Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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The scores: Rain or Shine 94 - Lee 21, Chan 18, Norwood 11, Buenafe 10, Cruz 8, Quinahan 7, Matias 6, Belga 4, Rodriguez 4, Ibanes 4, Arana 1. Ginebra 93 - Intal 16, Caguioa 16, Helterbrand 11, Tubid 8, Cortez 8, Wilson J. 6, Canaleta 6, Villanueva 6, Labagala 5, Mamaril 5, Wilson W. 4, De Ocampo 2, Cervantes 0.
NBA Lockout – 2011-2012 Season May Be Cancelled
The ongoing NBA lockout reached day 90 on Wednesday, with nothing accomplished as of yet. The NBA lockout meeting is set to resume on Friday, but David Stern is taking serious action to make sure that a resolution will come much faster than it has been going. Stern is planning on threatening the players with a shut down of the entire 2011-2012 season if progress isn’t reached by the end of this weekend. If the NBA lockout results in the 2011-2012 season being cancelled that would certainly devastate basketball betting enthusiasts around the world as well as threaten many basketball sports books.NBA senior vice president Tim Frank has denied that the threat is going to be made by stating “It’s simply not true”. When asked about the coming weekend meetings, Stern stated “I’m focused on let’s get the two committees in and see whether they can either have a season or not have a season, and that’s what’s at risk this weekend”.
The regular 82 game season is set to start on November 1st, but that schedule will have major modifications if some form of an agreement isn’t reached by the middle of next week by both parties. The preseason is the first to be affected by the lockout, resulting in the cancellation of all 43 preseason games along with the postponing of the training camps.
One thing that has been agreed on by both sides is that there hasn’t been enough progress to form any kind of deal whatsoever. Meetings will resume on Friday in New York following the end of Rosh Hashanah. When asked about the expanded meetings, Union president Derek Fisher of the Los Angeles Lakers stated that “I think it points more toward the calendar than actually being able to measure progress.
It points to the realities that we face with our calendar and that if we can’t find a way to get some common ground really, really soon, then the time of starting the regular season at its scheduled date is going to be in jeopardy big-time.”.
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CHN/JOR – China escape in a thriller, qualify for London
WUHAN (FIBA Asia Championship) – China have claimed their 15th FIBA Asia Championship and will head to their third straight Olympic Games in 2012.
To get there they had to survive a heart-stopping Final against an over-matched Jordan who simply outsmarted the home team for large parts of the game.
Ultimately it came down to the final moments and China did enough down the stretch to win 70-69 despite scoring only 11 points in the last quarter, with a solitary free throw from Yi Jianlian with 28 seconds remaining the difference.
Yi was outstanding with 25 points, 16 rebounds and six blocks, deservedly claiming tournament MVP following the game. Liu Wei scored 13 points for China, while Yi Li and Wang Zhizhi each scored 10.
For Jordan, Rasheim Wright was near unstoppable with 26 points at 53%, while Zaid Abbas (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Sam Daghles (10 points, eight rebounds and four assists) were their usual productive selves.
The game started as the chess match everyone expected, with Jordan changing defences almost every time down the court, and China guarding the paint with size and carefully selecting who they would leave open.
Wright scored the first seven points for Jordan to claim a 7-3 advantage after three minutes, but slowly China worked their way back, picking up five offensive rebounds on their way to a 16-15 quarter time lead.
Daghles scored six points in the first four minutes of the second period as Jordan went out by five, but a spectacular three-point play from Yi Li kept China in touch.
Jordan’s lead see-sawed for the remainder of the period until Wesam Al-Sous nailed two late jump shots to give his team a 36-31 advantage at the long break.
Liu, Yi and Wang all scored in the first 90 seconds of the third term to give China their first lead since quarter time and bring the 13,000-strong crowd to life.
That ripple threatened to become a tidal wave as Yi scored 11 points in the first six minutes and the lead reached nine.
Jordan responded in their composed and intelligent way through Abbas and Daghles, and it was a 59-56 game at three quarter time.
Yi Li and Wright exchanged triples to start the final term and the teams engaged in a tense, physical arm wrestle.
For more than two minutes neither team scored until both teams were whistled for controversial technical fouls.
Wright then hit two miraculous driving baskets before Yi Li drove down the middle for a jam.
Wright then tied the game away with a long shot clock beating triple and the game was tied at 69.
Yi Jianlian was then unwisely fouled in the backcourt with Jordan in the bonus giving him his chance to win the game.
He missed the first, then the second bounced around before dropping in.
Jordan had one more chance, Wright’s fadeaway was off target but Abdallah Abuqoura grabbed the offensive rebound and fed Dughles, whose teardrop was off the mark.
China celebrated on court to the thunderous approval of their fans, and now can prepare for the London Olympics.
Jordan lost no friends with their performance and will move on to the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaent with their heads held high.
