Philippines humiliated UAE 73-54 yesterday to qualify for the quarterfinals of FIBA-Asia Under 18 Championship held in Tehran, Iran. The Philippines is under Group B where it will face hometown boys Iran, Korea, and Japan.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
PHILIPPINE SUFFERS FIRST DEFEAT IN FIBA-ASIA U-18
WHY IS TEAM PILIPINAS ALWAYS IN FOUL TROUBLE? ARE DONAGHY JUNIORS PREVALENT IN FIBA-ASIA?
I thought they are mentally tough than their seniors' counterpart. Turns out I was wrong. Hopefully, the boys' recover from this setback. Man, they are always in foul trouble. Some people are still scared of Team Pilipinas and want them out early huh! The same thing happened with the seniors team last year in FIBA-Asia Champions Cup.
Lebanon beat Philippines 87-84 in Group C preliminary round Friday of FIBA-Asia Under 18 Championship in Tehran, Iran.
Philippines, who had won after allowing Chinese Taipei to bounce back before winning in second Overtime on Wednesday seemed to have learnt their lessons.
The former six-time champions kept a small, but steady, lead throughout till the start of the fourth quarter.Ryan Garcia topped the scoring for Philippines with 28 points.
Fiba-Asia.net
I will not be surprised if some teams have players looking like 20-25 years old.
Lebanon beat Philippines 87-84 in Group C preliminary round Friday of FIBA-Asia Under 18 Championship in Tehran, Iran.
Philippines, who had won after allowing Chinese Taipei to bounce back before winning in second Overtime on Wednesday seemed to have learnt their lessons.
The former six-time champions kept a small, but steady, lead throughout till the start of the fourth quarter.Ryan Garcia topped the scoring for Philippines with 28 points.
Fiba-Asia.net
I will not be surprised if some teams have players looking like 20-25 years old.
Friday, August 29, 2008
PHILIPPINES BEATS CHINESE TAIPEI IN DOUBLE OT OF FIBA-ASIA U-18 CHAMPIONSHIP
OUT TO REGAIN INTERNATIONAL RESPECTABILITY
The Philippine junior national team defeats Chinese-Taipei 106-105 in Fiba-Asia Under-18 Championship currently on-going in Tehran, Iran. The details:
Last edition’s semifinalists Chinese Taipei and former champions Philippines waged a protracted battle before the latter emerged victorious 106-105, in the second Overtime in a Group C encounter here on Thursday.
Philippines went ahead 28-16 at the end of the first quarter, but that was the only time in the entire game did any team manage to hold a sizable lead.
Taipei fought back gallantly to outscore Philippines in all the three remaining quarters. The East Asian nation, who had finished fourth at Urumqi two year ago, went into the lead for the first time in the game (78-76) only with 3:15 left in the game.
The battle of nerves continued as both sides fumbled in the final moments to seal the issue in regulation.
After the first five minutes of extended time failed to break the dead-lock, Taipei raced ahead 104-98 riding on Lee Ming-Hui’s back-to-back baskets.
But Philippines fought back to regain the lead when Gabriel Banal converted both his free-throws.
For Full Story
Good job, boys! Thanks, Coach Franz! I hope we win the championship even with hometown favoritism prevalent in Asia.
Philippines went ahead 28-16 at the end of the first quarter, but that was the only time in the entire game did any team manage to hold a sizable lead.
Taipei fought back gallantly to outscore Philippines in all the three remaining quarters. The East Asian nation, who had finished fourth at Urumqi two year ago, went into the lead for the first time in the game (78-76) only with 3:15 left in the game.
The battle of nerves continued as both sides fumbled in the final moments to seal the issue in regulation.
After the first five minutes of extended time failed to break the dead-lock, Taipei raced ahead 104-98 riding on Lee Ming-Hui’s back-to-back baskets.
But Philippines fought back to regain the lead when Gabriel Banal converted both his free-throws.
For Full Story
Good job, boys! Thanks, Coach Franz! I hope we win the championship even with hometown favoritism prevalent in Asia.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
DREAM TEAM'S TOP TEN PLAYS
LET NO ONE FORGET HOW GREAT THAT TEAM WAS
Dream Team's Top Ten Plays
Just a reminder for those who forgot how tough the legendary Dream Team was.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
THE RICKY RUBIO HYPE - THE NEXT PISTOL PETE?
LA PISTOLA.
Good as advertised? We'll see. He played well at the Olympics. More basketball news and other sports-related at this site - holding on -please visit.
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