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Quote from: agustina2 on March 19, 2022, 09:48:43 AM

Quote from: LogitechMouse on March 19, 2022, 08:14:24 AM

Now we are in the Semi-Finals already and look at the match-ups. Meralco Vs. Magnolia and Ginebra Vs. NLEX.
Anything new? Again its MVP Vs. SMC in the Semis and in the Finals, we will see them fighting for the championship or worse we might see a SMC vs. SMC team or MVP vs. MVP team in the Finals which I hope will not happen. My team SMB didn't enter the semis but I will still watch.

Ginebra vs Meralco is what I want to see in the Finals. A repeat of their Finals match where Justin Brownlee is also the import for Ginebra. Meralco wants that revenge. It also seems good that different companies will face in the Finals, unlike the usual same company.

If only KJ McDaniels is there, we might see NLEX in the Finals. Ginebra lost badly on this team this conference with a healthy lineup. That's how strong KJ McDaniel is. Unfortunately, we won't see it right now but I hope NLEX will give a good match.

Ohhhh the Buzzer Beater of Brownlee against the import of Meralco at that time which is Allen Durham. That is one of the most memorable buzzer beaters in PBA history for me because that three gave them the championship. I watched that video just now and just look at the audience at that time. LINK If the Ginebra vs. Meralco match-up in the finals will happen again, I expect for the venue to be filled with Ginebra fans for sure.

With regards to KJ, he is for me the top pick for the best import of the conference but he chooses to go back because of his family which I think a reasonable one. I would like to see NLEX in Finals as well but I will go with Ginebra with this

. I still believe that Brownlee can give Ginebra another title.

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Quote from: Beparanf on March 19, 2022, 09:32:58 AM

It’s so early to predict Ginebra and Meralco in the while in fact Magnolia and NLEX are very strong team in this season. I’m actually aiming one of this 2 team in the finals. Ginebra is indeed strong to sweep TNT but TNT import is not that good compare to other teams in the league. But as usual, Ginebra is always strong during Semis to Finals due to the amount of support they are getting from bandwagon pinoy and pinay fans. Cheesy

Things have changed now to NLEX since they are playing with a new import. Ginebra can't match NLEX on their first meeting and Brownlee was the only one doing the job for Ginebra. With today's status, I think Ginebra can match NLEX in a series match and probably more chances for them to reach the Finals. Not predicting it early but who knows that while the replacement of McDaniels is continuing to just move forward, he will be able to replicate or maybe much better compare to McDaniels.

But what if a good turnaround happens and instead, we will see Meralco and NLEX in the Finals. It's something unusual as we always SMC on the Finals.

At least once every few conferences, we should see the Finals like that.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on March 19, 2022, 08:14:24 AM

Now we are in the Semi-Finals already and look at the match-ups. Meralco Vs. Magnolia and Ginebra Vs. NLEX.
Anything new? Again its MVP Vs. SMC in the Semis and in the Finals, we will see them fighting for the championship or worse we might see a SMC vs. SMC team or MVP vs. MVP team in the Finals which I hope will not happen. My team SMB didn't enter the semis but I will still watch.

Ginebra vs Meralco is what I want to see in the Finals. A repeat of their Finals match where Justin Brownlee is also the import for Ginebra. Meralco wants that revenge. It also seems good that different companies will face in the Finals, unlike the usual same company.

If only KJ McDaniels is there, we might see NLEX in the Finals. Ginebra lost badly on this team this conference with a healthy lineup. That's how strong KJ McDaniel is. Unfortunately, we won't see it right now but I hope NLEX will give a good match.

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Quote from: Beparanf on March 19, 2022, 09:32:58 AM

Quote from: Botnake on March 19, 2022, 09:10:42 AM

Quote from: LogitechMouse on March 19, 2022, 08:14:24 AM

Now we are in the Semi-Finals already and look at the match-ups. Meralco Vs. Magnolia and Ginebra Vs. NLEX.
Anything new? Again its MVP Vs. SMC in the Semis and in the Finals, we will see them fighting for the championship or worse we might see a SMC vs. SMC team or MVP vs. MVP team in the Finals which I hope will not happen. My team SMB didn't enter the semis but I will still watch.

