RP Gilas team will compete in the 2011 Commissioner's Cup

With the Leave of Absence of the Barako Bull approved, this has now allowed the entry of RP Smart Gilas national team for the second conference 2011 Commissioner's Cup.

This will be part of the Smart Gilas preparation for the 2011 FIBA-Asia championship, a qualifying tournament for the 2012 London Olympics. With their entry, it completes a 10 team league for the import laden Cup, won for the last time by Red Bull in 2005.

Smart Gilas will play by the rules of the professional league and will only have 14 man in its line up. Gilas will be led by naturalization candidate Marcus Douthit.

With the leave of absence, all players of Barako Bull will be put on a dispersal draft to allow them to play for other teams. However, they will return to their mother club if the team sees action in the Governor's Cup.

I dunno if this will be a good thing for the Smart Gilas team, I would prefer them playing some International Games than rather playing in the PBA.

Most Consecutive Losses to Start a Season in the NBA

The New Jersey Nets started the 2009-2010 season with a record 18 defeats in a row from October 28 to December 3 2009.

Talk N Text wins game 2 to take a 2-0 lead

Unlike in game 1 were the SMB just ran out of gas in the final quarter, they where in the thick of things in the 4th. But even that was not enough, and now Talk N Text is up 2-0 winning game 2 110-102.

Talk N Text was ahead 42-40 at the end of the half before Fonacier, Alapag and de Ocampo made a 10-0 run to take a 52-42 lead. It seems that game 1 would repeat itself again for the Beermen but this time SMB was up to the challenge as they rallied behind Alex Cabagnot in an 18-7 rally to get close, 59-58, TNT finished the 3rd period was a 73-69 lead.

But in the 4th quarter, Jason Castro together with Jared Dillinger took over,a s they built a 12 point lead 91-79. Dillinger who had 11 of his 20 points in the 4th quarter was forced to sit out after committing his 5th foul but a 3 point play by de Ocampo got TNT ahead 97-84.

Talk N Text will gun for a 3-0 lead this Friday, while the Beermen will try to do the impossible - win four of the next five games to steal the crown.

Talk and Text Takes Game 1 of the All Filipino Cup Finals

TNT showed why they are the top team after the eliminations as they beat the Beermen 92-81 in Victorias City.

TNT point guard Jason Castro led the way with 18 points, and also earned the best player of the Game that day.

San Miguel took a 20-11 lead in the first quarter, but TNT managed to trim the lead 46-44 at the end of the second quarter. In the second half the Beermen was still holding the lead 68-67 but TNT went hot on the fourth as they opened a 10-0 run to take the lead 77-68. But SMB was not the same when Washington went down due to cramps and seemed to lost the fire and their execution resulting in some costly turnovers.

Most Assists in one quarter in the NBA

Steve Blake of the Portland Trailblazers recorded 14 assists in the first quarter of a game against the Los Angeles Clippers on February 22, 2009. Blake matched the marked set by John Lucas of the San Antonio Spurs during the second quarter of a game against the Denver Nuggets on April 15, 1984.

San Miguel Beer Forward Jay Washington is PBA Player of the Week

With the seat to the finals at stake, SMB forward Jay Washington, is taking his game to a new heights. Against the crowd favorite Barangay Ginebra, the 6 foot 7 forward shone the brightest for the Beermen in their on going duel in the PBA Philippine Cup. Putting up impressive numbers that made him the Accel PBA Press Corp's Player of the Week for the period of Jan 5 to 9.

In the first 3 games of the best of 7 series, Washington average 20.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots.

The 2005 top draft pick first scored 19 points in the first game and 29 on the second game, all of which SMB has won.

The Beermen though have lost game 3 last Sunday 95-78. Game 4 will be this Wednesday 5:00pm.

Most NBA Championship Titles won by a Coach

Well if your a basketball fan, I'm sure you already know who this person is. In 2009 Phil Jackson won his 10th NBA title as head coach, surpassing Red Auerbach nine titles. Jackson won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls in 1991-93 and 1996-98, and four with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2000-02 and 2009.

Highest 3 Point Field Goal Percentage for an NBA Player (Career)

Steve Kerr recorded a 3 point field goal percentage of .454 playing for six different teams from 1988-89 to 2002-03.

Highest Margin of Victory in a NBA Play-Off Game

The highest margin of victory in a playoff game happened on April 27, 2009. The Denver Nuggets beats the New Orleans Hornets by 58 points, in a play-off game that they won 121-63, matching the Minneapolis Lakers 133-75 win over the St. Louis Hawks in 1956.