9-16th place games

[arnoldt]

oh uh korea is now pulling away.

[rodreyes]

atleast we,re not a team who was achieving to go to the olympics and than lost in the 1st round.....and so wat if its the group of death ? u lost 2 games in 3 days....with a win over a chinese U22 team i think.....and 2day u barely won in overtime against syria !!! im sure if team pilipinas was in group d , they would,ve lost in the 1st round and if they were in group b and c they would,ve made it to the 2nd round but would,ve lost by alot so its less embarrassing to lose this way and say they were in a hard group(good excuse) + why would u be laughing if leb dont win asia ? theres 8 good teams out there which are now all in the 2nd round so its ok if we dont win...atleast we,re not playing classification games against teams like indonesia and india .........

Its hard to argue when Lebanon was lucky enough to be grouped with UAE and Kuwait.

Atleast you would not have enough basis to say that Lebanon is better than the Philippines. In our case, we have a solid basis: The Philippines had beaten Lebanon 4 out of 5 times, the only loss was a come from behind by way of a fluke 3 point shot.

And why are you being so boastful? Did your wins against soft teams like Kuwait and UAE give you so much joy in your heart? You could not even beat Japan? Atleast we can claim that we beat China, almost beat Iran if not for a bad technical call and slugged it out against Jones Cup champion Jordan. Group A was so balanced that any team could have emerged champion, even China.


Nuff said.

[saints13]

Its hard to argue when Lebanon was lucky enough to be grouped with UAE and Kuwait.

Atleast you would not have enough basis to say that Lebanon is better than the Philippines. In our case, we have a solid basis: The Philippines had beaten Lebanon 4 out of 5 times, the only loss was a come from behind by way of a fluke 3 point shot.

And why are you being so boastful? Did your wins against soft teams like Kuwait and UAE give you so much joy in your heart? You could not even beat Japan? Atleast we can claim that we beat China, almost beat Iran if not for a bad technical call and slugged it out against Jones Cup champion Jordan. Group A was so balanced that any team could have emerged champion, even China.

Nuff said.

well, whatever factors and cases they may be, RP is in the classification round and Lebanon is in the quarterfinals. they have gone different paths now.

[bolabasket]

oh uh korea is now pulling away.

Korea 70 Jordan 65

What now Coach Palma? Wrre the players tired in the game against RP?

[arnoldt]

Korea 70 Jordan 65

What now Coach Palma? Wrre the players tired in the game against RP?

Coach Palma: "This is ridiculous. After our tough knockout game against the Philippines yesterday, we should not have been pitted against the Korean's today. We should have been pitted against the Japanese who we blasted in the Jones Cup. Obviously our bodies are tired and whoever who group us in that group of death, DAMN YOU!!!"

[Mr.100%]

SMC-RP NIPS SYRIA IN OVERTIME

Seigle, Alapag sparkle as Nationals jumpstart consolation pool campaign

TOKUSHIMA, Japan – Despite a bruised ego and shattered pride, San
Miguel-Team Pilipinas still managed to squeak past Syria in overtime,
107-100, to jumpstart its campaign in the consolation round of the 24th FIBA
Asia Men's Championship on a winning note Tuesday.

Jimmy Alapag put aside the emotional baggage of the Nationals' stinging loss
to Jordan less than 24 hours earlier in their sudden death game for a
quarterfinals berth here, leading the RP scoring for the third time in four
games with 32 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the floor and 15-of-16 showing
from the foul line.

With help from Danny Seigle, Dondon Hontiveros and big man Asi Taulava,
Alapag orchestrated the Nationals' telling breakaway at the start of the
extra period that finally clinched the win which somehow eased the burden of
the team's failure to advance to the tournament qualifier of the 2008
Beijing Olympics for Asian countries.

Taulava, playing his way through a sprained ankle for the third straight
game, had another fine offensive game, finishing with 15 points and grabbing
17 rebounds, 11 on the defensive end, to cap a double-double while Seigle
played his best game so far with 15, including five straight to start the
overtime which anchored a crucial 10-0 blast for a 99-89 RP lead.

"These are the kind of games that are tough to play. I don't think we were
emotionally ready to play this game after the loss. I doubt if any of our
players had much sleep last night," admitted RP team coach Chot Reyes,
obviously still reeling from that 76-84 setback to Jordan but can now
managed to put up a smile from time to time.

