February 27, 2010 (Part 2); Tenacious "D" lifts Lakers past Sixers, and more!

Good evening guys! Here are the results from today's action from the NBA!

Cleveland 126 (46-14)
Toronto 118 (31-26)
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CLE: LeBron James- 36 pts, 6 rebs, 9 assts, 2 stls.
TOR: Andrea Bargnani- 24 pts, 4 rebs, 3 assts.

New York 118 (20-37)
Washington 116 (20-36)
Final/OT
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
NYK: Al Harrington- 37 pts, 7 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.
WSH: Andray Blatche- 26 pts, 18 rebs, 6 assts, 1 stl.

Dallas 111 (38-21)
Atlanta 1o3 (36-21)
Final/OT
Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
DAL: Jason Kidd- 19 pts, 16 rebs, 17 assts, 2 stls.
ATL: Joe Johnson- 27 pts, 5 rebs, 10 assts, 1 stl.

Portland 111 (34-27)
Chicago 115 (31-27)
Final/OT
United Center, Chicago, Illinois
POR: LaMarcus Aldridge- 32 pts, 7 rebs, 1 stl.
CHI: Derrick Rose- 33 pts, 2 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.

Charlotte 93 (28-29)
Memphis 89 (29-29)
FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee
CHA: Stephen Jackson- 32 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.
MEM: Zach Randolph- 24 pts, 10 rebs, 1 asst, 2 stls.

Minnesota 92 (14-46)
Oklahoma City 109 (34-23)
Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
MIN: Kevin Love- 19 pts, 8 rebs, 2 assts.
OKC: Kevin Durant- 25 pts, 9 rebs, 3 assts, 2 stls.


San Antonio 104 (32-24)
Houston 109 (29-28)
Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
SAS: George Hill- 26 pts, 2 rebs, 3 assts.
HOU: Kevin Martin- 33 pts, 4 rebs, 5 assts, 1 stl.


Detroit 102 (21-37)
Denver 107 (39-19)
Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
DET: Richard Hamilton- 20 pts, 6 rebs, 5 assts, 1 stl.
DEN: Chauncey Billups- 25 pts, 2 rebs, 2 assts.

LA Clippers 112 (24-34)
Phoenix 125 (37-23)
US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
LAC: Eric Gordon- 25 pts, 1 reb, 2 assts, 1 stl.
PHX: Robin Lopez- 30 pts, 12 rebs.

Orlando 93 (39-20)
New Orleans 100 (31-28)
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
ORL: Dwight Howard- 26 pts, 10 rebs, 1 asst.
NOH: David West- 40 pts, 10 rebs, 1 asst.

Utah 99 (37-21)
Sacramento 103 (19-39)
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
UTAH: Carlos Boozer- 26 pts, 10 rebs, 6 assts, 1 stl.
SAC: Beno Udrih- 25 pts, 1 reb, 4 assts, 2 stls.

Philadelphia 90 (22-36)
LA Lakers 99 (44-15)
STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, California
PHI: Samuel Dalembert- 24 pts, 11 rebs.
LAL: Pau Gasol- 23 pts, 11 rebs, 5 assts, 2 stls.

So there you have it! You guys have it!

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

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

February 27, 2010 (Part 1); Just because of a single free-throw...

Just when you thought you saved the game.

Joe Devance made 1 out of his 2 free throw shots to tie the ball game at 85, with around 5 seconds left in the ballgame. When all of a sudden, Kerby Raymundo, fakes a shot, with De Vance biting to it, earns a trip to the charity stripe due to the foul called on Devance.

Alaska's coaching staff led by head coach Earl Timothy "Tim" Cone, along with team manager Joaqui Trillo, were all in disbelief after the foul was called, saying that the referee should have just let the game going, but via the instant replay, most, if not all people, would agree that in deed, Devance made contact with Raymundo via the fake, ergo the foul being called.

Kerby made the 1st free throw and misses the 2nd, thus ending the game right for them via a 86-85 win against the Aces.

The Giants now lead the series 2 games to none.

James Yap was named the Best Player of the Game with a new conference-high of 32 points on 4 out of 6 from rainbow territory.

Game 3 will be held tomorrow night, still from the Araneta Coliseum. Could Alaska make a comeback? Or will Purefoods take the commanding 3-0 series lead? Let's all find out on the last day of the month!

