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

2pm SCSB vs. AUF
4pm AU vs. EAC
FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan

2pm SCSB vs. AUF
4pm AU vs. EAC
FilOil Flying V Arena, San Juan

2pm SBC vs. MIT
4pm JRU vs. CSJL
6pm UPHSD vs. SSC-R
Araneta Colisem

1pm Opening Ceremonies
2pm SBC vs. MIT
4pm JRU vs. CSJL
6pm UPHSD vs. SSC-R
Araneta Colisem

1pm Opening Ceremonies
2pm SBC vs. MIT
4pm JRU vs. CSJL
6pm UPHSD vs. SSC-R
Araneta Colisem

San Miguel 118 - Freeman 26, Villanueva 23, Pingris
17, Washington 15, Ildefonso 14, Cortez 7, Racela 6, Hontiveros 6,
Calaguio 2, Pennisi 2, Custodio 0, Gonzales 0, Pena 0.

Burger King 103 - Rodriguez 15, Daniels 14, David 14,
Aban 12, Arboleda 12, Yee 11, Sharma 8, Billones 8, Santos 7, Quinahan
2.

Quarterscores: 29-26, 55-54, 94-76, 118-103

Ginebra 108 - Noel 23, Tubid 23, Artadi 17,
Helterbrand 17, Reavis 8, Salvacion 6, Mamaril 5, Baguio 5, Lanete 3,
Intal 1, Wilson 0.

Rain or Shine 100 - Tang 24, Norwood 22, Arana 15,
Ibanes 11, Reyes 11, Lewis 6, Isip 6, Laure 5, Dulay 0, Wainwright 0.

Quarterscores: 31-21, 60-53, 81-76, 108-100

Ginebra 96 - Noel 28, Helterbrand 18, Tubid 13,
Baguio 8, Artadi 7, Reavis 7, Intal 3, Wilson 3, Salvacion 2, Se 2,
Mamaril 0.

Rain or Shine 85 - Lewis 15, Tang 13, Arana 12, Isip
11, Reyes 11, Norwood 8, Wainwright 7, Ibanes 3, Salangsang 3, Laure
2, Dulay 0, Andaya 0.

Quarterscores: 23-13, 49-34, 74-59, 96-85

Burger King 103 - Arboleda 23, David 17, Daniels 12,
Billones 11, Rodriguez 10, Belga 9, Aban 8, Santos 8, Cruz 5, Sharma
0.

San Miguel 90 - Freeman 29, Cortez 13, Pingris 11,
Pennisi 11, Racela 6, Ildefonso 6, Hontiveros 5, Villanueva 5, Pena 4,
Custodio 0, Washington 0, Gonzales 0.

Quarterscores: 29-31, 52-52, 78-75, 103-90.

SMB leads series 3-2

San Miguel 120 - Honttiveros 26, Ildefonso 20 Cortez
15, Freeman 12, Washington 11, Pena 10, Villanueva 9, Pingris 7,
Racela 5, Gonzales 3, Custodio 2, Pnnisi 0.

Burger King 119 - Santos 29, Rodriguez 20, Daniels
18, Arboleda 16, David 13, Yee 9, Aban 8, Belga 6, Cruz 0, Sharma 0,
Billones 0.

Quarterscores: 21-37, 47-51, 75-70, 98-98, 109-109, 120-119.

Ginebra 86 - Helterbrand 21, Tubid 14, Noel 10,
Salvacion 8, Intal 7, Reavis 7, Mamaril 6, Baguio 5, Lanete 3, Artadi
3, Wilson 2, Kramer 0, Pacana 0.

Rain or Shine 70 - Lewis 23, Tang 9, Isip 8, Arana 7,
Wainwright 7, Reyes 5, Salangsang 5, Norwood 3, Laure 3, Dulay 0,
Andaya 0, Ejercito 0.

Quarterscores: 23-22, 43-33, 72-53, 86-70

Series tied at 2-2

Rain or Shine 94 - Norwood 17, Lewis 16, Laure 16,
Tang 15, Wainwright 9, Arana 8, Reyes 6, Isip 4, Dulay 3, Ejercito 0.

