January 30, 2009; NBA All-Star Reserves revealed!

After the annoncement of the starters last week, now the line-up is complete as the reserves were revealed just this morning. Here are the list of reserves for the NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix!

East All-Stars Reserves
C TOR Chris Bosh
F IND Danny Granger
G NJN Devin Harris
G ATL Joe Johnson
G ORL Jameer Nelson
F ORL Rashard Lewis
F BOS Paul Pierce

West All-Star Reserves
G DEN Chauncey Billups
C LAL Pau Gasol
F DAL Dirk Nowitzki
C PHX Shaquille O'Neal
G SAS Tony Parker
G POR Brandon Roy
F NOH David West

The festivities will begin on Friday, February 13, 2009 and will end on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. The T-Mobile Rookie Challenge will be on Valentine's Day Saturday, February 14 at 9 a.m. Manila time. The Haier Shooting Stars, Playstation Skills Challenge, Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout and the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest will be shown on Sunday, February 15 starting at 8 a.m. Manila time. The main game, which is the 58th annual NBA All-Star Game will be held on Monday, February 16, 2009 at 8 a.m. Manila time.

And now, here are the results from today's NBA action!

January 30, 2009

Cleveland 88 (35-9)
Orlando 99 (35-10)
CLE: LeBron James- 23 pts, 8 rebs, 8 assts, 1 stl.
ORL: Dwight Howard- 22 pts, 18 rebs, 2 stls.

San Antonio 114 (31-14)
Phoenix 104 (25-19)
SAS: Manu Ginobili- 30 pts, 9 rebs, 3 assts, 2 stls.
PHX: Amar'e Stoudemire- 28 pts, 10 rebs, 1 stl.

Now here are the results from the recently concluded WWE Royal Rumble from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan!

1. Jack Swagger def. Matt Hardy to retain the ECW World Championship
2. Melina def. Beth Phoenix (w/ Santino Marella) to become the new WWE Women's Champion
3. John Cena def. John "Bradshaw" Layfield (w/ Shawn Michaels) to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
4. Edge (w/ Chavo Guerrero) def. Jeff Hardy to become the new WWE Champion
5. Randy Orton won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by eliminating Triple H last. He now has the chance to face either the ECW, WWE or the World Champion in the main event of the 25th anniversary of the grandest stage in sports-entertainment, WrestleMania, from the Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. It will be held Monday, April 6, 2009 at 8:00 AM Manila time.

And now, here is the result of Game 2 of the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals!

Alaska 100
Talk 'N Text 91
ALA: Joe Devance- 24 pts, 9 rebs, 5 assts.
Alaska leads series 2-0.
Game 3 set on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum.

So there you have it! You guys have just been fed!

Hope you guys had a wonderful Friday! Happy weekend! Long weekend for me because we don't have classes on Monday, but, our Prelim exams will start on Tuesday!

God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here...:)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

January 23, 2009; NBA All-Star 2009 Starters announced!

After class, me along with my classmates surprised someone because of her birthday tomorrow. We gave her flowers, chocolates, ang pao and what nots! Haha! Advanced happy birthday Erika Ponce! :) God bless! And may you have more to come! :)

Here are the starters for this year's NBA All-Star Game from the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona!

East All-Stars
G DET Allen Iverson
G MIA Dwyane Wade
F CLE LeBron James
F BOS Kevin Garnett
C ORL Dwight Howard
Head Coach: not yet official

West All-Stars
G NOH Chris Paul
G LAL Kobe Bryant
F SAS Tim Duncan
F PHX Amar'e Stoudemire
C HOU Yao Ming

And here are the complete list of participants for this year's Sprite Rising Star Slam Dunk Contest!

POR Rudy Fernandez
MEM Rudy Gay
NYK Nate Robinson (2007 Champion)
ORL Dwight Howard (Defending Champion)

And now, here are the results from today's action in the NBA!

January 23, 2009

Boston 90 (36-9)
Orlando 80 (33-9)
BOS: Paul Pierce- 27 pts, 10 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.
ORL: Hedo Turkoglu- 22 pts, 3 rebs, 2 assts.

