra with a stellar clutch performance in Game 3, we all know Canaleta's going to receive heat from the Ginebra crowd. And that's what exactly happened. Right after Canaleta threw an airball, the crowd started booing him straight into the bench (since Coach Bo called him out) and he stayed there for good.
Anyway, it was a fun fun night. Everybody in Barangay Ginebra can sleep well tonight. Forget the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry or the Letran-San Beda matches.. this is where true basketball fans show up. People who only has 30 pesos on their pockets (Read: Me) but still went on to watch the game anyway. People who will live and die and live to die again only to support a team who was supported by their fathers. People who will neglect heavy rains and will befriend anyone on their side and wouldn't care about the personal status of that guy. This is PBA basketball ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Barangay Ginebra.
http://hoops.blink.ph/2008/08/13/the-araneta-chronicles-game-4/
:D
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
^ Game 4 lang pala yun
posted by lakerfan, 3 months ago
hehehe, forgot to watch the game pero they won. it's all that matters. and yes, i don't care about the UAAP/NCAA rivalries.
posted by darthjesus, 3 months ago
"He goes to tell him that he'll be selling some scrap metals as soon as they got home just to give money to their children."
apparently someone's gay and married to an irresponsible gin fan.
nyahahahahah
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
^ Nyahahaha. Got me. Alas quatro na ng umaga ko yan sinulat. Pagbigyan mo na yung pagkakamali. :D
posted by ztrain, 3 months ago
^^^^^ AMEN, Chris!
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
See you in Game 7 fuckers! :))
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
My post sa HooPh
http://hoops.blink.ph/2008/08/17/and-so-we-go-to-game-7/
This is it ladies and gentlemen. No more buts, no more ifs, no more tomorrow. Come Wednesday, both teams will lay it all on the line.
For Air 21 well.. they proved everyone wrong. They are not some 1 trick pony who got lucky all the way to the Championship. This team is a legit, for real, in your face contender who can beat any team any given day. For Ginebra, well, let's just say that this is where the never say die attitude comes in. Game 2 they got blown out, they lost Jayjay. Now Mark Caguioa is complaining an injury in his knee and we all know that Paul Artadi and Ronald Tubid isn't healthy BUT they still managed to hang on, and force a do or die game come Wednesday.
So let's put all of that aside now and let's talk about the major concerns for both teams come Game 7.
First point: The Flunked and the Dubious
It's no secret. Ginebra, regardless if Caguioa and Jayjay plays at Wednesday, will be playing without a healthy fast and the furious. And we all know what the tandem brings to the team. Well, it's only about 42 points and 8 assists a game. Not only that, it assures them offensive stability and it definitely boosts the crowd whenever they finish a fastbreak. So definitely, regardless of what happens at Wednesday.. we all know it will be a big disadvantage for Ginebra. So what do they need to do to fill the gap that their injured stars made?
Point 1.1: Get their next three guards going
Artadi and Pacana needs to step up badly. We all have seen what happens when Chris and Paul plays a great game together. Ronald Tubid's return should help Ginebra's cause, especially on energy and offense. All three guys needs to play like it's the last games of their careers to draw Ginebra closer to the trophy.
Point 1.2: Tighten up on the defensive end
No matter how hard those three guys try.. they can never match Helterbrand and Caguioa's offensive numbers. But, their defensive intensity makes up for their lack of offensive power.
Tubid, Pacana and Artadi has all done a magnificent job on defending Gary David, Arwind Santos and Wynne Arboleda (All biggger guys btw) and if somehow they limit the trio to atleast 10 points a piece then chalk one trophy up for BGK.
Point 2: Defending the paint
In the past three games, BGK's bread and butter has been the paint. Take for example, Air 21's main problem, Chris Alexander. This guy has been the main reason why the Kings are still alive in this series. In the past two games, Alexander averaged 29 PPG and 22.5 RPG. They need to find a way to stop Alexander or else, they're doomed.