Meralco vs Ginebra in the Finals, would be a good Finals I guess. What do you think?

The last time I witnessed the Finals between Ginebra and Meralco, Durham was their import and I believe that the current import of Meralco is not better than Durham, so if they will face in the Finals, I'm sure Brownlee will take advantage of the match up.

It’s so early to predict Ginebra and Meralco in the while in fact Magnolia and NLEX are very strong team in this season. I’m actually aiming one of this 2 team in the finals. Ginebra is indeed strong to sweep TNT but TNT import is not that good compare to other teams in the league. But as usual, Ginebra is always strong during Semis to Finals due to the amount of support they are getting from bandwagon pinoy and pinay fans. Cheesy

TNT is actually a threat to Ginebra because we've seen their dedication this year. However, we can't deny the fact that Ginebra's fandom is also consistent and it's always been an advantage to them. It seems too early to conclude but I guess Ginebra will dominate and would be on finals again.

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Quote from: Botnake on March 19, 2022, 09:10:42 AM

Quote from: LogitechMouse on March 19, 2022, 08:14:24 AM

Now we are in the Semi-Finals already and look at the match-ups. Meralco Vs. Magnolia and Ginebra Vs. NLEX.
Anything new? Again its MVP Vs. SMC in the Semis and in the Finals, we will see them fighting for the championship or worse we might see a SMC vs. SMC team or MVP vs. MVP team in the Finals which I hope will not happen. My team SMB didn't enter the semis but I will still watch.

Meralco vs Ginebra in the Finals, would be a good Finals I guess. What do you think?

The last time I witnessed the Finals between Ginebra and Meralco, Durham was their import and I believe that the current import of Meralco is not better than Durham, so if they will face in the Finals, I'm sure Brownlee will take advantage of the match up.

It’s so early to predict Ginebra and Meralco in the while in fact Magnolia and NLEX are very strong team in this season. I’m actually aiming one of this 2 team in the finals. Ginebra is indeed strong to sweep TNT but TNT import is not that good compare to other teams in the league. But as usual, Ginebra is always strong during Semis to Finals due to the amount of support they are getting from bandwagon pinoy and pinay fans. Cheesy

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on March 19, 2022, 08:14:24 AM

Now we are in the Semi-Finals already and look at the match-ups. Meralco Vs. Magnolia and Ginebra Vs. NLEX.
Anything new? Again its MVP Vs. SMC in the Semis and in the Finals, we will see them fighting for the championship or worse we might see a SMC vs. SMC team or MVP vs. MVP team in the Finals which I hope will not happen. My team SMB didn't enter the semis but I will still watch.

Meralco vs Ginebra in the Finals, would be a good Finals I guess. What do you think?

The last time I witnessed the Finals between Ginebra and Meralco, Durham was their import and I believe that the current import of Meralco is not better than Durham, so if they will face in the Finals, I'm sure Brownlee will take advantage of the match up.

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Quote from: bisdak40 on March 19, 2022, 05:37:04 AM

Wow, i never thought that Ginebra would advance to the semis by defeating the TNT Katropa twice and it was not even a close game.

Scottie Thompson as usual did the damage for the Kings with his hustle and rebounding prowess hehe.

Congrats to all who back the Gin Kings to win and advance to the semis and hopefully to the Finals, seems like the PBA office is smiling at the moment as they expect gate revenues to skyrockets when the semis began.

Well, I was kinda shocked as well but... it is what it is and as always Scottie Thompson delivered again as he almost got a triple double again. Unfortunately, the changing of imports of TNT might affect the chemistry of the team as a whole and he played awful as well because he only scored 14 points. 3 starters of Ginebra scored 20+ points. For sure, many people will watch again in the stadium because of Ginebra and because of that revenue really will skyrocket but the management needs it so... yeah congrats for Ginebra

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Quote from: Distinctin on March 19, 2022, 05:40:17 AM

Also, bad decision for the TNT for changing their import in the do or die game, there's no chemistry been created yet so you cannot expect them to win. s

They don't want to do it but Fuller has an injury (calf I think) that is why they are forced to change their import. If only Fuller didn't get injured then they will not change their imports but nevertheless, I agree that there is no chemistry with the team because the whole roster didn't play against other team in the eliminations.

