Liga Pilipinas...A New Basketball League

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nag pareha ra na sila! maau pakungon...haha

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latest

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e. Cebu Niños na tawn na ninyu ang inyu uniform...Cebu tawn inyu gidala yaw pakauwawi!

this is starting to become a thing in commercial organized sports. instead of putting the team name, ang pangalan sa sponsor ang ibutang. its very evident in football and some other sports teams have started to do the same.

deserving man pud ang ML kwarta padala. they have been one of the most dominant teams here in cebu and they deserve to represent the province using such name.

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Liga Pilipinas games are shown daily, one game at 5:30 pm at IBC-13, and another game at 10:30 pm at NBN-4

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i cant catch the game... batia sad oie

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this is starting to become a thing in commercial organized sports. instead of putting the team name, ang pangalan sa sponsor ang ibutang. its very evident in football and some other sports teams have started to do the same.

deserving man pud ang ML kwarta padala. they have been one of the most dominant teams here in cebu and they deserve to represent the province using such name.

naa man unta na FIBA regulations ani, I hope Liga Pilipinas will adopt it, mura ug kanang sa Euroleague bah

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tagaytay/cavite vs pampanga karon naa sa NBN

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Pampanga Buddies nip Heroes in Liga Pampanga Leg

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Smart-Pampanga Buddies captured the Liga Pilipinas-Pampanga Leg with a dramatic win over the Tagaytay-Cavite Heroes, 78-77, Sunday at the University of the Assumption Gym.

Bulldozing through the opposition in the first four days of the tournament, the Buddies of Coach Aric del Rosario suddenly found their biggest threat in a team whose lone win in the prelims was via forfeiture and then sneaked into the finals via a late miracle triple in Saturday’s semifinals.

Francis Mercado canned a left corner jumper with 39 seconds left off a kick-out pass from the driving Larry Rodriguez for the game’s final and marginal points, 78-77. The Buddies then clamped on defense, stopping several Heroes plays and chopping time away from the clock.

In the final play of the game, Nani Epondulan launched a side attempt that missed. Marvin Yambao, ironically a former Assumption varsity star now playing for the visitors, found himself unguarded as he tipped in the miss at the buzzer. However, the referees ruled the shot was released after the buzzer had sounded, thus triggering the Buddies’ celebration.

The Buddies controlled the first half, 45-38, and looked towards reprising their blowouts of the past days. However, the Heroes of Coach Yong Garcia and Mayor Bambol Tolentino lived up to their team name and battled back gallantly behind Lawrence Bonus, Fritz Bauzon and Haddi Porto to lead entering the final canto, 60-59.

Emmerson Oreta and Rodriguez combined for 11 of the Buddies’ first 17 points in the fourth quarter to erect a 76-68 advantage with 3:42 remaining. The Heroes the gave one last surge, culminating with a Porto field goal that gave them the lead for the last time, 77-76, and 1:03 on the clock.

Oreta capped his tournament-long brilliance with a 25-point output. Rodriguez had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Bauzon led the Heroes with 19 points and 15 rebounds. Bonus added 17 and Epondulan 16.

Meanwhile, the Zamboanga Amores of Coach Ronald Rico ended their campaign on a positive note by taking Third Place honors over the Iloilo Mang Inasals of Coach Jerry Jaranilla, 106-93. The Amores, whose participation was also supported by Rep. Erbie Fabian, led all the way from the opening buzzer and never allowed the Mang Inasals to threaten.

Jonathan Parreno and Charlie Bolias submitted 33 points each to power the Amores. Ferdinand Go paced Iloilo with five triples en route to 27 points. Chito Jaime and Eldrin Senierez followed with 13 markers apiece.

The Liga Pilipinas Tour will next visit the cities of Taguig and Pagadian beginning July 2.

How They Scored:

Third Place Game

ZAMBOANGA (106) – Parreno 33, Bolias 33, Naron 13, Concepcion 10, Saracho 8, France 5, Omandam 4, Chua 0, Alvarez 0, Navarro 0, Lozano 0.

ILOILO (93) – Go 27, Jaime 13, Senierez 13, Barcellano 11, Tan 10, David 9, Laborte 5, Leonida 5, Garrido 0, Guanco 0, Sina-on 0.