Ginebra 88 - Helterbrand 17, Baguio 16, Noel 16,
Salvacion 13, Intal 12, Wilson 6, Tubid 4, Artadi 2, Mamaril 2, Lanete
0, Kramer 0, Reavis 0.

Quarterscores: 21-18, 49-38, 76-66, 94-88

San Miguel 100 - Freeman 35, Villanueva 15, Racela
12, Washington 8, Pennisi 7, custodio 6, Hontiveros 6, Gonzales 4,
Ildefonso 4, Calaguio 2, Pena 1, Cortez 0.

Burger King 88 - Santos 22, Quinahan 11, Billones 10,
Aban 8, Daniels 8, Yee 7, Belga 7, Arboleda 7, Cruz 4, Sharma 4, David
0.

Quarterscores: 30-21, 55-35, 74-63, 100-88.

Burger King 116 - Daniels 29, Santos 22, Quinahan 17,
David 12, Aban 9, Yee 8, Belga 6, Arboleda 6, Billones 3, Rodriguez 2,
Sharma 2, Villanueva 0, Cruz 0.

San Miguel 113 - Freeman 34, Hontioveros 15, Cortez
10, Racela 9, Washington 8, Custodio 7, Ildefonso 7, Villanueva 6,
Pennisi 6, Pena 5, Gonzales 4, Pingris 2.

Quarterscores: 36-26, 64-56, 94-86, 115-113

Ginebra 103 - Helterbrand 34, Noel 24, Tubid 16,
Mamaril 11, Baguio 7, Salvacion 6, Lanete 5, Kramer 0, Artadi 0,
Wilson 0, Reavis 0.

Rain or Shine 98 - Lewis 21, Tang 19, Ibanes 14,
Reyes 14, Norwood 13, Dulay 13, Salangsang 2, Wainwright 2, Isip 0,
Laure 0, Ejercito 0.

Quartersores: 24-24, 54-45, 83-76, 103-98.

Rain or Shine 101 - Wainwright 20, Norwood 16, Lewis
14, Reyes 13, Dulay 12, Tang 8, Arana 6, Ibanes 6, Isip 4, Ejercito 2,
Mercado 0, Salangsang 0.

Ginebra 95 - Tubid 21, Noel 16, Heltebrand 15,
Mamaril 13, Baguio 9, Lanete 8, Intal 8, Reavis 5, Kramer 0, Artadi 0,
Salvacion 0.

Quarterscores: 21-23, 41-49, 72-75, 101-95.

San Miguel 102 - Freeman 22, Washington 17,
Hontiveros 14, Ildefonso 10, Pennisi 7, Pena 7, Pingris 6, Racela 6,
Custodio 5, Villanueva 4, Bono 2, Cortez 2, Gonzales 0.

Burger King 87 - Quinahan 17, Yee 16, Daniels 12,
Rodriguez 11, David 7, Arboleda 7, Santos 5, Cruz 4, Aban 4, Sharma 4,
Billones 0.

Quarterscores: 24-22, 45-37, 79-59, 102-87.

*****
SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY/ JUNE 19/ CUNETA ASTRODOME

5:00PM GINEBRA VS. RAIN OR SHINE
7:30PM SAN MIGUEL VS. BURGER KING

Talk about mad advertising production skillz, it hasn't been a week and the Nike puppets are out with a Championship ad already. And it's absolutely hilarious too:

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While the rest of you losers were watching on your pitiful TVs, I had the chance to 'experience' the NBA Finals Game 5 on an HDTV, in HD (as opposed to an HDTV but still receiving a 'standard' signal).

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Rain or Shine 93 - Lewis 19, Wainwright 18, Norwood
14, Tang 14, Reyes 13, Ibanes 10, Dulay 3, Arana 1, Laure 1, Isip 0.

Purefoods 89 - Simon 29, Yap J. 13, Raymundo 13,
Canaleta 11, Yap R. 9, Cruz 5, Alvarez 3, Chandler 2, Robinson 2,
adducul 2, Villanueva 0, Allado 0.

Quarterscores: 25-19, 40-44, 66-66, 93-89.