Washington 97 (9-33)
LA Lakers 117 (35-8)
WSH: Antawn Jamison- 19 pts, 5 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.
LAL: Andrew Bynum- 23 pts, 14 rebs, 2 assts.

And now, here are the results from the semifinal action in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup from the Cuneta Astrodome!

1st Game
Sta. Lucia 81
Alaska 74
SLR: Joseph Yeo- 22 pts, 5 rebs, 2 assts.
ALA: LA Tenorio- 17 pts, 5 rebs, 4 assts.
Aces lead series 3-2.

2nd Game
San Miguel 125
Talk 'N Text 115
SMB: Marc Pingris- 28 pts, 12 rebs, 1 asst, 2 stls.
TNT: Mark Cardona- 19 pts, 2 rebs.

Game 6 of these series will be played on Sunday, January 25, 2009! :)

So there you have it! You guys have just been fed!

Hope you had a wonderful week! And may you have a nice weekend ahead! God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here...:)

Comments, questions, and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

January 18, 2009; After 2 weeks...I'm back!!!

I wasn't able to blog for 2 weeks because I was so busy with school. So now, I would like to re-enter the blog world with the post! Sorry for the inconvenience it may have caused.

The Wizard is back! Let's do this!

First up, here are the results from the NBA!

January 18, 2009

Boston 105 (33-9)
New Jersey 85 (19-22)
BOS: Ray Allen- 25 pts, 1 reb.
NJN: Brooke Lopez- 28 pts, 10 rebs.

Portland 97 (24-16)
Charlotte 102 (16-24)
Final/OT
POR: LaMarcus Aldridge- 21 pts, 6 rebs, 2 stls.
CHA: Gerald Wallace- 31 pts, 16 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.

New Orleans 91 (24-13)
Detroit 85 (22-17)
NOH: Chris Paul- 23 pts, 5 rebs, 14 assts.
DET: Rip Hamilton- 19 pts, 4 rebs, 4 assts.

Philadelphia 107 (20-20)
New York 97 (15-24)
PHI: Andre Iguodala- 28 pts, 10 rebs, 7 assts, 3 stls.
NYK: Al Harrington- 26 pts, 8 rebs, 3 assts.

San Antonio 92 (26-13)
Chicago 87 (18-23)
SAS: Manu Ginobili- 21 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.
CHI: Ben Gordon- 20 pts, 2 rebs, 4 assts.

Miami 86 (21-18)
Houston 93 (25-16)
MIA: Dwyane Wade- 29 pts, 4 rebs, 9 assts, 5 stls.
HOU: Yao Ming- 26 pts, 10 rebs, 2 assts.

Utah 108 (24-17)
Dallas 115 (23-17)
UTAH: Deron Williams- 30 pts, 3 rebs, 9 assts, 1 stl.
DAL: Dirk Nowitzki- 39 pts, 8 rebs, 2 assts.

Orlando 106 (33-8)
Denver 88 (27-14)
ORL: Hedo Turkoglu- 31 pts, 4 rebs, 5 assts.
DEN: Linas Kleiza- 26 pts, 5 rebs, 2 assts.

Milwaukee 92 (20-23)
LA Clippers 101 (9-30)
MIL: Richard Jefferson- 26 pts, 4 rebs, 1 asst, 1 stl.
LAC: Marcus Camby- 18 pts, 11 rebs, 3 assts.

There you have it. Now let's go to the mixed-martial arts world for UFC 93 from The o2 Dublin in Ireland!

Main Card

Light Heavyweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson
Henderson defeated Franklin via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28).

Light Heavyweight bout: Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio Rua
Rua defeated Coleman via TKO (punches) at 4:36 of round 3.

Middleweight bout: Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares
Palhares defeated Horn via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Middleweight bout: Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang
Belcher defeated Kang via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:36 of Round 2.

Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle
Davis defeated Lytle via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

Preliminary card

Welterweight bout: Thomas Egan vs John Hathaway
Hathaway defeated Egan via TKO (elbows) at 4:36 of round 1. This fight was the only preliminary bout shown on the PPV broadcast.

Welterweight bout: Martin Kampmann vs. Alexandre Barros
Kampmann defeated Barros via TKO (punches) at 3:07 of round 2.