To get there they had to survive a heart-stopping Final against an over-matched Jordan who simply outsmarted the home team for large parts of the game.
Ultimately it came down to the final moments and China did enough down the stretch to win 70-69 despite scoring only 11 points in the last quarter, with a solitary free throw from Yi Jianlian with 28 seconds remaining the difference.
Yi was outstanding with 25 points, 16 rebounds and six blocks, deservedly claiming tournament MVP following the game. Liu Wei scored 13 points for China, while Yi Li and Wang Zhizhi each scored 10.
For Jordan, Rasheim Wright was near unstoppable with 26 points at 53%, while Zaid Abbas (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Sam Daghles (10 points, eight rebounds and four assists) were their usual productive selves.
The game started as the chess match everyone expected, with Jordan changing defences almost every time down the court, and China guarding the paint with size and carefully selecting who they would leave open.
Wright scored the first seven points for Jordan to claim a 7-3 advantage after three minutes, but slowly China worked their way back, picking up five offensive rebounds on their way to a 16-15 quarter time lead.
Daghles scored six points in the first four minutes of the second period as Jordan went out by five, but a spectacular three-point play from Yi Li kept China in touch.
Jordan’s lead see-sawed for the remainder of the period until Wesam Al-Sous nailed two late jump shots to give his team a 36-31 advantage at the long break.
Liu, Yi and Wang all scored in the first 90 seconds of the third term to give China their first lead since quarter time and bring the 13,000-strong crowd to life.
That ripple threatened to become a tidal wave as Yi scored 11 points in the first six minutes and the lead reached nine.
Jordan responded in their composed and intelligent way through Abbas and Daghles, and it was a 59-56 game at three quarter time.
Yi Li and Wright exchanged triples to start the final term and the teams engaged in a tense, physical arm wrestle.
For more than two minutes neither team scored until both teams were whistled for controversial technical fouls.
Wright then hit two miraculous driving baskets before Yi Li drove down the middle for a jam.
Wright then tied the game away with a long shot clock beating triple and the game was tied at 69.
Yi Jianlian was then unwisely fouled in the backcourt with Jordan in the bonus giving him his chance to win the game.
He missed the first, then the second bounced around before dropping in.
Jordan had one more chance, Wright’s fadeaway was off target but Abdallah Abuqoura grabbed the offensive rebound and fed Dughles, whose teardrop was off the mark.
China celebrated on court to the thunderous approval of their fans, and now can prepare for the London Olympics.
Jordan lost no friends with their performance and will move on to the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaent with their heads held high.
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| Korea will head to the Olympic Qualifying Tournament looking to book a place in the Games for the first time since 1996 |
WUHAN (FIBA Asia Championship) - China came away from Wuhan with the sole automatic place at stake for next year's Olympic Games.
Jordan and Korea came up just short in that quest but still have a chance of joining the Chinese in London via the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT).
Jordan lost to China 70-69 in Sunday's Final but their second-place finish - their best-ever result in the FIBA Asia Championship - was enough to put them in a position to secure their first-ever Olympic berth next summer.
A day after losing to the host nation in the Semi-Final, Korea came from behind late to edge out the Philippines 70-68 in the Bronze Medal Game and take the all-important last spot in the OQT.
The two representatives from Asia will be joined in the 12-team tournament by representatives from the four other FIBA zones.
They are
Africa: Angola; Nigeria
Americas: Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; Venezuela
Europe: F.Y.R. of Macedonia; Greece; Lithuania; Russia
Oceania: New Zealand
The top three teams in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament will join the nine teams that qualified automatically.
The OQT will take place in early July 2012 with both the dates and the venue to be confirmed.
Jordan and Korea came up just short in that quest but still have a chance of joining the Chinese in London via the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT).
Jordan lost to China 70-69 in Sunday's Final but their second-place finish - their best-ever result in the FIBA Asia Championship - was enough to put them in a position to secure their first-ever Olympic berth next summer.
A day after losing to the host nation in the Semi-Final, Korea came from behind late to edge out the Philippines 70-68 in the Bronze Medal Game and take the all-important last spot in the OQT.
The two representatives from Asia will be joined in the 12-team tournament by representatives from the four other FIBA zones.
They are
Africa: Angola; Nigeria
Americas: Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; Venezuela
Europe: F.Y.R. of Macedonia; Greece; Lithuania; Russia
Oceania: New Zealand
The top three teams in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament will join the nine teams that qualified automatically.
The OQT will take place in early July 2012 with both the dates and the venue to be confirmed.
Monday, September 19, 2011
We come into a personal relationship with the Lord when we make life's greatest decision - the turning point referred to earlier. It is to believe that Jesus is the Son of God, the One who died for our sins, who was buried and was raised from the dead - and to receive him as our Savior and Lord.
Without God in our lives we are nothing.,
Without God in our lives we are nothing.,
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