Wish Granted For Belga as He Joins Gilas in Lithuania

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It is indeed a wish granted for the Rain Or Shone Elastropainters center Beu Belga as he will join the rest of the Gilas Pilipinas crew in their trip to Lithuania.

Belga along side other PBA stars has been invited by cach Chot Reyes to join Gilas practice after the team was hit but misfortunes. Several players who are part of the Gilas pool was unavailable to join the trip mostly because of injuries. Kelly Williams went down on a sickness while fellow Talk N Text star Jared Dillinger got involved into an accident. Both players are ruled out of the pool. Another TNT player Ryan Reyes is also unavailble due to an injury while Sonny Thoss will also skip the trip to seek for a medical attention on his back injury. Meanwhile Greg Slaughter is currently playing in the semifinals of the PBA D-League will also most likely miss the trip.

These unfortunate happenings prompted Gilas to tap the services of Belga who has been impressive in his practices with the team. this has been confirmed by the Gilas team manager Butch Antonio after the final practice of the team Thursday night before they leave for Lithuania on Sunday for the two weeks training camp.

Miami Takes Game 5 to Lead Indiana 3-2

LeBron James scored 30 point to lead the way for Miami Heat as they beat the Indiana Pacers  90-79 to take game 5 of their semifinals series. The Heat are now leads the series 3 game to 2 as they try and finish of the series in Indiana on game 6 to set a tittle showdown against the already waiting San Antonio Spurs.

Indiana was in control of the entire first half as they lead Miami 44-40 at the half. Come third quarter LeBron takes over the game as he and teammate Udonis Haslem combines for 26 points to take a commanding 13 point lead to end the 3rd. LeBron actually outscored the entire Pacers team 16-13 in the 3rd quarter.

After taking a 13 point 3rd quarter lead, Miami never looked back and finished the game with 90-79 and is just one game away from a tittle showdown against the Spurs.

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Taulava’s PBA Return for Ginebra is in Meralco’s Hands.

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The has been a growing interest from Barangay Ginebra fans to see the Fil-Tongan Asi Taulava play with their favourite team. Actually Taulava himself said it on his twitter account that he would want to retire with PBA’s most popular ball club.

According to an interview Taulava’s manager, Sheryl Reyes said "He is very intense to play for Ginebra. Asi is very vocal about it. He even posts it on Twitter. Some even say Asi was lobbying, but he is not. He just wants to wear his favourite jersey before he retires - and it’s obvious what that is.”

The task of bringing Taulava back to the PBA with Ginebra SanMiguel team will not be easy. Everything will have to go through Taulava’s former team Meralco Bolts. Before Taulava signs with the Beermen on ABL, he was offered the maximum salary by Meralco which in turn gave his playing right to them.

According to the terms of the PBA's uniform player's contract, players offered maximum contract by the last team they played for will not be eligible for the two-year sit-out rule, meaning their rights are held by the mother team unless released or traded to another team.

Reports says that San Miguel and Meralco officials have initiated the talks to get the services of Taulava to play for Ginebra but the Bolts are asking for Ginebra’s first-round pick for 2013.

Sheryl Reyes said “Basta hindi sila nagkasundo sa unang transaction. Then I asked Mr. Butch Antonio what else they want for Asi’s rights, he said: ‘What could we offer?’ then San Miguel asked them what they want, Sa ngayon, wala pa ring response ang Meralco about it”

Indiana Ties the Series at 2-2

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With almost a must win situation for Indiana, they played hard and dominate the battle off the glass and off the loose balls.

Roy Hibbert and Lance Stephenson carried the fight for Indiana as Paul George struggles for the second straight game. Hibbert Finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds while Stephenson added 20 points to beat the Maimi Heat 99-92 and ties the series at 2-2.

Miami Heat struggled in offense contrary to their game 3 win where in they set a franchise record of 70 points in the first half of the game.

Scoring 24 points was LeBron James but he wasn’t able to finish the game after fouling out in the final seconds of the game.

The series will go back to Miami for their game five on Thursday.

Gilas Pilipinas Looking Alternatives

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Our National men’s basketball team, Gilas Pilipinas is now looking for alternative tournaments after the organizers of the Jones Cup in Taiwan ruled out the participation of the team to defend our crown which they won in last year’s edition of the said tournament.

Coach Chot Reyes said “Japan is one of the options, but that’s not yet final”. According to reports, team manager Butch Antonio confirmed that Japan men’s basketball team asked for a possibility of having tune-up games against Gilas Pilipinas.

Antonio said “But that’s not a tournament. It’s just an invitation to play tune-up games with the Japan national team. We are still working on the possible replacement for the Jones Cup”.

 

Gilas Pilipinas Has Been Uninvited by Taiwan

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Because of the rising tension between the Philippines and Taiwan due to in incident where in a Taiwanese fisherman was killed, Jones cup organizers have decided to uninvited our Gilas Pilipinas men’s National Basketball team.

The news was confirmed by Gilas coach himself, Coach Chot Reyes in his twitter account.

It was also confirmed by another Gilas mainstay Gabe Norwood.

This will definitely be a big setback for Gilas Pilipinas because Jones Cup is where Philippines top competitors in basketball participates.