Day 4 Results - FIBA Asia Quarter-Final Round

Classification Games

Philippines 107 - Syria 100 O.T.
Top Guns: Alapag (32pts), Taulava (17rbs), Alapag (5ast)

China 93 - Hong Kong 69
Top Guns: Gu (22pts), Gu (6rbs), Yi (2ast)

Kuwait 72 - India 68
Top Gun: Mubarak (23pts), Mubarak (8rbs), Mubarak (2ast)

Indonesia 83 - UAE 81
Top Guns: Wuysang (22pts), Situmorang (8rbs), Julius Ahmad (3ast)

Quarter Final Round

Japan 85 - Kazakhstan 93
Top Guns: Ponomarev (24 pts), Yargaliyew (7 rbs), Nechayev (5 ast)

Lebanon 90 - Qatar 68
Top Gun: El Khatib (38 pts), El Khatib (9 rbs), El Khatib (5 ast)

Jordan 65 - Korea 70
Top Guns: S. Ha (21 pts), S. Ha (12 rbs), S. Kim (4 ast)

Iran 76 - Chinese Taipei 64
Top Guns: Nikkha (22pts), Ehadadi (16rbs), Nekkhah Bahrami (3ast)

Hoops Poll: Asia’s Top Dog

Philippines will not advance in the FIBA Asia Championships.

It’s sad that we are taking this down this early. To the care takers of Philippine Basketball program, we still believe that we can be the top dog in Asia. Continue (and improve) the program.

Who’s Asia’s Top Dog?

* Philippines (72%)
* China (12%)
* Lebanon (7%)
* Jordan (4%)
* Japan (2%)
* Iran (1%)
* Korea (1%)

Nice try.. let’s go all the way next time.

The dream came to an end, just today. But just like what those other guys say, every new beginning comes from somewhere in the beginning’s end.

Let’s use this as a painful learning experience.

I feel bad about the loss of our national team. I never really expected them to fall in the preliminary round, but then again, we just have to accept the fact that they fought, they played hard but they came up short.

After all, it’s their efforts and their hard work that counts anyway.

Right now, they should go home with their heads up. We played against three Championship caliber teams and yes, we gave them one hell of a scare, we gave them a run for their money. Besides, our two losses could’ve gone the other way around. For some reason our shots weren’t falling and the breaks aren’t just going our way, and that’s the way basketball goes. We’ve made lots of mistakes but we can start from there. Study, think and scout why it ended up that way, and hopefully we can pick up from where we left off and go all the way next time. Read more

The Dream Is Over, What Can I Say

Weekend was terribly bad and to start my week, the worst case scenario just came upon us just couple of hours ago. We’re axed. We got beat by the Jordanians. In the end, the shorter and tired Filipinos were not able to contain the likes of Rasheim Wright (a naturalized player) and Daghlas. Taller and stockier guys.

The pressing they did yesterday against China took its toll on the players. They looked tired and had no energy chasing balls. Jordan killed us in rebounding (doubled our offensive rebounds).

Let’s accept, tonight, the Philippines succumbed to a better team, Jordan.

I will no longer point my newly manicured fingers to players and who-not ‘coz this is not the time to do so. You don’t kick a man when he’s down. The bashing is reserved for some other time. Tonight, surely, these players, coaches, stakeholders are hurting more than me. Let’s give them a good night sleep. (Alright just a slight nudge, certain players and coaches had some lapses. As Seen On TV.)

But looking at the big picture, we still need to continue the progress. Small gains or not, the Philippine Basketball program should continue.

Some things worth considering… Read more

FIBA ASIA 2008 Olympic Qualifiers Day 3 Results

Lebanon 106 - United Arab Emirates 64
Top Gun: El Khatib (37 pts), El Khatib (14 rbs), El Khatib (3 ast)

India 72 - Indonesia 66
Top Guns: Uddin (17 pts), Mukkanniyil (7 rbs), Kadam (2 ast)

Chinese Taipei 98 - Hongkong 81
Top Guns: Li (18 pts), Fong (6 rbs), Li (3 ast)

Korea 89 - Syria 79
Top Guns - Kim (17 pts), Ha (12 rbs), Kim (5 ast)

Qatar 76 - Kazakhstan 69
Top Guns - Ali (25 pts), Daoud (7 rbs), Musa (4 ast)