Period Scores: 30-16, 52-37, 78-67, 106-93.

Championship Game

PAMPANGA (7 – Oreta 25, Rodriguez 15, Alcaraz 11, Mercado 9, Dillinger 6, Vizcarra 6, Nicdao 4, Misa 2, Luanzon 0, Bansil 0.

TAGAYTAY-CAVITE (77) – Bauzon 19, Bonus 17, Epondulan 16, Benitez 10, Porto 8, Yambao 3, Gerilla 2, Canlas 2, Tajonera 0, Docto 0, Rivera 0.

Period Scores: 19-16, 45-38, 59-60, 78-77.

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latest standings after pampanga

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Liga Pilipinas 1st Conference 2008 Format

THE TOURING PHASE

The 14 participating teams will play in a series of mini tournaments, in the process earning tour points in the standings. There will be two simultaneous mini-tournaments to be held every week with four teams playing in each tournament. Six teams will draw a bye for the same week.

Each team will get to play in four mini tournaments, hosting one while playing in three other tournaments on the road. The team assignments have been predetermined by Liga Pilipinas before the start of the season. This phase will have 14 mini tournaments of 10 games each for total of 140 games on the schedule. A team is assured of playing 20 games for the touring phase of this conference.

Preliminary Round. In the mini tournaments, the four teams will play a single round robin amongst themselves, lasting for three playing days. One tour point will be awarded for each game a team wins during the round robin.

Semifinal Round. On the fourth day, the teams will play the knockout crossover semifinals with the top team playing the fourth-ranked team in one game and the second-ranked team playing the third-ranked team in the other game. The winners advance to the championship game while the losers dispute Third Place.

Final Round. The championship and Third Place game will be a one-game playoff.

Tour Points. The champion will earn 10 tour points while the runner-up gets five tour points. The Third Place team will receive three points while the Fourth Place team gets no points. The highest tour point total a team may get in one mini tournament is 13 points (10 for winning the championship plus three from winning all their round robin games) and 52 should they sweep all their four mini tournaments.

THE NATIONAL PHASE

When all the mini tournaments have been completed, the 14 teams will ranked according to their total tour points earned with the top 12 advancing to the playoffs or National Phase. Ties will be resolved using the latest FIBA rules as amended.

For this inaugural conference, there will be no distinction if a team is from the North (Luzon) or the South (Vis-Min). Therefore, it is possible to have an all-North or an all-South finale. This phase will last for a minimum of 25 games and may extend to as much as 43 games. Depending on its performance, a team’s playoff stint may be anything between one to as high as 17 games.

Qualifying Round. The four best teams will proceed directly to the quarterfinals while the Fifth to 12th Place teams go through the qualifying round. The eight teams will be paired according to their rankings as follows:

#5 versus #12
#6 versus #11
#7 versus #10 and
#8 versus #9

The teams will play a twice-to beat series with the higher-ranked team enjoying the home court advantage by hosting the first game and if needed, the deciding second game. The four series winners advance to the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinal Round. The quarterfinals will have the eight remaining teams playing a best-of-five series. The pairings will be as follows:

#1 versus #8 or #9
#2 versus #7 or #10
#3 versus #6 or #11 and
#4 versus #5 or #12

The higher-ranked team will enjoy the home court advantage by hosting the series’ first two games and if needed, the deciding fifth game. The other team will host Game Three and if needed, Game Four. The four series winners advance to the semifinals.

Semifinal Round. The semifinals will have the four remaining teams playing a best-of-five series. The pairings will be as follows:

#1, #8 or #9 versus #4, #5 or #12 and
#2, #7 or #10 versus #3, #6 or #11

The higher-ranked team will enjoy the home court advantage by hosting the series’ first two games and if needed, the deciding fifth game. The other team will host Game Three and if needed, Game Four. The two series winners advance to the Liga Pilipinas Finals.

The Liga Pilipinas Finals. The Liga Pilipinas Finals will be a best-of-five affair with the higher-ranked surviving team enjoying the home court advantage by hosting the series’ first two games and if needed, the deciding fifth game. The other team will host Game Three and if needed, Game Four.