Now we are in the Semi-Finals already and look at the match-ups. Meralco Vs. Magnolia and Ginebra Vs. NLEX.
Anything new? Again its MVP Vs. SMC in the Semis and in the Finals, we will see them fighting for the championship or worse we might see a SMC vs. SMC team or MVP vs. MVP team in the Finals which I hope will not happen. My team SMB didn't enter the semis but I will still watch.

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Quote from: agustina2 on March 19, 2022, 08:06:40 AM

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Anyway, I just sad to see Alaska loss to NLEX which makes this as their last match as a team, most probably someone will take over but for sure it will take more time before they reach a new team owner. Congrats to NLEX for advancing to the next round!

In the first place, everyone already expects that NLEX will win the series. Just a bonus that we see another game for Alaska for one last time. That's their final game and they will be surely missed. PBA is not complete with no Alaska on their list of teams and from now we should now be used to it.

The Quarterfinals are now over and we are now moving to the Semi-Finals.

All these 4 teams are tough and it's hard to select what team will advance to the Finals.

NLEX and MAGNOLIA really on a good position here but still, we can't be more complacent especially with Ginebra as their opponent.
Alaska will come back with their new team owner, there's still money here on PBA so most probably someone will buy that team and continue their legacy.

Its really hard to place a bet, I can't even think who will be the team to win the championship, everything has changed after the quarter finals, they are all doing their best.

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Quote from: Johnyz on March 19, 2022, 08:01:39 AM

Anyway, I just sad to see Alaska loss to NLEX which makes this as their last match as a team, most probably someone will take over but for sure it will take more time before they reach a new team owner. Congrats to NLEX for advancing to the next round!

In the first place, everyone already expects that NLEX will win the series. Just a bonus that we see another game for Alaska for one last time. That's their final game and they will be surely missed. PBA is not complete with no Alaska on their list of teams and from now we should now be used to it.

The Quarterfinals are now over and we are now moving to the Semi-Finals.

All these 4 teams are tough and it's hard to select what team will advance to the Finals.

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Quote from: goinmerry on March 19, 2022, 07:56:11 AM

Quote from: Distinctin on March 19, 2022, 05:40:17 AM

Also, bad decision for the TNT for changing their import in the do or die game, there's no chemistry been created yet so you cannot expect them to win. s

How come it was a bad decision?

TNT's import suffers an injury and if they don't replace him, it would be TNT playing without an import in a Do Or Die game. Seriously do you want TNT to play without an import in a very important game? They are left with no choice but to hire another one. It's even hard to choose an import that is available right away to play.

They just lack what needs to win the game. Ginebra did a great job.

Let's just accept that Brownlee dominates the game, and he's a good import, this is just a bad luck for TNT having and injured player.

Anyway, I just sad to see Alaska loss to NLEX which makes this as their last match as a team, most probably someone will take over but for sure it will take more time before they reach a new team owner. Congrats to NLEX for advancing to the next round!

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Quote from: Distinctin on March 19, 2022, 05:40:17 AM

Also, bad decision for the TNT for changing their import in the do or die game, there's no chemistry been created yet so you cannot expect them to win. s

How come it was a bad decision?

TNT's import suffers an injury and if they don't replace him, it would be TNT playing without an import in a Do Or Die game. Seriously do you want TNT to play without an import in a very important game? They are left with no choice but to hire another one. It's even hard to choose an import that is available right away to play.

They just lack what needs to win the game. Ginebra did a great job.

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Quote from: bisdak40 on March 19, 2022, 05:37:04 AM

Wow, i never thought that Ginebra would advance to the semis by defeating the TNT Katropa twice and it was not even a close game.

Scottie Thompson as usual did the damage for the Kings with his hustle and rebounding prowess hehe.

Congrats to all who back the Gin Kings to win and advance to the semis and hopefully to the Finals, seems like the PBA office is smiling at the moment as they expect gate revenues to skyrockets when the semis began.

