SATURDAY / NOVEMBER 7 / VICTORIAS CITY
5:00PM STA. LUCIA VS. SAN MIGUEL
SUNDAY / NOVEMBER 8 / ARANETA
4:00PM PUREFOODS VS. TALK N’ TEXT
6:30PM RAIN OR SHINE VS. GINEBRA
Tag: san miguel
Why It's Hard To Cover The PBA
I’d like to make clear that the fact I’ve not been writing about the PBA Finals, to the point that I even wrote about Wimbledon of all things, has not been lost on me. Let me enlighten you as to one of the reasons why via this screenshot:
Rain or Shine vs. San Miguel Beer @ Tacloban City
Game Saturday, May 2 ’09 (Tacloban Convention Center, Tacloban City)
5:00 p.m. Rain or Shine vs. San Miguel Beer
San Miguel vs. Alaska @ Ynares Center
May 8/ Friday
YNARES CENTER – ANTIPOLO
4:50 Sta. Lucia vs. Ginebra
7:30 San Miguel vs. Alaska
Alaska Aces vs. San Miguel Beermen @ Ynares
5:00 p.m. Alaska Aces vs. San Miguel Beermen
7:30 p.m. Coca-Cola Tigers vs. Barangay Ginebra Kings
Talk n' Text vs. San Miguel
Cuneta Astrodome; Friday; January 23, 2009
5pm Sta. Lucia vs. Alaska
730 pm Talk n’ Text vs. San Miguel
Sta. Lucia vs. Alaska
Cuneta Astrodome; Friday; January 23, 2009
5pm Sta. Lucia vs. Alaska
730 pm Talk n’ Text vs. San Miguel
San Miguel vs. Talk N' Text @ Araneta
4:00PM STA. LUCIA VS. ALASKA
6:30PM SAN MIGUEL VS. TALK N’ TEXT
Sta. Lucia vs. Alaska @ Araneta
SUNDAY/ JANUARY 18/ ARANETA
4:00PM STA. LUCIA VS. ALASKA
6:30PM SAN MIGUEL VS. TALK N’ TEXT
Ginebra vs. San Miguel; Semifinals PBA KFC Philippine Cup
| Ginebra vs. San Miguel | (01/11/2009) Powered by: CoveritLive |
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5:53
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Good evening everyone, Gary here once again, liveblogging after a long while. |
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5:57
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struggling a little bit with my PC, which is really small for this job, but I think I got it now. |
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5:57
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Announcers are starting to discuss the game, players are warming up at Araneta Coliseum. The place is packed. |
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5:59
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[Comment From angeli] wow! exciting! |
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6:00
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just a few more mins folks. I expect 1 or 2 more commercial breaks before game proper. |
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6:01
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[Comment From angeli] any guess on who the starting 5 will be? |
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6:01
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ill inform start 5 as soon as they are announced |
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6:02
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[Comment From angeli] ok, thanks! |
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6:04
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ok starting 5s: |
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6:04
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artadi, hbrand, menk, tubid, wilson for ginebra |
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6:05
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racela, hontiveros, pena, tugado, washington for smb |
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6:05
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so no change in start 5s since game 1 |
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6:06
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ok tip off |
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6:06
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artadi miss layup, hbrand follow up and score |
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6:06
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racela to wash, bak to racela, scores on long shot |
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6:07
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artadi miss 3 |
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6:07
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hontiv loses ball, tubid miss on jumpshot |
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6:07
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pena miss |
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6:08
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tubid and menk 2 man game, pena called on foul on menk. |
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6:08
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ginebra called for 24s shotclock |
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6:08
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score still 2 all |
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6:08
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artdadi fouls racela |
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6:08
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[Comment From angeli] tip off na! woohoo! |
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6:09
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helterb miss 3 |
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6:11
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sorry, technical difficulties with this slow pc |
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6:11
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racela called for flagrant, shaking his head. |
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6:12
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oh no, racela has been ejected for flagrant foul. but it looks like he was avoiding helterb when he put his foot underneath helterbrand after he tried to take a 3 |
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6:12
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this is a serious situation. Olsen is now out of the game. |
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6:13
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under PBA rules, placing your feet under a player taking a shot is auto ejection |
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6:14
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plus smb takes foulshots, helterb takes 2 FTs and makes them |
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6:14
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score 9-2 ginebra |
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6:14
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sorry, that was ginebra that took foul shots |
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6:14
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artadi miss 3 |
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6:14
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custodio miss |
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6:15
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custodio fouled on drive by artadi |
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6:15
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score still 9-2 |
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6:15
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timeout |
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6:17
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back to game. tugade goes in. |
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6:17
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pena miss, ginebra poss. |
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6:17
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helterb at point |
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6:18
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helterb miss 3, off reb wilson but they run out of time |
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6:18
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pacana now in game |
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6:18
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custodio playing point |
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6:19
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wash to hontiv, pena miss 3 but wash followup |
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6:19
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tubid to wilson, wilson scores |
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6:19
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custodio handchecked by pacana |
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6:19
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11 gin, 04 smb |
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6:20
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custodio misses badly, ball goes behind board |
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6:20
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pacana miss |
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6:21
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pena called for off foul on mamaril |
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6:21
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ginebra severely limited underneath, smb has height advantage |
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6:21
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froilan baguion is coming in to play PG |
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6:22
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baguion hesitated 3, passed to hontiv who shoots 3 |
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6:22
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tubid scores on turnaround j |
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6:22
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custodio called for carry, ive seen him do this 2x last game |
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6:23
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poss smb |
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6:23
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turnover back to ginebra |
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6:23
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timeout 3:41 left in 1st |
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6:23
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not a very good game yet unfortunately. |
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6:25
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ok were back |
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6:25
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esp. after racela decision |
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6:25
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mamaril good strong move, now pena has 3 fouls. |
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6:26
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mamaril scores 2 on FTs |
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6:26
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score: gin 15, smb 07 |
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6:26
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baguion shoots long 2 |
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6:27
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baguion called for foul |
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6:27
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siegle comes in for pena |
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6:27
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pacana sinks j |
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6:27
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baguion miss 3 |
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6:28