Game 2
Purefoods 86
Alaska 85
PUR: James Yap- 32 pts, 3 assts, 4/6 3-PT FG's.
ALA: L.A. Tenorio- 19 pts, 6 rebs, 5 assts, 1 stl.
Giants leads series 2-0.

Game tomorrow
February 28, 2010
Araneta Coliseum
7:00 PM Game 3 Finals: Alaska Aces vs. Purefoods TJ Giants

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

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

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

February 22, 2010 (Part 2); Vintage Carter gives Magic big W against Cavs!

This article is from NBA.com! An exclusive! :)

ORLANDO (NBA.com exclusive) -- The Orlando Magic called Vince Carter their "closer'' when they acquired him from the New Jersey Nets last summer, and he showed up just in time to close out Sunday's 101-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Carter and Jameer Nelson scored 16 straight Magic points during a five-minute stretch of the fourth quarter while the Cavaliers managed just two free throws. Then Carter assisted Rashard Lewis on a game-clinching 3-pointer with 20 seconds left.

It was the Magic's first win in three tries this season against the Cavaliers, who have lost three straight for the first time since March of 2008.

LeBron James scored a game-high 33 points and newly acquired Antawn Jamison rallied the Cavaliers (43-14) into their first lead of the game by scoring the first eight points of the second half.

Dwight Howard led the Magic with 22 points and 16 rebounds in a nationally televised game that had plenty of everything, including flying elbows and hard fouls and borderline calls.

"It was a playoff atmosphere with a lot of stars on the floor," noted Carter. "It makes for great TV."

And it ended with a strong sense that it might not be the last time these teams will meet in Orlando, even though their regular-season finale will be at Cleveland on April 11.

"It's a team we may see in the playoffs," James said. "It was a good test for both teams and they made enough plays down the stretch to win.

"Give them credit."

Cleveland center Shaquille O'Neal, who scored 20 points and recorded his 3,000th career assist, clearly expects a rematch in the Eastern Conference final.

"It's going to be tough," said Shaq, who wasn't with the Cavaliers when they lost in six games to the Magic. "They've got to come through us, we've got to go through them. But as long as the game is played like it was played today, I have no problem with it. It was a well played game by both teams; their shooters just hit some shots down the stretch."

The Cavaliers led, 85-80, midway through the fourth quarter, right around the time James usually takes over.

But this time it was Carter, who at that point had made one shot in six attempts in 26 minutes. He started with two free throws, then reached out for a spectacular dunk that signaled the start of a big Magic rally. By the time Nelson completed the Magic run with a 3-pointer, Orlando had a 96-88 lead with two minutes left.

Carter closed it out by feeding Howard for a free throw and then setting up Lewis perfectly.

"In the fourth quarter if you have the ball in your hands, yeah, you want to score," Carter said. "But if you can make plays by finding open guys, that's what makes it to me. Because you can shoot every time and not make it, but if I can find a guy in the paint who's wide open and make the best play, and he knocks it down, that's just like scoring to me."

The Cavaliers shot 8-for-23 in the fourth quarter and only 3-for-16 from behind the arc for the game.

In spite of the loss, they found something to be encouraged about in the contribution of Jamison. In his second game since coming over from Washington, he was the first man off the bench and finished with 19 points before fouling out in the final minute.

"It's scary what can happen with me playing along with these guys,"

Jamison said. "They make it so much easier. I just want to go out there and play my game and be aggressive and that's what they want me to do.

I'm starting to understand that and each game I start to improve on it."

Jamison will be starting once coach Mike Brown decides how best to make the transition.

"That has something to do with [the losing streak]. Our guys don't quite have a rhythm yet and I don't have a rhythm yet at what I want to do," he said. "It was kind of a hodge-podge as far as substitutions today."

In any case, it was a step up from Friday night's loss at Charlotte, in which Jamison missed all 12 of his shots in his Cavalier debut.

"The Charlotte game was hard to swallow," James said. "We just didn't play well, we had no energy, we didn't cover for each other. Today was a game where we played physical, we did everything possible, but they made a couple more shots than we did."

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

Cleveland 95 (43-14)
Orlando (38-19)
Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida
CLE: LeBron James- 33 pts, 9 rebs, 6 assts, 2 stls.
ORL: Dwight Howard- 22 pts, 16 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.

Boston 105 (35-19)
Denver 114 (37-19)
Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
BOS: Ray Allen- 25 pts, 5 rebs, 4 assts.
DEN: Chauncey Billups- 26 pts, 4 rebs, 7 assts.