"I told the players that when we signed up and committed to play for the
national team, we signed up to take in the whole experience, both pleasant
and the unpleasant. Obviously, this is the unpleasant part, but part of the
representation of our national team is to go through it all the way," he
added.

Mark Caguioa had 15 markers for SMC-RP, but was taken out with 2:28 left in
regulation and the Nationals trailing, 84-86, when he hyper-extended his
shoulder, joining Kelly Williams on the sideline. Williams had earlier
suffered a pull hamstring injury after playing for seven minutes as a
starter at the four-spot.

"We're just fortunate enough to find that energy to finish the game today,"
Reyes added.

"I know psychologically and physically your team is very tired. We tried to
take our chance, but we're not just lucky," said Samer Kayaly, the coach of
the same Syrian team the Nationals beat in the recent Manila Invitationals.

Trying to console the Nationals, the Syrian mentor was vocal enough to say
"that your team deserves to be in the Final 4."

Playing erratic in the first half, the Nationals trailed early on, but found
their rhythm in
the last two quarters and readily engaged the Syrians in a see-saw battle.

A driving lay up by Alapag regained the lead for the Nationals, 89-88, with
32 seconds left, only for Syria to tied the game at 89 on a split free throw
by Micheal Madanly off a Kerby Raymundo foul 14 seconds later.

The Philippines had one last shot at winning the game in regulation, but
Hontiveros missed on a set-up three-pointer to pave the way for the extra
period.

The scores:

SMC-Team Pilipinas 107 -- Alapag 32, Caguioa 16, Seigle 15, Taulava 15,
Hontiveros 11, Ritualo 6, Raymundo 5, Menk 5, Norwood 2, Williams 0,
Helterbrand 0.

Syria 100 – Madanly 33, Alsaman 27, Yakoub 16, Alkatib 12, Hasaballah 7,
Abdallah 5, Labes 0.

Quarterscores: 18-24; 38-35; 65-65; 89-89 (reg); 107-100.

[igorotski]

daniab, i think it aint the time yet to make some jokes. we're not yet in the mood so expect serious or even furious replies. anyhow, jundakki, nevr mind that.

atleast we,re not a team who was achieving to go to the olympics and than lost in the 1st round.....and so wat if its the group of death ? u lost 2 games in 3 days....with a win over a chinese U22 team i think.....and 2day u barely won in overtime against syria !!! im sure if team pilipinas was in group d , they would,ve lost in the 1st round and if they were in group b and c they would,ve made it to the 2nd round but would,ve lost by alot so its less embarrassing to lose this way and say they were in a hard group(good excuse) + why would u be laughing if leb dont win asia ? theres 8 good teams out there which are now all in the 2nd round so its ok if we dont win...atleast we,re not playing classification games against teams like indonesia and india .........

to u mr. karim, try to understand my fellow countrymen's feeling now. we're kindof sensitive to jokes and statements kindof insulting our team. yea we already know we lost, dont give emphasis to that ok?

anyhow, good luck lebanon.

[daniab]

daniab, i think it aint the time yet to make some jokes. we're not yet in the mood so expect serious or even furious replies. anyhow, jundakki, nevr mind that. .

I didn't say anything on Rp team, i was joking on saying " india " will top the classification games .

[kukoc7]

Hmmmnn... people are still basing their NTs "true" strength on tuneup games

[saints13]

Hmmmnn... people are still basing their NTs "true" strength on tuneup games

what does that mean? was that a slur?

[karim]

sorry igorotshki but some of ur pinoys still talking bad abt lebanon and that their only wins came to UAE and KUWAIT....anyway we beat qatar by 22 today so show us some respect pinoys and abt ur win against china , i dont know if u noticed but china went 0-3 their not the 1st team !! and that we couldnt even beat japan , u guys almost lost to syria as well ! and abt lebanon not being better than philippines im not gonna comment on this

[norwood]

I had still voted for RP to be top on this qualification round, eventhought not entertaining anymore..we still beleive..seems Siegle is now a good health...
Goodluck RP-NT and goodlucky LIB-NT too..hope we get the best for our NT in this tournament...

[saints13]

I'm hoping for a RP vs. China B duel for the 9th place.

[arnoldt]

I'm hoping for a RP vs. China B duel for the 9th place.

9 is closer to 1 i guess . i just hope that team RP still has the hunger to beat this Chinese Team.

[saints13]

9 is closer to 1 i guess . i just hope that team RP still has the hunger to beat this Chinese Team.

they really need to bounce back and finish the classification rounds..