Another problem in this series for the Express has been Eric Menk. Up to now, I've never seen anyone in the Air 21 roster (Except for Steve Thomas of course) who can guard Eric Menk. Eric has been productive as of late and that's not because he's eating some magic beans before the game or some ancient necromancer revived his old self but mainly because of the lack of defense the Express has shown in the past couple of games. He's just too strong for Ranidel and too experienced and skilled for Kramer and Se. He's a problem that also needs to be solved come game time.
Now, I have no coaching experience ever (Except for some stints in Barangay leagues. Lawlz) but if I were Coach Bo, I would gamble with a zone right now. I'd rather let guys like Artadi and Pacana take long jumpers than let Eric Menk and Chris Alexander eat up my boys in the paint. It's a pretty good risk for me.. what do you guys think?
Point 3: Inexperience factor, relevant?
We all have seen how the SL Realtors pulled an upset to Purefoods last conference. Sending all the experience talk down to the trash can. But, not every team possesses the same kind of mentality that the Realtors showed last conference. I'm not trying to bring any team down but with the way the Express played in the last 24 minutes, I might have a point.
Take for example, Arwind Santos taking up three contested three pointers from Eastwood Libis QC. Or Wynne Arboleda forcing up shots late in the game or Steven Thomas giving up shots in the time when he really needs to dominate or Coach Bo's face every time Ginebra makes a basket. Those are all signs of the game-clinch pressures and you might not notice it but take a look at how Ginebra easily fought back from a 16 point advantage. That's a clear sign that they're not ready for the pressure, the feeling that they're that damn close to a Championship. And hopefully for Air 21, everybody learned from the Game 6 breakdown experience.
Well, come game time this Wednesday, everything that happened in the past wouldn't matter. I know it's an old cliche but the game will definitely go to the team who wants it the most. See you at Game 7 guys!
posted by everyonenose, 3 months ago
the question would be who will bag the mvp award of this series.. statistically, it's been alexander and thomas who were big and consistent all throughout.. it would be nice to give them the award but it will be great if it will go to the locals..
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
^ If Ginebra wins it.. Eric Menk should be considered the series MVP. If Air 21, there's Arwind and Gary David.
posted by lakerfan, 3 months ago
yay, i thought i've missed all the fun.. hahaha. forgot all about Ginebra's bid for championship because of the olympics. gotta watch this tomorrow for sure. experience will bring out the best of Brgy Ginebra. I know, taga-barangay ako e. Hehehe!
posted by everyonenose, 3 months ago
great game.. nice yet sad finale for the ABC 5 and PBA saga..
Homer Se could just apply for that My MVP show and train his point-guard skills.. his moves were great but in a game 7 of the finals, what was he thinking??? sheeeesh..
posted by kingcardinal, 3 months ago
Congrats mga ka-barangay!
"at ang inuman ay hanggang umaga, feeling mayaman kahit walang pera... at nagkandasaid ang aming mga pitaka.. NANG MAGING CHAMPION ANG GINEBRA!"
posted by Chrisangelo, 3 months ago
GINEBRA! GINEBRA! GINEBRA!
posted by ztrain, 3 months ago
what more can I say... GINEBRA! GINEBRA! GINEBRA!
posted by lakerfan, 3 months ago
for a moment, i thought Air21 deserves to win last night but then again... if only the battle would be against any team except ginebra, i would have rooted for them.
tagay na!
posted by lexicon, 3 months ago
air21 totally choked in the last 4 mins of play
GINEBRA! GINEBRA! GINEBRA!
posted by jmg_up, 3 months ago
san miguel din iinumin nga mga yan...hindi iinom ng gin yang mga yan hehehehe
posted by darthjesus, 3 months ago
mabuhay ang baranggay!!!
/hotlinked goodness
posted by Chrisangelo, about 1 month ago
Ginebra won tonight! 1-0!
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