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salvacion sinks 3 |
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6:28
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score: gin 20, smb 09 |
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6:28
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siegle stole ball |
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6:28
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smb steals it |
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6:28
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siegle miss 3, pennisi takes off reb and scores |
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6:29
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smb seriously undersized underneath |
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6:29
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baguion called for foul his 2nd |
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6:29
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foul |
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6:29
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pacana strong drive, scores |
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6:29
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tugade travels |
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6:30
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22 – 11 gin |
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6:30
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cabatu drive, blocked, gin called for 24 secs violation |
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6:31
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tugade loses ball on drive, but ball bounces off gin |
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6:31
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custodio STRONG move, fouled |
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6:31
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22-13 gin |
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6:31
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bonbon has 6 pts, sinks ft |
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6:32
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another TO from Ginebra. SMB defense clicking. |
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6:32
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pennisi miss 3 |
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6:37
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ok sorry, still experiencing technical difficulties with my laptop. |
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6:37
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we go back to game with 9:45 left in 2q |
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6:37
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28-18 ginebra |
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6:38
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tugade miss 3 |
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6:38
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valenzuela denied |
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6:38
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valenzuela and pingris have some words for each other. |
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6:38
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capacity crowd going wild. |
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6:38
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valenzuela taps him back, it looks ok now. but ginebra crowd wants blood. |
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6:39
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smb turn over |
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6:39
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valenzuela drives, pass to salvacion, he is blocked. |
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6:39
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score still 28-18 gin |
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6:39
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custodio sinks 3 |
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6:40
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[Comment From Xearon64] This is awesome! Hope GSM wins.. |
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6:40
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helt scores on strong move |
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6:40
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custodio playing pg |
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6:40
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bad pass to lordy, turnover |
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6:40
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30-21 gsm |
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6:41
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helt sinks 3, now has 17pts, is on hot streak |
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6:41
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pennisi calls timeout |
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6:42
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this is good practice for liveblogging the finals |
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6:42
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winner of this game will play the currently idle talk n text |
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6:43
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again, this is a do – or – die game. loser goes home for the KFC cup. |
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6:43
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hontiv miss 3 |
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6:43
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salvac miss 3 |
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6:43
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aartadi sinks 3 |
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6:44
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villanueva sinks strong layin |
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6:44
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jonas villanueva was a question mark for this game but he’s there now. |
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6:44
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menk blocked by pingris |
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6:45
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hontiv fouled by tubid on loose ball |
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6:45
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great pingris block on menk |
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6:45
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pingris sinks layup |
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6:45
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36-26 gsm |
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6:45
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artadi to tubid, tubid sinks j |
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6:46
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gsm has 11 assists, 5 for smb |
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6:46
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villanueva another strong move. 5 pts for him. |
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6:46
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again, racela was ejected, villanueva has to play. |
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6:46
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good two man game bet menk and wilson, scores. |
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6:46
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40-28 gsm |
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6:47
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4:34 left in q2 |
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6:48
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washington strong move, is fouled by wilson, goes to FT |
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6:48
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ginebra is playing well with 7 more assists than smb at 12 – 5 |
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6:49
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hontiv fouls valenzuela, his 1st |
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6:49
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pingris miss point blank |
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6:49
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pena miss, steal and putback by washington |
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6:50
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helterb sinks 3 |
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6:50
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gsm has sunk 7 3 pt shots so far |
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6:50
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smb has 15 turnovers so far, and we are only in dying mins of 2q |
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6:50
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timeout |
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6:51
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so far, gsm looking good while smb is falling apart. No doubt, racela ejection is a big part of this. |
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6:52
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3:05 left in q2, were back. venue is cuneta, sorry, not araneta. |
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6:52
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43-32 gsm |
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6:52
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mamaril is fouled sinks 1st FT |
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6:53
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miss 2nd, |
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6:53
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pena was blocked |
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6:53
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helterb miss layup |
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6:53
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hontiv sinks 3 |
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6:54
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racela was ejected for putting foot under helterb 3 attempt – automatic eject |
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6:54
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tubid called for blocking foul, his 3rd |
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6:54
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on hontiv |
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6:54
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[Comment From Xearon64] Why is racela ejected? |
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6:55
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hontiv miss 1st, sinks 2nd. |
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6:55
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44-36 gsm |
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6:55
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great pick and roll bet helterb and mamaril, mamaril strong move scores |
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6:56
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mama scores FT |
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6:56