Light Heavyweight bout: Eric Schafer vs. Antonio Mendes
Schafer defeated Mendes via TKO (punches) at 3:35 of round 1.

Light Heavyweight bout: Tomasz Drwal vs. Ivan Serati
Drwal defeated Serati via TKO (punches) at 2:02 of round 1.

Lightweight bout: Nate Mohr vs. Dennis Siver
Siver defeated Mohr via TKO (strikes) at 3:27 of round 3.

Last but not the least, the results from the Barclays Premier League!

Blackburn 3
Newcastle United 0

Bolton 0
Manchester United 1

Chelsea 2
Stoke City 1

Manchester City 1
Wigan Athletic 0

Sunderland 1
Aston Villa 2

West Bromwich Albion 3
Middlesbrough 0

Hull City 1
Arsenal 3

Here are the fixtures for today and the next day! :)

West Ham United vs. Fulham LIVE at 8:00 PM
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Portsmouth LIVE at 12:00 AM
Liverpool vs. Everton LIVE at 3:00 AM on January 20th

Later on, the semifinal action from the PBA will be rolling on as Game 3's of the series between the Aces and the Realtors, and the Tropang Texters against the Beermen. The Aces lead their best-of-seven series at 2-0, while the other series is tied up at 1 game a piece.

There you have it! All into one! You guys have just been fed!

Hope you had a wonderful day! God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here! :)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

January 3, 2008; The league is busy!

I started my day at around 5:30 in the morning, because me and my dad played basketball. We played two full games, I had a good game, so as my dad, but unfortunately, we lost both of the games via close margin. After which, we walked home, ate our breakfast, freshened up, then we took back my grandparents back to the home in Bataan after celebrating New Year's with us.

Then, we left. Along the way, we stopped by at R. Ma Mon Luk along Quezon Avenue. Ate supper there (The usual beef noodle soup and siopao combination! Yum!). Then, went straight home.

Wehw, what a tiring day. But I'm still here! Not leaving out today's happenings in the world of sports!

Every team in the NBA had a game today, so let's start it out right now!

January 3, 2008

Houston 73 (21-13)
Toronto 94 (13-20)
HOU: Von Wafer- 18 pts, 1 reb, 1 asst, 1 stl.
TOR: Andrea Bargnani- 19 pts, 6 rebs, 1 asst.

Miami 76 (17-14)
Orlando 86 (26-7)
MIA: Dwyane Wade- 33 pts. 7 rebs, 6 assts, 2 stls.
ORL: Rashard Lewis- 17 pts, 5 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.

Washington 83 (6-25)
Boston 108 (29-5)
WSH: Nick Young- 15 pts, 1 reb.
BOS: Paul Pierce- 26 pts, 1 reb, 1 asst.

Chicago 92 (14-19)
Cleveland 117 (27-5)
CHI: Ben Gordon- 22 pts, 4 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.
CLE: Anderson Varejao- 26 pts, 8 rebs, 3 stls.

Atlanta 91 (21-11)
New Jersey 93 (16-17)
Final/OT
ATL: Mike Bibby- 22 pts, 5 rebs, 6 assts.
NJN: Devin Harris- 26 pts, 4 rebs, 11 assts, 1 stl.


Indiana 105 (11-21)
New York 103 (12-19)
IND: Jarrett Jack- 29 pts, 5 rebs, 2 assts, 3 stls.
NYK: Al Harrington- 27 pts, 6 rebs.


Sacramento 92 (8-25)
Detroit 98 (20-11)
SAC: Brad Miller- 25 pts, 16 rebs, 1 asst.
DET: Rodney Stuckey- 38 pts, 4 rebs, 7 assts, 2 stls.


San Antonio 91 (21-11)
Memphis 80 (10-23)
SAS: Tim Duncan- 20 pts, 10 rebs, 5 assts.
MEM: Hakim Warrick- 16 pts, 6 rebs, 1 asst.


Golden State 108 (10-25)
Minnesota 115 (7-25)
GSW: Stephen Jackson- 25 pts, 3 rebs, 7 assts, 1 stl.
MIN: Al Jefferson- 32 pts, 10 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.


Denver 112 (22-12)
Oklahoma City 110 (4-30)
DEN: Carmelo Anthony- 31 pts, 9 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.
OKC: Kevin Durant- 33 pts, 9 rebs, 5 assts, 1 stl.


