(AP, GMAnews.tv) - SAN ANTONIO — DeJuan Blair says he no longer thinks when he plays. It's exactly what the San Antonio Spurs, who've built championships on brains, want to hear.
Blair had 18 points and 13 rebounds in his usually spry and rambunctious fashion, and the Spurs took revenge on the slumping New York Knicks to win their eighth in a row, 101-92 on Friday night.
"I'm just not thinking," said Blair, explaining his third double-double in his last four games. "I was thinking too much at the beginning of this season."
Tim Duncan...
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Gilas 5 splits first two games in Dubai caging
(GMANews.TV) - Smart Gilas Pilipinas failed to follow up on its opening-day win when the national developmental squad suffered a 72-85 loss to Egypt on Friday night in the 22nd Dubai International Basketball Tournament at the Al Ahli Club, in Dubai. Gilas opened with a 70-57 crushing of Lebanon's Anibal Zahle on Thursday but could not find the same shooting touch against the taller and heftier opponents from Egypt's club team Al Etihad. The Rajko Toroman-coached PHL 5 was only down by five points after 10 minutes of play, 18-23, but could...
Texters trip Beermen in PHL Cup Finals opener
(GMANews.TV) -Talk 'N Text kept the game close in the first half then used a huge scoring run in the fourth period as a finishing kick to knock off San Miguel, 91-82, in Game 1 of their best-of-seven title series in the PBA Philippine Cup on Saturday at Victorias City Sports and Amusement Center in Victorias City, Negros Occidental.
Jason Castro teamed up with Jimmy Alapag and Kelly Williams in that huge fourth-quarter breakaway to turn things around for the Tropang Texters, who trailed by nine points midway in the third period.
Playing his usual...
Phl Azkals get new look under German coach Michael Weiss
(Phil Star) – The Azkals are undergoing a facelift under German coach Hans Michael Weiss. And so far, team manager Dan Palami likes what he’s seeing. “I’m satisfied,” he said over the phone yesterday. The Azkals are gearing up for their AFC Challenge Cup tie with Mongolia, and only on the first week of training under the seasoned German coach, changes are quite visible on the field. “You can see more precision passing,” said Palami, adding that the Azkals have been training twice a day since Tuesday with no rest called even...
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Smart Gilas Pilipinas smothers Lebanese club Anibal Zahle
(Phil Star) Smart Gilas Pilipinas leaned on its defense to fuel its attack in the fourth quarter as it turned back a tough Anibal Zahle of Lebanon, 70-57, at the start of the 22nd Dubai Invitational basketball tournament at the Al Ahli Club gym yesterday.
Naturalization candidate Marcus Douthit put on a double-double performance of 16 points and 18 rebounds while coming up with four blocks and a couple of steals in the final period that led to a number of fastbreak plays for the Nationals, who led by just a point, 48-47, after the third period...
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Philippine Basketball Association’s 25 greatest players
(wikipilipinas) Listed alphabetically below are the PBA's 25 greatest players, their school, and their teams.
Johnny Abarrientos
FEU
Alaska, Pop Cola, Coca-Cola, Barangay Ginebra
Bogs Adornado
UST
Crispa, U/Tex, Great Taste, Shell, Hills Bros/Alaska
Ato Agustin
Lyceum
San Miguel, Sunkist/Pop Cola, Sta Lucia, Red Bull
Francis Arnaiz
Ateneo
Toyota, Gilbey's Gin/Ginebra
Ricardo Brown
Pepperdine
Great Taste, San Miguel
Allan Caidic
UE
Great...
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Ring Magazine Top 25 Best Fighters in the World
Eight-division World boxing champion filipino ace Manny "PACMAN" Pacquiao tops "The Ring Magazine list of "100 best fighters in the world" for 2010. This was released on January 4, 2011.
Thia is the fourth time that the Filipino boxing icon got the tops spot in this prestigious list of the so called "Bible of Boxing". Manny also won the number one spot in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Same years he won for the fourth time as BWAA and The Ring "Fighter of...
Friday, January 7, 2011
Complete List of PayPal Bank Codes in the Philippines
Official List of Philippines
Bank codes
Bank NameBank Code
ALLIED BANKING CORP010320013
AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND010700015
ASIA UNITED BANK011020011
BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS010030015
BANGKOK BANK010670019
BANK OF AMERICA010120019
BANK OF CHINA011140014
BANK OF TOKYO010460012
BANCO DE ORO (& EQUITABLE PCI BANK)010530667
BANK OF COMMERCE010440016
BANK OF THE PHIL ISLANDS (BPI)010040018
CHINA BANKING CORP010100013
CHINA TRUST COMML BANK010690015
CITIBANK...
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Miami Heat trio wins a new with win over the struggling Charlotte Bobcats
(NBA) Team USA's Olympic Champion stars Lebron, D-Wade and Chris Bosh are making the Heat look like the best team in the Eastern Conference.
The early season struggles of the new-look Miami Heat are well and truly behind them with the club thrashing the struggling Bobcats in Charlotte 96-82 for their ninth triumph in 10 games.
James had 38 points and nine rebounds against Charlotte and Wade contributed 31 points and 11 boards.
"We're having a blast," James said.
"We're having a good time. We're playing good basketball."
Bosh added 11 points and...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
No place like home for Hedo
ORLANDO (NBA) - The once remembered playmaker/facilitator for the Magic that help them reached the 2009 NBA Finals has found his magic touch again. After playing sparringly with two different teams since - Toronto last season and then traded to Phoenix for Brazilian hot shot Leandro Barbosa until the 3rd week of December 2010 - Turkoglu is back in Orlando plus Jason Richardson and Earl Clark following a major trade with Phoenix that sent Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat and Michael Pietrus and on Monday night versus the Golden State Warriors,...
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Philippine Music Scene
(wikipedia) Music of the Philippines are performance arts composed in various genre and styles. The music of the Philippines is a mixture of indigenous, other Asian, European, Latin American, and American.
Traditional music
Gong Music
Philippine gong music can be divided into two types: the flat gong commonly known as gangsa and played by indigenous groups in the Cordillera region of Northern Philippines and the bossed gongs played among the...
