Alaska continued to be the bane of Ginebra’s existence this conference on Friday. The Aces reprised their game one win over the Kings, but in a slightly different manner as last Wednesday, 104-90, on Friday in the 2013 PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Pre-season king National University added University of the Philippines to its list of victims in an unprecedented 19-game win streak dating back to last year.
La Salle thrived in the open court, making it hard for Emilio Aguinaldo College to keep up all game, en route to a 91-63 win on Friday in the 2013 Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup.
Letran bucked the absence of main man Raymond Almazan and got back on winning track after two setbacks by clipping winless Lyceum, 77-72, Friday at the 2013 Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup.
Bodies are crashing to the floor, elbows are flying, and the intensity is just a notch higher—Alaska coach Luigi Trillo reminded his players that this is not another sport, this is just PBA finals basketball.
Ateneo showed the door to University of Santo Tomas in four sets, 25-13, 23-25, 25-23, 25-13, sealing its place in the 10th Shakey’s V-League First Conference on Thursday at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Another gruelling five-setter, there was just different a victor.
It started with a 14-0 run, then Alaska just kept pushing the lead and ended up stunning crowd darling Ginebra, 87-70, in game one of their best-of-five finals in the 2013 PBA Commissioner’s Cup on Wednesday.
Workmanlike effort from Angela Benting inspired Adamson to turn back National University in five sets, 22-25, 25-18, 25-19, 22-25, 15-13, Tuesday in the Shakey’s V-League Season 10 First Conference semifinals at the Arena in San Juan.
Ateneo fought back from a one set down and trimmed University of Santo Tomas, 20-25, 25-16, 29-27, 25-14, Tuesday to get within a win of a finals spot in the Shakey’s V-League Season 10 First Conference.
He helped Ginebra shut the door on a gritty Talk N’ Text down the stretch in the pivotal game five with his gutsy drives — L.A. Tenorio is not called “Showtime” for nothing.
Ginebra frustrated Talk N’ Text all game, coming away with a 111-103 win in game five and setting up a classic finals match-up with Alaska in the 2013 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Sunday night.
A release clause has been added to the controversial UAAP residency rule, softening the blow for highschool students transferring to another member school in college.