Philadelphia 86 (13-19)
Dallas 96 (20-12)
PHI: Andre Iguodala- 22 pts, 4 rebs, 5 assts, 2 stls.
DAL: Dirk Nowitzki- 31 pts, 4 rebs, 5 assts, 4 stls.


Charlotte 75 (11-22)
Milwaukee 103 (16-18)
CHA: Boris Diaw- 16 pts, 3 rebs, 6 assts.
MIL: Michael Redd- 31 pts, 5 rebs, 2 stls.

LA Clippers 98 (8-24)
Phoenix 106 (19-12)
LAC: Marcus Camby- 19 pts, 23 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.
PHX: Amare Stoudemire- 23 pts, 8 rebs, 3 assts.

New Orleans 92 (20-9)
Portland 77 (20-13)
NOH: David West- 25 pts, 4 rebs, 1 stl.
POR: Rudy Fernandez- 19 pts, 4 rebs, 2 assts.

Utah 100 (19-15)
LA Lakers 113 (26-5)
UTAH: Mehmet Okur- 21 pts, 13 rebs, 2 assts.
LAL: Kobe Bryant- 40 pts, 7 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.

Woohoo! Hot damn! NBA's so busy today! And so as tomorrow, 7 games will be played! So stay intact as the season goes on!

On PBA tomorrow, it will be the start of the wildcard phase against the Air21 Express and the San Miguel Beermen. The game will start at 6:00 pm from the Araneta Coliseum. The winner of the wildcard phase will face the 3rd seeded Barangay Ginebra Kings on the quarterfinal round.

Also tomorrow will be the start of Manchester United's FA Cup bid against Southampton F.C.. The game will start at 4:00 pm England time (11:00 PM Manila time). It will be shown on either ESPN or Star Sports LIVE, so all you football fans, especially the Red Devils fans, could catch it!

So there you have it, you guys have just been fed!

Hope you had a wonderful Saturday! Tomorrow is Family Day Sunday! And for most, it's the last day of the Christmas vacation! Back to school or work on Monday! :) So make the most out of it!

God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here... :)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

January 1, 2009; Para maiba naman, Manigong Bagong Taon! :)

To each and everyone of you guys, Happy New Year! Hope that you had a wonderful time last night, or maybe up until the morning time when you guys celebrated the coming of the Year of the Ox wherever you are and whoever you guys are with! :)

This marks the start of something new, but all the sports news will still come your way, don't you guys worry about it.

And now, for the first post of 2009, here are the latest from the world of sports!

First up, from the NBA!

January 1, 2009

Orlando 113 (25-7)
Chicago 94 (14-18)
ORL: Rashard Lewis- 21 pts, 7 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.
CHI: Joakim Noah- 19 pts, 11 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.

New Jersey 75 (15-17)
Detroit 83 (19-11)
NJN: Brook Lopez- 23 pts, 12 rebs, 3 assts.
DET: Allen Iverson- 19 pts, 4 rebs, 4 assts.

Milwaukee 81 (15-18)
Houston 85 (21-12)
MIL: Michael Redd- 20 pts, 3 rebs, 2 assts.
HOU: Yao Ming- 22 pts, 10 rebs, 2 assts.

Denver 114 (21-12)
Toronto 107 (12-20)
DEN: Nene Hilario- 21 pts, 7 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.
TOR: Andrea Bargnani- 26 pts, 6 rebs, 1 asst, 2 stls.

Golden State 100 (10-24)
Oklahoma City 107 (4-29)
GSW: Kelanna Azubuike- 24 pts, 2 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.
OKC: Jeff Green- 26 pts, 8 rebs, 1 asst, 2 stls.

Philadelphia 100 (13-18)
LA Clippers 92 (8-23)
PHI: Andre Iguodala- 28 pts, 7 rebs, 7 assts, 2 stls.
LAC: Al Thornton- 24 pts, 9 rebs, 1 stl.

There will be no NBA games for tomorrow because it's New Year's Day in the US.

So there. You guys have been fed for the first time this year!

Hope that this year would be very fruitful to each and everyone of us! God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here... :)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)