San Antonio 101 (31-23)
Detroit 109 (20-35)
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, Michigan
SAS: Tim Duncan- 21 pts, 10 rebs, 3 assts.
DET: Richard Hamilton- 27 pts, 5 rebs, 3 assts.

Memphis 104 (28-27)
New Jersey 94 (5-51)
IZOD Center, East Rutherford, New Jersey
MEM: Rudy Gay- 29 pts, 8 rebs, 1 asst, 1 stl.
NJN: Brook Lopez- 26 pts, 9 rebs.

Oklahoma City 109 (33-21)
Minnesota 107 (13-44)
Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
OKC: Kevin Durant- 32 pts, 6 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.
MIN: Kevin Love- 19 pts, 14 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.

Houston 94 (28-27)
New Orleans 102 (30-26)
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
HOU: Chase Budinger- 18 pts, 5 rebs, 1 stl.
NOH: David West- 27 pts, 9 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.

Atlanta 104 (34-20)
Golden State 108 (16-39)
Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
ATL: Joe Johnson- 31 pts, 5 rebs, 3 assts, 2 stls.
GSW: Stephen Curry- 32 pts, 9 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.

Sacramento 88 (18-38)
Phoenix 104 (34-21)
US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
SAC: Carl Landry- 18 pts, 7 rebs, 2 assts, 2 stls.
PHX: Jason Richardson- 27 pts, 7 rebs, 1 asst.

Utah 93 (36-19)
Portland 89 (32-26)
Final/OT
UTAH: Carlos Boozer- 22 pts, 23 rebs, 5 assts.
POR: Brandon Roy- 23 pts, 3 rebs, 4 assts.

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

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

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

February 22, 2010 (Part 1); Purefoods arranges final showdown with Alaska

Yesterday night, the Purefoods TJ Giants took the insurmountable win against the San Miguel Beermen, 87-78, to bag the semifinal series in six games. They will be facing the Alaska Aces for the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup championship starting on Wednesday.

The Aces are the early favorites after their 4-0 sweep of the Brgy. Ginebra Kings in their semifinal showdown.

The Beermen and the Kings on the other hand, will face each other at 5:00 PM Wednesday, and the winner will be proclaimed as the 3rd place finishers of the competition.

This morning, at the press conference held at the Pavilion of the Araneta Coliseum, PBA commissioner Renauld "Sonny" Barrios happily announced that each and every game of the Finals showdown between the Aces and the Giants will be staged at the mecca of Philippine sports and entertainment.

Purefoods 87
San Miguel 78
PUR: Roger Yap- 20 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.
SMB: Arwind Santos- 20 pts, 8 rebs, 1 stl.
Purefoods wins series 4-2.

Here's the schedule for Wednesday, February 24, 2010!

Araneta Coliseum
Cubao, Quezon City

1st Game
Battle for Third
Brgy. Ginebra Kings vs. San Miguel Beermen
5:00 PM

2nd Game
Game 1 of the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals
Alaska Aces vs. Purefoods TJ Giants
7:30 PM

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

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

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

February 18, 2010 (Part 2); Jamison to the Cavs, Ilgauskas to the Wizards, and more!

In a sudden turn of events, the Cleveland Cavaliers has agreed to trade their premier center, the only remaining Cavalier from the 90's, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, to the Washington Wizards in exchange for power forward Antawn Jamison.

The Wizards also received the rights for Emir Preldzic and a 2010 first-round draft pick.

This is a part of the 3-team trade that happened early this day, also involving the Wizards giving up recently acquired center Drew Gooden to the LA Clippers, while the Clippers gave up guard Sebastian Telfair and forward Al Thornton to the Cavaliers and the Wizards, respectively.

The trade would benefit Cleveland the most since it could now solidify it's frontline with a solid and veteran power forward in Jamison, a former multiple-time All-Star, along with LeBron James and Shaquill O'Neal.

Things are indeed looking up for the Cavs as they hold the best record in the East with 43-11, and currently riding on a 13-game winning streak.

The Wizards, on the other hand, will receive a force in the paint in Ilgauskas, an All-Star back in 2003. He will be backed by the backcourt combo of Randy Foye and Mike Miller, recently acquired forward Josh Howard, and big men Andray Blatche, JaVale McGee and Fabricio Oberto.

And now, here are the results from all the games from the NBA today!