Iran 77 - China 68
Top Guns - Nekkhah (18 pts), Ehadadi (8 rbs), Kamrany (3 ast)

Jordan 84 - Philippines 76
Top Guns - Wright (25 pts), Abbaas (9 rbs), Daghles (5 ast)

Japan 101 - Kuwait 48
Top Gun - Takeuchi (22pts), Takeuchi (10rbs), Takeuchi (6ast)

Sydman and Chrisangelo’s breakdown: Jordan vs Philippines

What will happen when two schools of thought combine? One is said to be SYDMAN (aka Drixlazar), The Idea Diarrhea because of his reeking, continuous, overflowing, brownish basketball ideas while the other is the Chrisangelo, the Walking Pornographic Bastard who like many of you, browses the net for everyday girl-on-doberman porn action!

From the depths of society, two bitchin’ talents merging with a promise to promote the truth to the wide scale audience! Forming the biggest idea that will forever shape the stellar internet-basketball-blog-writing-world into another orbit?

We don’t really hope to achieve anything… but educate you about the basketball world! And we’re going to do that by giving you guys an un-expert-like opinion to frequently asked questions by basketball fans.

Believe us. We’re serious

Ok let’s get this started. Read more

FIBA ASIA 2007 Team Standings - Preliminary Round

2007 FIBA ASIA 2007 Team Standings

GROUP A

1. Iran 3/0 *
2. Jordan 2/1 *
3. Philippines 1/2
4. China 0/3

GROUP B

1. Japan 3/0 *
2. Lebanon 2/1 *
3. United Arab Emirates 1/2
4. Kuwait 0/3

GROUP C

1. Qatar 3/0 *
2. Kazakhstan 2/1 *
3. India 1/2
4. Indonesia 0/3

GROUP D

1. Korea 3/0 *
2. Chinese Taipei 2/1 *
3. Hong Kong 1/2
4. Syria 0/3

- * Advances to the next round.

Admin - To be updated at the end of Preliminary Round today.

Pilipinas vs China: Post game thoughts

First up, congratulations, Our very first win in the Asian Games. Regardless of who we’re up against, Team A or Team B of China, a win will always be a win.

—-And we needed that—-

Heart, one thing that has been continuously questioned by the detractors of our team. And with the way they played on the second half, I doubt if those guys can still question their heart.

The win was a total team effort, from Asi Taulava to Jimmy Alapag, everyone played with intensity and they showed everyone a heart of a true filipino. Since we’re talking about true filipino citizenship, let’s talk about Kelly Williams, Jimmy Alapag and Asi Taulava.

Lemme quote some lines from them Fil Am haters

mas maganda talaga kung ang nats e mas mdming pure pinoy. yan kc mga fil-shams e wlang determination sa rp basketball. mga duwag, walang lakas ng loob.

but our current national team aint capable of winning in international events. c’mon, these FIL-SHAMS are only successful in the PBA because they are paid a lot of moolah there.

Whew, I do hope you do know what you’re talking about now. In case you haven’t watched the game, those alleged fil-shams won the game for us. They’ve worked like there’s no tomorrow and kept our hope to make the Olympics alive and kicking. Read more

FIBA Asia Championships 2007 - Day 2 Results

India 74 - Kazakhstan 97
Top Performers: Ponomarev (29 pts), Yevstigneyev (12 rbs), Issakov (4 ast)

Hong Kong 104 - Syria 100
Top Performers: Poon (38 pts), Fong (11 rbs), Poon (6 ast)

Kuwait 68 - United Arab Emirates 69
Top Performers: Haji (15 pts), Haji (6 rbs), Haji (2 ast)

Indonesia 45 - Qatar 86
Top Performers: Daoud (14 pts), Zaidan (5 rbs), Daoud (3 ast)

Chinese Taipei 70 - Korea 85
Top Performers: Ha (25 pts), Ha (7 rbs), Shin (5 ast)

Philippines 79 - China 74
Top Performers: Alapag (25 pts), Williams (9 rbs), Alapag (3 ast)

Iran 60 - Jordan 54
Top Performers: H. Ehadadi (18 pts), H. Ehadadi (11 rbs), O. Sahakian (3 ast)

Hoops Poll: Do You Believe?

Is our Team Pilipinas ready for the FIBA QUALIFIERS?

* Yes (78%) - 43 votes
* No (22%) - 12 votes

Total Votes: 55

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