UP vs NU 2010-08-07 14:00 2010-08-07 16:00 Filoil Arena
UST vs FEU 2010-08-07 16:00 2010-08-07 18:00 Filoil Arena

2nd Round- September 19 @ 1215AM and 3AM
Semifinals- September 20 @ 1230AM and 3AM3rd Place- September 21 @ 1230AM

Finals- September 21 @ 315AM

BTV

2nd Round- September 19 @ 1215AM and 3AM
Semifinals- September 20 @ 1230AM and 3AM
3rd Place- September 21 @ 1230AM
Finals- September 21 @ 315AM

BTV

2nd Round- September 19 @ 1215AM and 3AM
Semifinals- September 20 @ 1230AM and 3AM
3rd Place- September 21 @ 1230AM
Finals- September 21 @ 315AM

BTV

Air21 94 - David 20, Arboleda 17, Santos 13, Cruz 11,
Allado 8, Baguio 6, Intal 5, Quinahan 4, Kramer 4, Canaleta 4,
Billones 2, Sta. Maria 0.

Purefoods 82 - J. Yap 26, Villanueva 17, Raymundo 14,
Lanete 9, Alvarez 6, Simon 5, Aban 3, Belga 2, Robinson 0, R. Yap 0.

Quarterscores: 19-14, 48-37, 72-58, 94-82.

San Miguel 99 - Hontiveros 24, Seigle 16, Tugade 15,
Pena 14, Custodio 9, Washington 9, Pennisi 6, Racela 5, Villanueva 1,
Baguion 0.

Coke 89 - Taulava 20, Buenafe 15, Telan 12, Calimag
11, Cabagnot 9, Macapagal 8, Sanots 8, Catli 3, Arigo 3, Dimaunahan 0,
Misolas 0.

Quarterscores: 32-22, 52-38, 75-62, 99-89.

I caught the Lakers vs. Boston game this morning, and if you wonder why you didn't know about that and still be reading this blog, shame on you. Here's the RSS feed for the 'Next 20 Basketball Events' category, the feed for the site as a whole (which includes everything, including our much sought afterPBA notes), and instructions for Google Reader to get you going. It's 2009. Wisen up already.

So anyway, this post is about insight into the just concluded game, Pao Gasol, and my argument that Pao Gasol is not 'soft', in that order. So here goes:

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the latest TV Commercials from the NBA plus my big mouth, which insists on rating them. How can you beat that?

We start off with Pau Gasol:

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Ginebra 63 - Menk 15, Tubid 11, Cabatu 10,
Helterbrand 10, Valenzuela 7, Mamaril 4, Escalona 2, Wilson 2, Crisano
2, Pacana 0, Artadi 0, Salvacion 0.

Rain or Shine 58 - Reyes 12, Norwood 10, Salangsang
8, Arana 7, Mercado 6, Wainwright 5, Tang 4, Ibanes 3, Andaya 2, Dulay
1, Isip 0, Ejercito 0.

Quarterscores: 20-14, 37-21, 51-38, 63-58.

Talk N' Text 109 - Alapag 23, R. De Ocampo 18, Carey 17, Cardona 16, Y.
De Ocampo 14, Castro 12, Aljamal 4, Ritualo 3, Peek 2, Escobal 0, Lao 0.

Air21 108 - David 23, Allado 18, Arboleda 14, Billones 12, Kramer 9,
Santos 9, Canaleta 8, Quinahan 7, Intal 4, Cruz 2, Sta. Maria 2.

Quarterscores: 31-33, 60-57, 77-90, 109-108.

To showcase Kobe's new kicks, which I sincerely think are killin', here's a vid:

To be honest I'm not entirely sold on 'lighter is better'. However, I've always believed that high - cut sneaks didn't necessarily protect you from ankle injuries like we assume it would. The fact is, if you lace your high - cut sneaks tight all the way up your ankles, you will lose mobility. It's like taping your whole foot + ankles. Try bending with that. Try even running at full speed with that. So what do you do? You lace them up, but not completely tight. Leave a little airspace so that you can retain mobility, right? But if you do that, what good then are high - cuts?

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Dec. 18, 2008. On TNT, Chris Webber throws shoes at Charles Barkley emulating the infamous shoe incident at Iraq between US Pres. Bush and an irate journalist.

Does it come out on BallEx? But of course! (just pretend I'm not 5 days late).

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Alaska 86 - De Vance 18, Cariaso 11, Hugnatan 10,
Borboran 8, Thoss 8, Dela Cruz 6, Tenorio 4, Sotto 4, Miller 3, Dela
Pena 2, Fonacier 2, Ferriols 0,

Purefoods 84 - Raymundo 23, Yap J. 18, Villanueva 12,
Lanete 11, Alvarez 4, Robinson 4, Bugia 2, Belga 0, Aban 0, Simon 0,
R. Yap 0.

Quarterscores: 24-16, 41-27, 58-56, 86-84.

Sta. Lucia 102 - Yeo 25, Espino 23, Williams 15,
Coronel 10, Gonzales 9, Mendoza 9, Miranda 6, Omolon 3, Aquino 2,
Gregorio 0.

Red Bull 98 - Chan 23, Baguio 17, Hubalde 12, Sharma
9, Hrabak 9, Duncil 8, Membrere 5, Najorda 5, Espinas 4, Rodriguez 3,
Ybanez 3.

Quarterscores: 29-34, 44-63, 75-86, 102-98.

Ginebra - Helterbrand 35, Tubid 18, Cabatu 8, Valenzuela 7,
Salvacion 5, Wilson 4, Mamaril 4, Menk 4, Artadi 2, Pacana 0, Escalona
0

San Miguel Racela 18, Pena 18, Washington, Hontiveros 12,
Pennisi 9, Washington 7, Pingris 6, Tugade 5, Seigle 4, Villanueva 3,
Baguion 0, Gonzales 0

BOXSCORES: 22-13 41-38 66-54 87-82