Burger King 120 - David 19, Santos 15, Villanueva 12,
Aban 12, Sharma 12, Belga 9, Billones 9, Rodriguez 8, Cruz 7, Yee 5,
Quinahan 4, Daniels 4, Arboleda 4.

Sta. Lucia 72 - Johnson 30, Yeo 17, Espino 8, Coronel
5, Miranda 5, Omolon 5, Aquino 2, Jaime 0, Mamaclay 0, Daa 0, Gonzales
0, Mendoza 0.

Quarterscores: 33-17, 56-37, 80-53, 120-72.

Fish's 1st 3 pointer (or was it his 2nd? I forget.)

To me, it's very simple. If you shoot only 22-37 FTs (59.5%), inspite of being able to shoot 76% FTs in the regular season, then you deserve to lose. Especially if a. those FTs are important down the stretch (such as Howard's 2 of 2 misses with 11.1 seconds to go in the 4th with the score 84-87, that could've brought them within a point), and b. players who regularly do better, such as Hedo Turkoglu who shoots 84% FTs in the regular season, suddenly shooting only 8 of 13 (61%) today.

I mean, think about it. Everything else LA did or Orl couldn't do could've been neutralized if Orl could only sink their charities.

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At least, imo, that's what should happen. With .05 seconds left in the game, LAL was scrambling for threes, the score being 106-102 Orl ahead. At that point, some overeager Orlando stadium employee decided to pour confetti from the ceiling, inspite of the fact that Bryant managed to score off an offensive rebound and foul Rashard Lewis on the ensuing inbounds play, leaving .02 seconds off the clock. Granted, that isn't much, but it still does not mean the game is over.

As a result they actually 'froze' their own player on the freethrow line, introducing unnecessary jitters as they took a while cleaning the court of confetti and other debris as Lewis prepared to take his shots. Thankfully they went in, making this rant moot, but valid regardless.

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I arrived at the game and the end of the 3rd quarter and the game in full heat. SBC was turning it over far too often and by 1:56 left in the 4th, was ahead by only two points against DLSZ, 77-75.

DLSZ's #12 eventually tied the game followed by DLSZ's # 11 causing an impressive block that unfortunately was too strong for his own good as he went out of the game after that clutching his shoulder.

An action - packed series of events transpired quickly afterwards. SBC's #10 sank 1 of 2 freethrows followed by DLSZ's #21 sinking a scintillating jumper on top of the key to forge ahead 78-80.

SBC tied it back up at 80 all with 1:02 left then SBC's #21 is fouled on the inbound with 44.4 seconds left, and is promptly fouled. He sinks 1 of 2 freethrows, the score now 80-81.

With 12 seconds left SBC calls a timeout, and in two consecutive driving layups fail to score.

And here's where it gets really exciting, as if it weren't already.

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I'm referring to this:

That's Lakers Center Pao Gasol, one of the world's best at his position in any team in any league and imho, deserving of the honor accorded those who filled that same position on the team in the past, celebrating after a perfect give and go play.

The Lakers now go on 2-0 vs. the (surprisingly) struggling Orlando Magic in this year's Finals Series, 101-96 (OT).

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Yes I know the NBA's going on right now but this is just as important (well, at least to those who take this sort of thing seriously). Anyway, just watch.

update 20090608: didn't realize the previous video autoplayed and there weren't any volume or playback / pause options. Sorry bout that, just click on the link above to watch it instead. Boo 2ksports.com.

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Burger King 94 - Billones 19, Yee 17, Santos 13,
Daniels 12, Aban 9, Quinahan 8, Belga 5, David 5, Rodriguez 4,
Arboleda 2, Cruz 0, Sharma 0.

Sta. Lucia 81 - Johnson 21, Reyes 14, Yeo 12, Miranda
9, Espino 8, Omolon 6, Aquino 6, Mendoza 3, Coronel 2, Daa 0, Gonzales
0.

Quarterscores: 20-17, 46-34, 68-64, 94-81.

*****

JUNE 14/ SUNDAY/ ARANETA

4:00PM STA. LUCIA VS BURGER KING
6:30PM RAIN OR SHINE VS PUREFOODS