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custodio miss 3 |
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6:56
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49-36 GSM |
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6:56
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valenzuela scores on FBreak |
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6:56
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timeout |
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6:57
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unless SMB gets act together and recovers from racela call, GSM is walking in the park. |
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6:58
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junthy miss 3 |
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6:58
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pennisi miss 3 |
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6:58
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junthy called for carry |
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6:58
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27 secs left in q2 |
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6:59
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custodio miss layup, miss off reb, pennisi blocks escalona on FBreak |
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6:59
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end of q2 |
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6:59
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what was escalona thinking |
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6:59
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pennisi blocks it to 2nd row |
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7:00
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ok my 1 reader, we’re at half. |
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7:00
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salvacion miss 3, may time pa pala. |
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7:00
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ok thats it, were at half. |
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7:01
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49-36 GSM |
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7:06
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alright back again |
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7:09
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[Comment From gypsy] what’s d score |
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7:11
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[Comment From gypsy] updates |
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7:11
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still at half |
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7:11
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lots of commercials |
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7:16
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alright some stats |
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7:17
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smb has 6 assists vs gsm 16 |
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7:17
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gsm has 11 TOs vs SMB 16 |
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7:17
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ok game is on |
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7:17
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pingris misses post up against pacana, is fouled but miss |
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7:17
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artadi steals ball |
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7:18
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smb offense stale |
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7:19
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51-36 gsm |
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7:19
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start of q3 |
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7:19
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wash miss j, hontiv fouled by helterb |
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7:20
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wash scores on strong move, 8 pts for him |
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7:20
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smb is going underneath |
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7:20
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salvac hits 3, his 3rd tonight |
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7:21
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hontiv to wash, pennisi miss 3 |
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7:21
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helterb another 3 |
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7:21
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he is burning hot. smb calls timeout. |
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7:21
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timeout |
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7:21
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gsm is shooting 50% threes. 9 of 18. |
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7:23
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ok back |
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7:23
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57-38 gsm |
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7:23
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menk fouls on reb |
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7:24
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hontiv sinks 3 |
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7:24
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artadi miss 3 |
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7:24
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57-41 gsm |
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7:24
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salvac miss 3 |
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7:25
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wash miss open layp |
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7:25
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pingris gets reb |
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7:25
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artadi finally sinks 3 |
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7:25
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he is not challenged at all, they are daring him to shoot 3s |
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7:25
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wash miss 3 |
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7:26
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60-41 gsm |
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7:26
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junthy sinks turnaround j |
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7:26
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timeout smb |
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7:27
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racela interviewed, explains its his 1st time to be ever called for foul #2 |
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7:27
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flagrant 2 rather |
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7:27
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siegle scores on putback |
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7:28
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pacana scores putback, smb did not defend reb |
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7:28
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hontiv sinks 3, screaming at teammates to produce |
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7:28
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salvacion scores backdoor, easy shot |
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7:28
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hontiv sinks 3 |
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7:29
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pacana miss |
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7:29
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custodio fouled on drive |
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7:30
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tugade sinks 3 |
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7:30
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salv miss 3 |
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7:31
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menk fouled on reb play will take FTs |
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7:31
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66-53 gsm |
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7:31
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3:54 left in q3 |
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7:32
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68-53 gsm after menk FTs |
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7:32
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hontiv miss j |
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7:32
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wilson drive, goes out of bounds, turnover gsm |
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7:33
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mama called foul on pena |
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7:33
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68-55 gsm |
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7:34
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smb steals ball, hontiv gets all alone, slams it home |
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7:34
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68-57 gsm |
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7:34
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timeout |
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7:34
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gsm lead now just 11 |
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7:35
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[Comment From Xearon64] Amoy Ginebra na! |
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7:35
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[Comment From gypsy] who’s leading now |
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7:35
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[Comment From gypsy] score please |
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7:35
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hontiv sinks another 3 |
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7:36
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hontiv has come alive |
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7:36
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pacana miss |
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7:36
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siegle miss, pena reb, is fouled |
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7:36
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gsm is slowing down game with fouls, smb coming back |
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7:37
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68-62 after pena FTs |
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7:37