San Antonio 90 (31-21)

Indiana 87 (18-35)

Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana

SAS: Tony Parker- 28 pts, 3 rebs, 1 asst.

IND: Danny Granger- 23 pts, 8 rebs, 1 stl.

Detroit 91 (19-34)

Orlando 116 (37-18)

Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida

DET: Rip Hamilton- 36 pts, 5 rebs, 3 assts.

ORL: Dwight Howard- 33 pts, 17 rebs, 3 assts.

Memphis 109 (27-26)

Toronto 102 (29-24)

Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MEM: Rudy Gay- 29 pts, 8 rebs, 2 assts.

TOR: Chris Bosh- 32 pts, 10 rebs, 4 assts.

Minnesota 99 (13-42)

Washington 108 (18-33)
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.

MIN: Al Jefferson- 18 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls.

WSH: Andray Blatche- 33 pts, 13 rebs, 1 asst, 2 stls.

Miami 87 (28-27)

New Jersey 84 (5-49)

IZOD Center, East Rutherford, New Jersey

MIA: Michael Beasley- 23 pts, 11 rebs, 2 stls.

NJN: Brook Lopez- 26 pts, 10 rebs, 2 assts.

Chicago 115 (27-26)

New York 109 (19-34)

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

CHI: Derrick Rose- 27 pts, 4 rebs, 6 assts, 1 stl.

NYK: Al Harrington- 27 pts, 2 rebs, 5 assts, 2 stls.

Houston 127 (28-25)

Milwaukee 99 (24-28)

Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

HOU: Trevor Ariza- 22 pts, 1 reb, 3 assts, 2 stls.

MIL: Luc Mbah a Moute- 18 pts, 8 rebs, 1 asst, 1 stl.

Utah 98 (34-19)

New Orleans 90 (28-26)

New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana

UTAH: Paul Millsap- 24 pts, 8 rebs, 2 assts, 3 stls.

NOH: Darren Collison- 24 pts, 4 rebs, 9 assts, 2 stls.

Phoenix 97 (32-23)

Dallas 107 (33-21)

AmericanAirlines Center, Dallas, Texas

PHX: Amar'e Stoudemire- 30 pts, 14 rebs, 3 assts.

DAL: Dirk Nowitzki- 28 pts, 7 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.

Sacramento 97 (18-36)

Golden State 130 (15-38)

Oracle Arena, Oakland, California
SAC: Tyreke Evans- 17 pts, 5 rebs, 10 assts, 3 stls.
GSW: CJ Watson- 40 pts, 7 rebs, 6 assts, 2 stls.

Atlanta 110 (34-18)
LA Clippers 92 (21-33)
STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, California
ATL: Al Horford- 31 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assts, 3 stls.
LAC: Chris Kaman- 21 pts, 10 rebs, 3 assts.

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

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

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

February 18, 2010 (Part 1); The Final Stretch!

Yes, our Prelims are over! Now, the final quarter has begun.

Finals, here I come!

Approximately 6 weeks remain before we end this semester, and after which, by the Lord's grace and guidance, I, along with my batchmates, will enter Clinical Internship starting the 2nd of May, to whichever hospital we're assigned to.

By this point, I still don't know to what hospital I am going to be placed. I just hope that it's a place wherein it would be convenient for me as to the location. I hope I land on a good hospital :)

This week is somewhat a "rest" week for us, since the exams have just finished. So I expect the activities to start come next week.

So there, just sharing my experiences to everyone! Haha! :)

God bless you guys! :)

February 6, 2010 (Part 2); Heartbreaker in Orlando!

Now here are the games all of you are waiting for! The results from the NBA today! :)

The game between Washington and Orlando was off the hook! Down by 21 at the end of the first half, the Wizards relied on the backcourt combo of Randy Foye and Caron Butler, who combined for 34 of the team's 39 point third quarter, which turned the things around for the Wizards. Caron Butler finished the game with the game-high 31 points.

Detroit 83 (16-32)
Indiana 107 (18-32)
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
DET: Ben Gordon- 26 pts, 3 rebs.
IND: Danny Granger- 25 pts, 6 rebs, 2 stls.

Washington 92 (17-32)
Orlando 91 (33-17)
Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida
WSH: Caron Butler- 31 pts, 9 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.
ORL: Vince Carter- 21 pts, 2 rebs.

