47th PBA Season (Philippine Cup, Commissioner’s Cup & Governor’s Cup)

[CoJ]

looks like we're getting a photo finish for this game, 2 mins left with BAD up by 1

[Joe Yabuki]

BAD's players are exhausted

[CoJ]

and we're going to game 7, poor execution by the Gins despite the two timeouts, props to BAD for denying the return pass to JB

[hmbopbaduwap]

Just in: Kume Marcial announced that Game 7 will be on Sunday at the Philippine Arena

[CoJ]

Just in: Kume Marcial announced that Game 7 will be on Sunday at the Philippine Arena

nice they changed the sched, might be able to watch it live @bocaue, that 3 day break will be good for both teams, especially for tenorio

[Joe Yabuki]

Goorjan knew he survived that one, his team was crumbling halfway through the 4th but luckily Ginebra couldn't capitalize, meanwhile Tim's gamble to exhaust Brownlee in the 3rd backfired as they were sorely needing buckets at the 4th

[The_Big_Cat]

Ginebra had their chances. Pinto missing 3 wide open threes. Tenorio also missed one.

The killer was the Powell offensive rebound off his missed free throw. Mental lapse by Ginebra by having only 2 guys instead of the usual 3 players in a free throw attempt. Thus allowing Powell to secure an offensive rebound.

Brownlee lost energy in the 4th, scoring only 5 points after exploding 16 points in the 3rd.

[Rds]

I liked Goorjan subbing in Liu for Reid for a few minutes. CS was eating Reid. Liu gave them quality minutes. Then Reid seemed to play better after.

[Tuck]

Japeth was awful today the red gave him a few none calls too in his favor

[magic_chiongson]

i hope bay area becomes a regular fixture in the PBA, and maybe add 1 more foreign team in the mix for 1 conference per year.

Me too.

Kobe is what, 25? How much did he improve (if there's any) in the last 3 years? The way I see it, its very limited or nothing at all.

meanwhile thirdy ravena who i thought was overrated has been slowly if not steadily improving in the b-league. kobe peaked in his 1st game in the b-league

[Giannis34GOD]

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/g...e_featured_big

THE grueling PBA Commissioner?s Cup finals between Barangay Ginebra and guest team Bay Area Dragons is enjoying a wider audience not only in the country but in mainland China as well.

East Asia Super League (EASL) CEO Matt Beyer disclosed the best-of-seven series has likewise been attracting the attention of Chinese basketball fans mainly due to the Hong Kong-based Dragons, whose several players previously suited up in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

?We?re averaging over 250K fans per game on our social media channels? livestream in China during the playoffs,? said Beyer, who arrived in town on Tuesday to watch Game Six of the finals on Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The games are being livestreamed on EASL?s Weibo account as well as the Dragons? Weibo and Douyin channel.

Chinese basketball fans are of course, familiar with the names Zhu Songwei, Liu Chuanxing, Zheng Qilong, Ju Mingxin, and Song Jianhua, who are all CBA veterans.

Zhu and Liu are making big impacts for the Dragons as they?re given playing minutes by coach Brian Goorjian to go with either import Andrew Nicholson or Myles Powell, Australian born Hayden Blankley, NCAA Division 1 player Kobey Lam of the University of Charleston, and Hong Kong-born point guard Glen Yang.

The 6-foot-9 Zhu is part of Goorjian?s starting unit and was the No. 4 overall pick by Sichuan in the 2020 CBA draft. In the Commissioner's Cup finals, he?s averaging 16.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.7 assists against the Kings.

?Big Liu? meanwhile, usually gets the attention of many owing to his massive 7-foot-5 height. He played for the Qingdao Eagles in the CBA, was signed as a Development Player by the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League, before joining the Dragons, where he?s contributing 3.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in the finals.

?It?s fun, it gives the Chinese fans the opportunity to catch the games live instead of just watching the recap or the post-game interview,? said EASL Philippine head Banjo Albano.

?Some of these guys? families haven?t really got to watch the games live. So to be able to see it and to put them from the stand that they?re gonna be there, it?s added excitement for them to perform because they know that even though their families are not here, in spirit they?ll be able to cheer them from home as opposed to watching the post-game or just hearing them afterwards,? added the son of former NCAA champion coach Larry Albano.

As early as the playoffs when EASL began livestreaming the games of Bay Area, livestreaming audience has been on the rise.

During the quarterfinals, 38,000 viewers were tuned-in across both channels when the top seeded Dragons eliminated the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 126-96.

In the semis, 51,000 watched as Bay Area completed a mighty comeback against San Miguel Beer to pull off a 103-102 thriller in Game One of the semifinals series.

In the deciding Game Four which the Dragons won to advance to the finals, about 100,000 were hooked up to the match and witnessed CJ Perez and June Mar Fajardo miss consecutive shots in the Beermen?s final two possessions.

The figures obviously surged as the Dragons test the mettle of the PBA?s most popular ballclub, which it currently leads at 3-2.

Crowd attendance has also been on a swing be it at the Big Dome or the Mall of Asia Arena as the title series is averaging attendance of 17,000.

Game Five drew in the biggest audience of 21,823, while the lowest attendance was pegged at 15,004 in Game Three.

Bay Area offering something new to the PBA apparently has been largely recognized by fans both here and in China that Beyer is keeping his fingers crossed, the Dragons would be allowed to play in the league again.

?It should lay the foundation for a PBA media rights deal in China for next season if Bay Area Dragons return,? said Beyer, the man responsible for bringing the Hong Kong team over and play in Asia?s pioneering pro league.

See!!! the positives on having a foreign team/players in the league... PBA should know that basketball is a global sport and globalization is the key... This is the reason why NBA are having big revenue these days because they embrace globalization, even CBA, B-League, KBL, etc... they knew they can't always rely on their local market only... Even in Middle East PRO leagues already hiring Asian/Arab imports on their team....

[Rds]

See!!! the positives on having a foreign team/players in the league... PBA should know that basketball is a global sport and globalization is the key... This is the reason why NBA are having big revenue these days because they embrace globalization, even CBA, B-League, KBL, etc... they knew they can't always rely on their local market only... Even in Middle East PRO leagues already hiring Asian/Arab imports on their team....

This is actually a good thing. The massive international viewership I think will be enough to kick the PBA up from just being a gentlemans club. B league and KBL get Pinoy players also for the up tick in audience online or otherwise. The PBA should take a page from them. The good thing also is it is forcing the PBA to make calls more or less fair. You dont want 250k online viewers complaining.

[Liptong]

ill bet my entire property to BGSM in gm7. i have already read the script of this series.

[Rds]

i hope bay area becomes a regular fixture in the PBA, and maybe add 1 more foreign team in the mix for 1 conference per year.



meanwhile thirdy ravena who i thought was overrated has been slowly if not steadily improving in the b-league. kobe peaked in his 1st game in the b-league

Meanwhile Kiefer seems to be shooting blanks. It seems the B league teams already know his game. Not athletic. Not much of a shooter. He can bully thr smaller JP guards but all JP guards are short and its easy to stop a slow "power" PG.

[Rds]

ill bet my entire property to BGSM in gm7. i have already read the script of this series.

PBA game 7s are supposed to be fair. I think game 7 will be like game 6, no major complaints on either side on officiating. GSM players were a bit surprised some of their gulang moves were called. Lets see on game 7