Brownlee is a big factor here and I didn't expect Ginebra to be on the semis because of their poor performance on the elimination round but they prove something today and its good to see them back on a winning column. Semi finals are more intense if there's a Ginebra there looking forward for other teams but I'm sure Magnolia will also advance while NLEX has a better chance to win right now, let's see.

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Quote from: Hypnosis00 on March 19, 2022, 05:57:47 AM

Quote from: Distinctin on March 19, 2022, 05:40:17 AM

Quote from: bisdak40 on March 19, 2022, 05:37:04 AM

Wow, i never thought that Ginebra would advance to the semis by defeating the TNT Katropa twice and it was not even a close game.

Scottie Thompson as usual did the damage for the Kings with his hustle and rebounding prowess hehe.

Congrats to all who back the Gin Kings to win and advance to the semis and hopefully to the Finals, seems like the PBA office is smiling at the moment as they expect gate revenues to skyrockets when the semis began.

I was expecting it, after they win in game 1, I am already convinced that the Ginebra Kings have a huge chance of winning the championship again. Also, bad decision for the TNT for changing their import in the do or die game, there's no chemistry been created yet so you cannot expect them to win. s

I agree that it was a wrong decision, their import cannot be effective in just a short period of time. In game 1, it was a bit close unlike the game 2 where the Gin Kings clearly dominated them.

That was obviously based on the outcome of the game, Brownlee cannot be contained, he is really good and he makes his teammates better.

Quote from: Hypnosis00 on March 19, 2022, 05:57:47 AM

Their import only scored 14 points while Brownlee had 29 points.

Too big of a difference, If import would score lower than the local, that means trouble for the team, unless everyone was really doing a great job, in the side of the TNT, they are not.

Meanwhile, looks like NLEX is going to advance in the Semi too, after a bad game, they bounce back hard and now having comfortable lead which I think they'll take it until the of the game.

50-69, NLEX.

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Quote from: Distinctin on March 19, 2022, 05:40:17 AM

Quote from: bisdak40 on March 19, 2022, 05:37:04 AM

Wow, i never thought that Ginebra would advance to the semis by defeating the TNT Katropa twice and it was not even a close game.

Scottie Thompson as usual did the damage for the Kings with his hustle and rebounding prowess hehe.

Congrats to all who back the Gin Kings to win and advance to the semis and hopefully to the Finals, seems like the PBA office is smiling at the moment as they expect gate revenues to skyrockets when the semis began.

I was expecting it, after they win in game 1, I am already convinced that the Ginebra Kings have a huge chance of winning the championship again. Also, bad decision for the TNT for changing their import in the do or die game, there's no chemistry been created yet so you cannot expect them to win. s

I agree that it was a wrong decision, their import cannot be effective in just a short period of time. In game 1, it was a bit close unlike the game 2 where the Gin Kings clearly dominated them.

Their import only scored 14 points while Brownlee had 29 points.

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Quote from: bisdak40 on March 19, 2022, 05:37:04 AM

Wow, i never thought that Ginebra would advance to the semis by defeating the TNT Katropa twice and it was not even a close game.

Scottie Thompson as usual did the damage for the Kings with his hustle and rebounding prowess hehe.

Congrats to all who back the Gin Kings to win and advance to the semis and hopefully to the Finals, seems like the PBA office is smiling at the moment as they expect gate revenues to skyrockets when the semis began.

I was expecting it, after they win in game 1, I am already convinced that the Ginebra Kings have a huge chance of winning the championship again. Also, bad decision for the TNT for changing their import in the do or die game, there's no chemistry been created yet so you cannot expect them to win. s

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Wow, i never thought that Ginebra would advance to the semis by defeating the TNT Katropa twice and it was not even a close game.

Scottie Thompson as usual did the damage for the Kings with his hustle and rebounding prowess hehe.

Congrats to all who back the Gin Kings to win and advance to the semis and hopefully to the Finals, seems like the PBA office is smiling at the moment as they expect gate revenues to skyrockets when the semis began.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on March 18, 2022, 07:27:33 AM

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Pretty bad game by the SMB, they lose in the game and their journey has ended.

Final score 85-100 (Meralco), not even a close game.
Congrats to Meralco and sorry to those who bet on SMB to win.