New Jersey 87 (4-45)
Boston 96 (32-16)
TD Garden, Boston, Massachussetts
NJN: Brook Lopez- 19 pts, 6 rebs, 3 assts, 2 stls.
BOS: Ray Allen- 26 pts, 7 rebs, 2 assts.

Milwaukee 114 (22-26)
New York 107 (19-30)
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
MIL: Ersan Ilyasova- 25 pts, 7 rebs.
NYK: David Lee- 32 pts, 15 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.

Chicago 81 (23-25)
Atlanta 91 (32-17)
Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
CHI: Luol Deng- 20 pts, 8 rebs.
ATL: Josh Smith-18 pts, 14 rebs, 10 assts, 2 stls.

Houston 101 (27-22)
Memphis 83 (26-23)
FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee
HOU: Aaron Brooks- 19 pts, 8 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.
MEM: Marc Gasol- 17 pts, 8 rebs, 2 assts, 2 stls.

Philadelphia 101 (18-31)
New Orleans 94 (26-24)
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
PHI: Thaddeus Young- 19 pts, 5 rebs, 1 stl.
NOH: Peja Stojakovic- 23 pts, 3 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.

Minnesota 117 (12-38)
Dallas 108 (30-19)
AmericanAirlines Center, Dallas, Texas
MIN: Jonny Flynn- 19 pts, 2 rebs, 7 assts, 1 stl.
DAL: Jason Terry- 20 pts, 3 rebs, 3 assts, 3 stls.

Phoenix 114 (31-21)
Sacramento 102 (16-33)
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
PHX: Amar'e Stoudemire- 30 pts, 9 rebs, 1 stl.
SAC: Donte Greene- 31 pts, 7 rebs.

Denver 126 (34-16)
LA Lakers 113 (38-13)
STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, California
DEN: Chauncey Billups- 39 pts, 4 rebs, 8 assts, 1 stl.
LAL: Kobe Bryant- 33 pts, 9 rebs, 1 stl.

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

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

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

February 6, 2010 (Part 1); Talk 'N Text walks out, forfeits game

The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters walked out of the playing court after the flagrant foul penalty two called on Ranidel de Ocampo after he allegedly hit Ginebra guard Ronald Tubid in the face with his elbow while the guard was driving to the basket.

After the call was made, Texters head coach Chot Reyes called his players and walked off the court, the third team in PBA history to have ever done such act. The first being Anejo Rum 65 back in 1990 when they were battling San Miguel Beer, next was in the early 2000's when Red Bull faced San Miguel as well. Red Bull, meanwhile, went back to the court and finished the game.

The score read Ginebra leading Talk 'N Text, 27-20 in the first quarter of action when the walk out happened.

In the second game, Rain or Shine forces a clincher on Sunday as they defeat Purefoods, 103-100 in Game 4 of their best-of-five series.

1st Game
Talk 'N Text 20
Brgy. Ginebra 27
TNT: Mark Cardona- 8 pts, 2 rebs.
BGK: Ronald Tubid- 8 pts, 2 rebs.
Talk 'N Text forfeited due to walk out; Brgy. Ginebra wins game.
Series tied 2-2.

2nd Game
Rain or Shine 103
Purefoods 100
ROS: Solomon Mercado- 24 pts, 4 rebs, 8 assts, 1 stl.
PUR: Kerby Raymundo- 34 pts, 7 rebs, 5 assts.
Series tied 2-2.

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

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

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

February 4, 2010 (Part 2); Phil Jackson becomes Lakers' all-time winningest coach!

This day was good for me! I believe that I did good in my Histopathology and Professional Deontology quizzes, which clinched my day :)

And now, on to the news!

Congratulations are on hand for LA Lakers head coach Phil Jackson for being the franchise's new all-time winningest coach. He has already won 544 games for the Lakers, including their win against the Charlotte Bobcats today, and still counting. Congrats, coach Phil!

Here are the results from today's NBA action!

LA Clippers 97 (21-28)
Atlanta 103 (31-17)
Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
LAC: Chris Kaman- 17 pts, 10 rebs, 2 assts.
ATL: Joe Johnson- 34 pts, 2 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.

Chicago 103 (23-24)
Philadelphia 106 (17-31)
Final/OT
Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CHI: Derrick Rose- 30 pts, 4 rebs, 9 assts.
PHI: Elton Brand- 26 pts, 9 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.

New Jersey 99 (4-44)
Toronto 108 (27-23)
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NJN: Yi Jianlian- 15 pts, 7 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.
TOR: Chris Bosh- 20 pts, 9 rebs, 4 assts, 1 stl.