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smb full court pressing |
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7:37
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helterb sinks j |
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7:37
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1:30 left in q3 |
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7:38
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jumpball between .. |
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7:38
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tugade and valenzuela |
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7:38
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wilson miss |
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7:39
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valenz fouls hontiveros |
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7:39
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70-64 gsm after hontiv FTs |
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7:40
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tubid fouled by tugade |
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7:41
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valenz miss 3 |
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7:41
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10 secs left |
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7:41
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hontiveros sinks 3 with 2.5 secs left. |
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7:41
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70-67 gsm |
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7:42
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end of q3 |
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7:42
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hontiveros is unconscious. he has cut down lead by as much as 17 to 3 at start of q4. |
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7:43
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[Comment From Xearon64] Unconcious? is dat ryt? |
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7:43
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ok were back |
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7:44
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there was a foul somewhere |
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7:44
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villanueva scores on easy layin |
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7:45
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helterbrand inbounded but no one was there to accept, gsm commits TO |
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7:45
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siegle miss 3 |
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7:45
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72-69 gsm |
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7:45
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siegle miss layup on easy layin |
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7:46
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72-69 gsm 10:29 in q4 |
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7:46
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mama miss |
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7:46
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pena ccalled on off foul. bad foul. his 4th |
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7:46
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mamaril miss |
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7:47
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[Comment From jhing] cno pong laman? |
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7:47
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hontiveros ties game with 3 |
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7:47
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72 all |
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7:47
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menk sinks j |
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7:47
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alright here we go |
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7:47
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hontiv just misses 3 |
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7:48
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helt miss 3 |
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7:48
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hontiveros sinks fantastic layup and 1 |
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7:48
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dondon hontiveros is out of his mind |
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7:48
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74-75 SMB |
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7:49
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salvacion sinks 3, gets back lead |
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7:49
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77-75 gsm |
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7:49
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[Comment From gypsy] it’s not really the play of Gins to get lead from the start. Gusto nila talaga naghahabol instead of leading… |
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7:49
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8:22 left in q4 |
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7:49
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timeout |
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7:49
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[Comment From Xearon64] Go GSM! |
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7:50
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[Comment From gypsy] that’s their kind of games now |
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7:50
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[Comment From Xearon64] U’r ryt, gypsy.. |
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7:50
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meron bang team na ganon kagaling? |
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7:50
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na sasadyain na lamang ang kalaban para humabol sa huli? |
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7:50
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ano yon, FPJ? |
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7:50
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[Comment From gypsy] that’s ginebra only |
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7:51
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[Comment From jhing] bugbog muna bago panalo hehe |
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7:51
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sus |
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7:51
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[Comment From Xearon64] Hindi naman intentional, sort of.. |
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7:51
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[Comment From gypsy] correct jhing |
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7:51
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ok were back |
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7:51
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tugade commits bad TO |
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7:52
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menk turn around j, blocked but fouled by siegle |
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7:52
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[Comment From Xearon64] Can we know the name of our host? |
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7:52
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menk sinks 1 of 2 |
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7:53
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77-75 gsm |
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7:53
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siegle sinks 3 |
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7:53
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game is tied 78 all |
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7:53
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helterb miss |
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7:53
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siegle miss j |
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7:54
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menk fouls pena on reb |
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7:54
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78 all pa rin |
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7:54
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custodio sinks on pullup |
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7:54
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80-78 smb |
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7:54
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timeout |
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7:55
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[Comment From alex] remaining time? |
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7:55
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still a lot of time, more than 6mins.. ill check later |
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7:56
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ok back. 6:40 left |
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7:56
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possession changing every few seconds, wild game |
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7:56
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tubid sinks 3 even if well defended |
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7:57
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[Comment From alex] di ba pwede manood ng live? |
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7:57
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bakit hinde? |
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7:57
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81-80 gsm |
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7:57
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tugade sinks 3 |
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7:57
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83-81 smb |
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7:57
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hontiv sinks stop and pop |
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7:58
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85-81 smb |
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7:58
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[Comment From alex] anung website? |
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7:58
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ah sa web? ewan. |
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7:58
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theyre not saying how many points hontiveros has scored so far. must be more than 20 by now. |
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7:58
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5:22 left in q4 |
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7:59
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helterb sinks j, 1st in 4q for him |
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7:59
