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The most sensational play of Petron Blaze top rookie pick June Mar Fajardo’s young PBA career so far happened on Sunday night, when he went skying high for a follow-up dunk against San Mig Coffee’s tough frontline of Rafi Reavis and Yancy De Ocampo. PBA’s resident shutterbug Nuki Sabio captured the moment. Lol.  Links: http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/june-mar-fajardo-makes-believers-out-of-tough-san-mig-coffee-frontliners https://www.facebook.com/PBAmemesPH

Philippines settles for 4th in Fiba Asia Cup 2012. Philippines 63-79 Qatar. Qatar 79 - Mohamed m y 17, Johnson 16, Abdi 14, Saeed 10, Daoud 7, Salem 5, Mohamed b 4, Elhandry 4, Ali 2. Philippines 63 - Douthit 17, David 15, Dillinger 12, Norwood 10, De Ocampo 4, Fonacier 3, Tenorio 2, Chan 0, Thoss 0, Villanueva 0. Quarters: 12-8, 35-26, 55-48, 79-63 Qatar clinch Bronze at the Fiba Asia Cup in Tokyo. The GCC champions repeated of their bronze medal success from two years ago, having beaten Philippines at the similar stage at the 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup. Tonight they needed 79:63 to finish on the third place. Qatar started the game with 12-8 lead and added 23-18 in the second period.  Gabe Norwood (196-G/F-85, college: George Mason) reduced to 55:47 at the end of the third period as Philippines won the quarter 22-20. Qatar however needed a 24-15 surge in the last stanza to win bronze at Fiba Asia Cup in Tokyo. Mohammed Yousef (204-C-82) top-scored for the winners...

TOKYO – Smart Gilas Pilipinas went scoreless in a crucial stretch in the second half and failed to recover, botching a shot at the FIBA Asia Cup finals with a 60-77 loss to Iran at the Ota Gymnasium here today. The Nationals were down by only three at 47-50 before going on a dry spell for over four minutes, allowing the Iranians to build momentum for the 17-point victory and a crack at the coveted crown. Host Japan and Qatar were playing for the other final berth as of posting time. Numerous lapses dogged the Filipinos early on, preventing them from sustaining the heat of their 17-11 start. A fourth foul drawn by Marcus Douthit with 8:06 left followed by the fifth and final of backup center Sonny Thoss moments later doomed Gilas. The Nationals, however, still have a chance to improve on their fourth-place finish in Beirut in 2010, going for third place against the loser of the Japan-Qatar match at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The Iranians threw the Filipinos off balance, holding D...

PHILIPPINES 76 – Tenorio 20, Chan 18, Douthit 17, Fonacier 9, Norwood 5, David 5, De Ocampo 2, Thoss 0, Mercado 0. UNITED STATES 75 – Arnold 17, Justice 17, Marshall 14, Barnes 13, Dearman 10, Vandermeer 2, Reese 0, Williams 0. Quarters: 12-13, 23-34, 51-59, 76-75 Jones Cup Standings: Philippines 7-1 (CHAMPION) Iran 6-2 (SILVER) USA 5-3 (BRONZE) Taiwan 5-3 South Korea 5-3 Japan 3-5 Lebanon 3-5 Jordan 2-6 Taiwan B 0-8 source: pba.ph TAIPEI – LA Tenorio, the smallest man in the Jones Cup playing with the biggest heart, on Sunday delivered the goods that led Smart Gilas-Pilipinas to a gut-wrenching 76-75 victory over the United States for the 34th Jones Cup title at the Taipei PE College gym here. The 5-foot-8 Tenorio scored 11 points in the fourth period, all of them clutch, and had the biggest rebound of the night – plucked down in the land of the giants – as the Philippines turned the tables on the highly-fancied Americans to win here for the fourth ...

David sizzles as Powerade ousts BMEG in QF shocker.   Despite what he deemed as an affront to his team Gary David seemed intent on just coasting along Sunday evening. Then came an incident that banished a teammate and fired him up for good. The result was David exploding for 37 points, lifting Powerade past B-MEG for the second straight game 131-123 in overtime to crash the semifinals of the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. David scattered 23 of his points in the fourth period and overtime to lead the Tigers' charge from being No. 8 at the end of eliminations and past the top-seeded Lllamados to arrange a best-of-seven semis duel with either Barangay Ginebra or Rain or Shine. It marked only the third time in the league's 37-year-old history that such an upset occured in the quarterfinals and coach Bo Perasol said it was about keeping the faith despite his team being down by as much as 17 points early and by 12 in the fourth period. "I ...

SBP to conduct talent search for new Smart Gilas Pool.  source: Reynaldo Belen |  interaksyon.com The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is planning a nationwide search for non-professional players to become part of the second incarnation of the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national program. “We want to widen the search by tapping both the known and unknown players,” said SBP executive director Sonny Barrios. “The known players, of course, are those playing in the collegiate and amateur leagues, like those present members from the Sinag Pilipinas team that won the SEA Games gold medal and the unknown talents, who may have the potential, but have yet to be discovered.” The planned search is scheduled after a new coach is named for a program in January. Among the candidates for the position are Rajko Toroman, who handled the program in its first three years and led the Philippine team to a fourth-place finish in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship, Norman Bla...