Washington 85 (16-32)
New York 107 (19-29)
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
WSH: Randy Foye- 15 pts, 1 reb, 1 asst, 2 stls.
NYK: Nate Robinson- 23 pts, 6 rebs, 8 assts, 2 stls.

Miami 102 (24-25)
Boston 107 (31-16)
TD Garden, Boston, Massachussetts
MIA: Dwyane Wade- 30 pts, 5 rebs, 13 assts, 1 stl.
BOS: Ray Allen- 23 pts, 7 rebs, 3 assts, 3 stls.

Oklahoma City 103 (28-21)
New Orleans 99 (26-23)
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
OKC: Kevin Durant- 30 pts, 3 rebs, 2 assts.
NOH: Marcus Thornton- 22 pts, 3 rebs, 6 assts, 1 stl.

Golden State 101 (13-35)
Dallas 110 (31-18)
AmericanAirlines Center, Dallas, Texas
GSW: Monta Ellis- 46 pts, 4 rebs, 2 assts, 1 stl.
DAL: Jason Terry- 21 pts, 1 reb, 6 assts, 1 stl.

Portland 105 (29-22)
Utah 118 (30-18)
EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
POR: LaMarcus Aldridge- 27 pts, 12 rebs, 5 assts.
UTAH: Mehmet Okur- 28 pts, 8 rebs.

San Antonio 115 (28-19)
Sacramento 113 (16-32)
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California
SAS: George Hill- 23 pts, 4 rebs, 9 assts, 2 stls.
SAC: Tyreke Evans- 32 pts, 7 rebs, 8 assts, 2 stls.

Phoenix 109 (30-21)
Denver 97 (33-16)
Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
PHX: Amar'e Stoudemire- 20 pts, 17 rebs, 1 asst.
DEN: Nene Hilario- 15 pts, 9 rebs, 4 assts, 3 stls.

Charlotte 97 (24-24)
LA Lakers 99 (38-12)
STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, California
CHA: Stephen Jackson- 30 pts, 7 rebs, 4 assts, 2 stls.
LAL: Lamar Odom- 19 pts, 7 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.

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

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

Comments, questions are highly appreciated! :)

February 4, 2010 (Part 1); Painters, Kings avoid early exit!

The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and the Brgy. Ginebra Kings found a way to extend both of their series as they defeated their rivals in the continuing quarterfinal round of the 2009-2010 KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Wednesday night from the Araneta Coliseum.

In the first game, Jeffrei Chan led the way with 17 markers and 6 boards as his team punches a win against the Purefoods TJ Giants, 95-92. Gabe Norwood finished the game with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, while Mike Hrabak ended up with 15 points and 3 rebounds.

On the other side, KG Canaleta was their high point man with 18 points, along with 5 rebounds and 6 assists, while James and Roger Yap both scored 17 points for the Giants, who will try to close out the series Friday night to advance to the semi-final round to face the San Miguel Beermen.

In the main game, crowd-darling Brgy. Ginebra also avoided an early exit as they defeat the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, 102-97 behing J.C. Intal's new career-high 25 points, along with 10 rebounds and 3 assists. Eric Menk also had a monster game with 20 markers along with 7 rebounds, on a remarkable 12 out of 13 from the charity stripe.

The comebacking "Fast and Furious" tandem of Mark Caguioa and Jayjay Helterbrand combined for 18 points for the Kings, who now needs to win the next 2 games for them to move on to the semis.

Mark Cardona led the Texters with 18 points, along with 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Ranidel de Ocampo chipped in 17 points and 7 boards while Jimmy Alapag finished with 16 points and 7 dimes.

1st Game
Purefoods 92
Rain or Shine 95
PUR: Nino Canaleta- 18 pts, 5 rebs, 6 assts.
ROS: Jeffrei Chan- 17 pts, 6 rebs, 6 assts.
Giants lead series 2-1.

2nd Game
Brgy. Ginebra 102
Talk 'N Text 97
BGK: J.C. Intal- 25 pts (new career-high), 10 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.
TNT: Mark Cardona- 18 pts, 6 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.
Texters lead series 2-1.

Games tomorrow, February 5, 2010
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
5:00 PM Talk 'N Text vs. Brgy. Ginebra
7:30 PM Rain or Shine vs. Purefoods

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

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

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)