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tugade miss 3 |
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7:59
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helterb great pass to wilson, sinks layin, we’re tied at 85 |
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8:00
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poss to gsm 4:16 left |
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8:00
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salvac miss 3 |
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8:00
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helterb miss |
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8:00
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hontiv fouled by tubid. weird foul. |
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8:01
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5 on him. |
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8:01
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hontiv miss 3 |
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8:01
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custodio miss 3 |
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8:01
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tugade miss 3 |
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8:01
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custodio sinks layup after 4 straight off. rebs by smb |
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8:02
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hontiv steals ball off tubid, slams it home all alone. |
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8:02
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timeout |
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8:02
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[Comment From Xearon64] Welcme, Amandz… |
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8:02
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didnt see the score.. |
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8:03
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[Comment From Guest] score plz |
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8:04
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89-85 smb |
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8:04
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custodio has 12 pts |
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8:04
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another steal by smb, hontiv sinks layup |
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8:04
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91-85 smb |
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8:04
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[Comment From jhing] ganda ng laban a |
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8:04
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ginebra looks tired |
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8:05
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2:27 left in game |
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8:05
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[Comment From Guest] time plz |
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8:05
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92-85 s mb |
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8:05
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lead was as much as 21 |
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8:06
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menk is fouled goes FT |
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8:06
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[Comment From Guest] score plz |
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8:06
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capacity crowd record numbers |
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8:06
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[Comment From Guest] buti nga |
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8:07
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[Comment From Spongebob] Sana manalo Ginebra Gary… |
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8:07
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menk sinks both |
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8:07
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92-87 smb |
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8:07
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last 2 mins |
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8:07
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custodio coast to coast layup |
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8:07
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helterb blocked |
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8:08
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[Comment From jhing] ouch.. matatalo pa ata ginebra |
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8:08
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valenz miss |
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8:08
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1:30 left |
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8:08
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smb melting clock |
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8:08
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tugade sinks layup. |
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8:08
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gsm tired |
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8:09
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timeout |
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8:09
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97-86 smb |
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8:09
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[Comment From Guest] yahooo |
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8:09
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[Comment From Guest] wahahaha |
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8:09
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[Comment From Spongebob] Nag time-out sa wakas.. |
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8:09
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gsm fans walking out now. |
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8:09
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so much for loyalty |
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8:10
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helterb miss |
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8:10
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smb melting clock |
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8:10
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helterb snks 3 |
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8:10
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90-96 smb |
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8:10
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23.5 secs left |
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8:10
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[Comment From Guest] time plz |
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8:11
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[Comment From jhing] 🙁 |
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8:11
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valenz was fouled, shooting FTs |
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8:11
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missed both |
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8:11
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salvacion sinks 3! |
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8:12
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93-96 smb, 9 seconds left |
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8:12
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but hontiveros was fouled, will shoot FTs |
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8:12
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ne needs to sink at least 1 |
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8:12
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sinks 1st |
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8:12
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miss 2nd |
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8:13
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pingris gets off. reb, 4.6 secs left, is fouled. |
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8:13
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[Comment From Guest] update |
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8:13
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pingris miss 1st, sinks 2nd |
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8:14
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timeout |
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8:14
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98-93 smb |
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8:15
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4-6 secs left |
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8:15
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4.6 |
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8:15
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salvac miss 3 |
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8:15
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[Comment From Guest] upfate |
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8:15
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that’s it |
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8:16
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Final 98-93 |
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8:16
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SMB wins it, goes on to meet talk n’ text |
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8:16
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[Comment From Guest] that’s it |
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8:17
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thanks folks, for joining me today. If the Finals are exciting, I will liveblog again 🙂 |
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8:17
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[Comment From Guest] thanks |
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8:17
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kung hinde, well.. |
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8:17
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i’ll just wait for the final scores. |
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8:18
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[Comment From Guest] thanks dude |
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8:18
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final points per player i mean |
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8:18
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hontiveros is POG |
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8:19
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34 pts, 11 rebs |
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8:19
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amazing performance by Dondon Hontiveros. |
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8:19
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alright i’ll shut this down now. thanks! |
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8:19
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