Golden State Warriors Home Winning Streak Ends

The Warriors 54-Game home winning streak ended as the Boston Celtics defeated the defending champion and currently number 1 NBA team with a close 109-106 final score.

Stephen Curry finished the game with 29 points and 5 rebounds but also with 9 turnovers, 5 of which he committed in the 1st half of the game. On the other hand, Isaiah Thomas finished the game with 22 points and 6 assists including a clutch lay-up which gave the Celtics a 3 point lead with just 8.3 seconds remaining in the game.

The warriors had a chance to tie the game, but Steph misses the 3 point shot and the Celtics get the victory ending the Warriors home streak.

Watch the highlights here:



recommended article: Bobby Ray Parks Score a New Career High

Watch: Bobby Ray Parks Score a New Career High 16 Points

Manila, Philippines - Bobby Ray Parks continues to improve in the NBA D-League, scoring a new career high 16 points as the Texas Legends defeated the Oklahoma City Blue with a 139-109 outing.

The 23 year old Filipino-American finished the game with 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in 24 quality minutes.

Watch Ray Parks' highlights, including a dunk in the final minutes of the game, here:

Another Game 7 Finish for the Beermen and the Aces

 

The PBA Philippine cup is set for another epic finish, as the San Miguel Beermen and Alaska Aces battle for Game 7 of the championship series, tomorrow, February 3, at the Mall of Asia Area. Tickets are almost sold-out as basketball fans relive the battle of last year’s Philippine cup championship which the Beermen won at the expense of the Aces.

So who do you think will win this time? Will the Aces have their revenge? Or the Beermen will make history as the first team in the PBA to win a championship after being down 0-3?

Kampihan na! Game time is at 7:00 pm!

Gilas Will be Facing Powerhouse France!

Check out the FIBA OQT draw results

Gilas will be facing France and New Zealand in group B, and teams from Turkey, Senegal and Canada from group A. France is ranked #5, the highest among 18 teams in OQTs, and is expected to be studded with NBA stars like Tony Parker, Boris Diaw and Nicolas Batum.

Go Gilas Pilipinas! Puso!

Just in: San Miguel survives game 4

The San Miguel beermen survived game 4 in OT. With 110-104 final score, the beermen and the aces will meet again in game 5 of the PBA Philippine cup.

June Mar Fajardo was named best player of the conference.

PBA Finals, Will it be a sweep?

Game 4 of the PBA Philippine cup is about to start. Will it be the last game of the conference? The Alaska Aces will surely want to finish the series on game 4 for a sweep. But San Miguel Beermen will not hand them the championship that easy. 

Watch the live streaming at Sports5.tv or click the link:

http://youtu.be/NNvn7_m1gto

Philippines will be hosting the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

It will be another great year for Philippine Basketball, as the country prepares for the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The Phillipines has been selected by FIBA as one of the 3 countries that will host the 2016 OQT. It will be held on July 4 - 10 at the Mall of Asia Arena. The other two host countries are Italy and Serbia. FIBA announced #‎FIBAOQT‬ hosts for the ‪#‎RoadToRio‬ last tuesday, January 19, 2016. 

Gilas Pilipinas will face five of these teams in Manila: Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, France, Greece, Czech Republic, Angola, Tunisia, Senegal, New Zealand, Iran, Japan, Latvia, Croatia and Turkey. 

The draw for the team grouping will be on January 26, 2016. 

PBA Semis starts on Monday January 4th

The 1^st match of the PBA semi-finals will start on January 4^th at MOA arena, Pasay City with Global Port’s Pringle-Romeo duo challenging the defensive prowess of Alaska Aces. The Global Port Batang Pier will be playing its first Semi-final appearance after beating Barangay Ginebra on a very controversial game which left 2 referees suspended. The Batang Pier will have its handful in containing the inside threat of Alaska’s Manuel, Thoss and the very hardworking Abueva.

Next Day will be a match between the favoured teams, San Miguel Beermen and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.

January 4, 2016, Monday 7:00 PM, MOA Arena

                Global Port Batang Pier                 VS                           Alaska Aces

January 5, 2016, Tuesday, 7:00 PM, MOA Arena

               

               San Miguel Beermen                      VS                           Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

January 6, 2016, Wednesday 7:00 PM, Smart-Araneta Coliseum

                Alaska Aces                                  VS                          Global Port Batang Pier

January 7, 2016, Thursday, 7:00 PM, Smart-Araneta Coliseum

                Rain or Shine Elasto Painters          VS                         San Miguel Beermen

January 8, 2016, Friday 7:00 PM, MOA Arena              

  

                Global Port Batang Pier                  VS                         Alaska Aces

January 9, 2016, Saturday 5:00 PM, Smart-Araneta Coliseum

                San Miguel Beermen                      VS                         Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

January 10, 2016, Sunday 5:00 PM, Smart-Araneta Coliseum

                Alaska Aces                                  VS                         Global Port Batang Pier

January 11, 2016, Monday 7:00 PM, Smart-Araneta Coliseum

                Rain or Shine Elasto Painters          VS                         San Miguel Beermen

Preparing Gilas, The Philippine National Pool

Now that the PBA season is over, National Coach, Tab Baldwin is now working with the PBA for the formation of the national pool to conquer the 2015 FIBA Asia Championsip on September 23 to Oct 3 in Changsha, China.

 

The American-New Zealander coach has two months to prepare Gilas for the 2015 FIBA Asia championship where the winner gains automatic berth in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Baldwin is expected to announce the members of the national pool before the month ends. Gilas is set to start training on august 1, when naturalized player Andray Blatche is set to arrive in the Philippines to join Gilas.

 

Players who are likely to be included in the list are two-time MVP June Mar Fajardo, guards Jayson Castro and Paul Lee, forward Ranidel de Ocampo and Ginebra bigman Greg Slaughter. Players from Blackwater, KIA and NLEX are unlikely to join the pool since these teams will not be touched by Baldwin.