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There’s a possibility that four teams will close the PBA Commissioner’s Cup prelims with identical 8-3 records in a tie for second place behind pacesetting Magnolia. This will happen if Ginebra beat NLEX yesterday (outcome still undetermined at presstime) and Phoenix loses to TNT tonight. The merry mix-up will be unknotted via the quotient system as under PBA rules, only a tie for eighth is broken by a playoff.
While Joe Betancourt, the former Charlotte Hornets scout who nearly brought Johnny Abarrientos to the NBA in 1997, is busy investing his millions in the stock market, guaranteed commercial paper and IPOs, he’s not losing sight of what makes him tick – his love for sports.
There’s a classic blues song “Georgia On My Mind” that was recorded in 1930 as a tribute to the US state and eventually inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame twice. Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jones, The Righteous Brothers, The Spencer Davis Group and Michael Bolton were among the artists who did versions of the song. That’s how popular it was and still is.
Gilas treated the hometown fans with a rousing 74-64 win over the Taiwan Mustangs at the PhilSports Arena last Monday but the send-off game before leaving for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Latvia wasn’t just for fun. Coach Tim Cone picked up a lot of lessons along the way and will surely use the experience to get tougher when the OQT rolls out.
Starting in Game One of the recent NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics wore a black memorial band with WALTON in caps on the left shoulder of their jerseys. It was a glowing tribute to a basketball legend who played on the Celtics’ 1985-86 championship team as a sixth man and ended his NBA career with the franchise the next season. Bill Walton didn’t play long as a Celtic, wearing Green and White only in two of his 10 campaigns but the impact he made in Boston was resounding.
WBA superfeatherweight champion Lamont Roach will stake his crown against Irish challenger Feargal McCrory at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington on June 28 with the winner expected to take on Mark (Magnifico) Magsayo before the year ends.
Basketball fans know Allan Caidic as the Triggerman, the deadly left-handed three-point shooter who was on five PBA champion teams. But it’s an open secret that the Triggerman’s Trigger was his wife Milotte. She was the inspiration that triggered Caidic’s amazing basketball career, the love of his life, the woman who made him complete.
Someone said the Dallas Mavericks faced desperation or resignation entering Game Four of the NBA Finals yesterday morning (Manila time) with the Boston Celtics a win away from a sweep. Nobody mentioned survival. For sure, the Mavs were desperate but they weren’t resigned to the prospect of losing before the home crowd at the American Airlines Center.
There were major adjustments that San Miguel Beer coach Jorge Gallent initiated in Game Four of the PBA Philippine Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last Wednesday. He started Mo Tautuaa for the first time in the best-of-seven series, replacing Rodney Brondial. He brought in Terrence Romeo and Vic Manuel off the bench for the first time in the duel. He managed June Mar Fajardo’s minutes and kept the Kraken fresh for the homestretch, resulting in an exposure of a series-low 37:04 minutes. He influenced the Beermen to play efficiently, registering an assist-to-turnover ratio of 20:5, a marked improvement from Games One and Three which Meralco won. In Game One, San Miguel’s ratio was 18:19 and in Game Three, 15:15. He extended San Miguel’s rotation with CJ Perez the only player who logged over 40 minutes compared to two for Meralco.