Next game coming up in 8 minutes, let's enjoy the last game of the night.

What happened last Wednesday is the complete opposite of what happened today.
We saw the lower team forcing a do-or-die game last Wednesday but this time, the lower teams got eliminated immediately.

I thought that SMB will do what they did when they are up against Meralco where they made a huge comeback and win the game but it didn't happen this time. Bishop and Newsome carried the whole team with 32 and 22 points respectively while Shabazz only scored 24 points this time, very far to his last performance when these 2 teams met where he scored 50+ points.

Magnolia and Phoenix match-up. I think we all agree that Magnolia will win this series easily and it is what happened. They just dominated the whole game and win it 127-88. Wright's foul trouble made it harder for the Phoenix to come close to the Magnolia and he only scored 8 points. When you need him to score as much as he can, he can't deliver which is kinda sad to think especially for Phoenix fans. Tomorrow lets watch the do-or-die games between TNT-GSM and NLEX-Alaska. Still, I will go with TNT with this one and maybe Alaska will take this one as well

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Easy win for magnolia and in first quarter of the game they will manage the lead of 14 34-20 and third quarter 102-67 which is a good performance from the magnolia team their outsides shooting is good as well. And for the game tomorrow ill bet GSM and Alaska do or die game I think Alaska has a chance to win and advance to the semi finals.

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Quote from: agustina2 on March 18, 2022, 10:19:02 AM

The effect of SMB's Death 5 shows us how important are these players.

Even on All-Filipino, SMB is not dominating anymore. They proved that they are just being carried by JuneMar Fajardo or their imports. The game has now changed this conference and we see one of the dominating teams before doing an early exit.

Meralco locals do their best and we see that. It's not just their import who the thing for them.

They are now patiently waiting for the Semi-Finals.

Even if the Death 5 of SMB is still intact, the result will be the same i think. Fajardo and the rest of them are getting older and the wear and tear of the games have taken its toll on them but we should also give credit to their opponents especially the locals of Meralco who really showed up when needed like Newsome.

We have two exciting games for tonight and still, i would go for the favorites.

TNT -2.5 vs Ginebra
NLEX -1.5 vs Alaska

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Quote from: carlisle1 on March 18, 2022, 12:32:37 PM

You mentioned that well, but the import is not the only one inside the court. Even locals are struggling and looks like they are not prepared

from this game, while Bolts have always a counter and not allowing any rally from SMB.

Meanwhile, with Magnolia, that's full supremacy that they showed from that game against Phoenix. No doubt, they outscored.

Phoenix in each quarter of the game, Nothing but a good ball movement and good rotations! Congrats to all who take the handicap!

Import are just like a local player, they struggle sometimes but it doesn’t mean they are not good.
Magnolia really on top of many teams, they are still proving it though maybe if NP was able to enter Quarterfinals, for sure Magnolia will have a hard time playing. Magnolia really dominates the game, they are well prepared for this.

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Quote from: carlisle1 on March 18, 2022, 05:11:08 AM

Can we compare SMB with the Lakers? hahaha Wink

are they going to have that same fate? Good in the paper but not in an actual game.

Maybe because we all got burned on this game. haha.

I'm sure everyone was on SMB -2.5, but look what happened, looks like they are the ones who are the underdog. Now, maybe the management has already realized that trading the veterans like Cabagnot and Santos was really a bad move.

Yeah, we expected that SMB would give Meralco trouble but it didn't happen. The import was very limited compared to his performance in their previous game against the same team which he scored 57 points IIRC, now he was only limited to 24 points.

Meanwhile, looks like no home for Phoenix here as the 20 points lead was even extended.

It's 4th quarter already and the score is 107-69 - Sad

You mentioned that well, but the import is not the only one inside the court. Even locals are struggling and looks like they are not prepared

from this game, while Bolts have always a counter and not allowing any rally from SMB.

Meanwhile, with Magnolia, that's full supremacy that they showed from that game against Phoenix. No doubt, they outscored.

Phoenix in each quarter of the game, Nothing but a good ball movement and good rotations! Congrats to all who take the handicap!

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