Philippines 85- Slaughter 16, Parks 15, Garcia 12, Ravena 10, Monfort 8, Tiu 6, Marcelo 6, Pascual 5, Hodge 5, Salva 2, Ellis 0. Thailand 57 - Kaedum 17, Sangthond 11, Lertmalaiporn 11, Kongkum 8, Apiromvilaichai D. 6, Ghogar 2, Klahan 2, Apiromvilaichai D. 0, Jantuma 0, Kruatiwa 0. Quarters: 21-17, 44-25, 61-42, 85-57 JAKARTA— The PHL men’s team called Sinag Pilipinas completed its sheer domination of the basketball tournament of the 26th Southeast Asian Games, trouncing Thailand, 85-57, in Sunday night’s gold-medal match that, on the onset, was virtually in the bag for a country that adores basketball so much. Greg Slaughter played his seven-foot frame to the hilt and top-scored for Sinag Pilipinas with 16 points to go with eight measly yet decisive rebounds. Bobby Ray Parks and Kiefer Ravena, stars of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, had 15 and 10 points, respectively, and so did RR Garcia, the FEU spitfire and a former UAAP MVP, who had 12...

Sinag Pilipinas reached the gold medal round in the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) men’s basketball by beating Malaysia, 103-74, in the semis held at the Britama Arena in Indonesia. The Filipino dribblers slipped away in the fourth quarter after figuring in 3 closely-fought quarters against the Malaysians. Sinag Pilipinas, led by mainstays Keifer Ravena, Greg Slaughter and Cliford Hodge, only led by an average of 4 points against Malaysia in the first 3 quarters, 23-19, 44-41 and 49-44. But RR Garcia started hitting his mark in the fourth quarter to spark Sinag Pilipinas’ breakaway from Malaysia. Slaughter topscored for the Philippines with 16 points. Hodge added 12, while Garcia chipped in 11. Sinag Pilipinas remains undefeated in 4 games. The Filipinos first beat Cambodia (127-68) and then Vietnam (107-53). They closed out the eliminations with a 103-69 win over Thailand. The Scores: Sinag Pilipinas 103 – Slaughter 16, Hodge 12, Garcia 11, Pascual ...

MANILA, Philippines – Sinag Pilipinas booked a trip to the semis as it overpowered Thailand , 103-69, at the end of the group stage in the 26 th Southeast Asian Games men’s basketball today in the BritAma Arena in Indonesia. The win put the Filipinos on top of  Group A with 3-0 mark and will meet the second place in Group B possibly, host Indonesia, in the crossover semis. Posing the toughest challenge in their group yet, Thailand zoomed to a fast start scoring the game’s first five points.  But Sinag Pilipinas rallied behind the core of the four-time UAAP champion Ateneo Blue Eagles to overtake Thailand in the first canto and the rest of the team took it from there. Emman Monfort’s triple touched off a 22-7 exchange as the Filipinos opened up their first double digit lead at 10, 22-12, halfway through the opening period. Sinag Pilipinas led by as many as 39 as it again drew well-balanced contributions from the best amateur standouts in the country. Six players score...

Box scores: Sinag Pilipinas 107  — Slaughter 20, Parks 19, Ellis 11, Lanete 11, Marcelo 9, Pascual 8, Ravena 8, Hodge 8, Salva 4, Tiu 4, Garcia 2, Monfort 3 Vietnam 53  - Nguyen H. 11, Le N. 10, Trieu 8, Duong 7, Doan 7, Hoang 6, Ngo 2, Vu 2, Lai 0, Du 0, Nguyen S. 0, Le T. 0 Quarters:  32-4, 59-23, 84-41, 107-53 Sinag Pilipinas continued  Tuesday its domination of the men's basketball  competition at the 26th Southeast Asian Games with a 107-53 win against Vietnam. The Philippines controlled the game from the beginning, outscoring the Vietnamese 32-4 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Sinag continued to outscore Vietnam 27-19 to end the first half ahead at 59-23. In the third quarter, Vietnam went on the offensive, scoring 18 points. But their defense failed to contain the Philippine team which poured on 25. The Sinag offense was solid as all players were able to score for the Philippines. The RP squad also had 21 assists to Vietna...

The Scores: PH (127)  - Ravena 17, Garcia 16, Lanete 15, Salva 14, Ellis 12, Marcelo 12, Parks 10, Tiu 9, Hodge 9, Pascual 6, Slaughter 5, Monfort 2 Cambodia (68)  - Pek 24, Sophoeun 24, Boroth 15, Kim 3, Monh 2, Sovann 0, Meas 0, Kim 0, Lov 0, Therro 0, Chom 0 Quarters:  35-20, 61-39, 93-56, 127-68 Sinag Pilipinas opened its gold medal campaign in the Southeast Asian Games basketball competition  with a 127-68 demolition of Cambodia Monday afternoon in Indonesia. Seven Filipino players scored in double figures, led by Kiefer Ravena who had 17 points on 8-of-8 shooting. RR Garcia (16 points), Garvo Lanete, (15 points) Nico Salva, (14 points) Dave Marcelo (12 points), Chris Ellis (12 points) and Bobby Ray Parks (10 points) also had double-digit outputs. Sinag Pilipinas pulled away from Cambodia early in the first period, when they unleashed a 12-0 run to turn a 13-all deadlock to a 25-13 lead. Cambodia could not recover from that run, and the Philippines...

Source:GMA News TV Pilipinas-Energen suffered a 94-81 loss to Japan Friday in their bronze medal match in the 2nd FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship at the Khanh Hoa Sports Center in Nha Trang,  Vietnam . The  Philippines  failed to duplicate its 83-72 win over the Japanese in the second round. The Olsen Racela-mentored squad, which entered the final round with a 5-0 card, also dropped its second straight game in the tournament following a 67-58 setback to South Korea in the semifinals Thursday night. They duplicated the fourth-place finish of the Kiefer Ravena-led Under-16  Philippine team in 2009 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. China and South Korea, which both qualified for the FIBA U17 World Championship in Lithuania in 2012, are still playing for the gold medal as of posting time. The Chinese successfully defended its FIBA Asia Under-16 crown after  cruising  to a 92-52 pummeling of the South Koreans. Daiki Kaneko shot 8-of-15 from the three-poin...

South Korea 67  - Heo 22, N. Kim 16, G. Kim 6, M. Kim 7, Lee 2, Bin 2, Yun 2, Park 2, Shin 0. Pilipinas-Energen 58  - Alejandro 12, Asilum 12, Javelosa 7, Ramos 6, Rivero 6, Cani 5, Lao 4, Heading 0, Dalafu 0, Caracut 0, Go 0. Quarters:  19-21; 37-29; 58-50; 67-58  FINALS:  (October 28) Battle for 3rd:  (2:00pm) Japan vs.  Philippines  (Bronze Medal game)  Finals:  (4:00pm) China vs. South Korea (Gold Medal game) note:  China & South Korea will represent FIBA Asia in 2012 FIBA U17 World  Championship . From FIBA-Asia: 27/10/2011 KOR/PHI - Korea’s walk in the ‘Park’ against Philippines   NHA TRANG CITY, Vietnam ( 2nd FIBA Asia U16 Championship ): Park Intae made his appearance only at the start of the second quarter adding size to an already solid defense to lead Korea to a 67-58 win against stubborn, but rigid, Philippines in the second semifinal on Thursday. The result took Korea to their seco...

The  Philippines  opened up a big early lead before surviving an Iraq comeback to win, 82-69, and advance to the semis to face South  Korea . Philippines 82  - Ramos 15, Javelosa 12, Asilum 10, Lao 10, Cani 9, Diputado 8, Alejandro 8, Heading 6, Caracut 2, Rivero 2, Go 0, Dalafu 0 Iraq 69  - Razzaq 20, Hamzah 19, Sabri 12, Ismael 8, Mahdi 4, Abdulqaer 2, Abdullah 2, Ali 2, Saeed 0, Ahmed 0, Mohammed 0, Abdullhussein 0 News feed courtesy of Fibaasia.net: 26/10/2011 PHI/IRQ - Philippines prove too quick for Iraq to catch   NHA TRANG CITY, Vietnam ( 2nd FIBA Asia U16 Championship ): For the second game running, it justg needed one bright spark for  SEABA U16   Philippines to maintain their unbeaten status – this time for a 82-69 win over Iraq, which gave them a place in the semifinals. Rodolfo Alejandro was the forefront of the Filipino offense yet again, as the leader of an otherwise all-round attack eight out of coach...

Philippines U16 - Japan U16 83:72 Philippines entered the U16 Asia Championship quarterfinal stage undefeated. They wrapped up their Qualifying Round campaign with victory over Japan.  Rodolfo Alejandro  (175-G-95) stepped up with 36 points to lead the winners. Philippines thus clinched the top spot in Group F. Japan finished second with only one loss to their record. Japan overcame a sloppy start to take a 22:21 lead after ten minutes. But Philippines pulled ahead early in the second term. They finished the half strongly establishing a 48:36 lead. Philippines kept Japan at bay throughout the third term. They arrived at the final break up by as many as 13 points 70:57. The margin grew at 16-point mark midway through the final stanza. Japan went on an 11:6 run late in the game but it just sweetened the pill for Hideki Togashi team.  Adven Diputado  (173-PG-95) provided 14 points, while  Janhubert Cani  (178-PG-95) added 10 points for the winners.  Yu...