2021 NBA Playoffs PH TV schedule

This is it! 16 wins for the Larry O'Brien Trophy. Can LeBron tie Kobe for 5 titles, or will someone else win? Does the NBA want the Knicks to do well? Is "Washington Wizards" the worst name in sports since the "Washington Redskins"?

May 23, Sunday

• 8:00 AM: Boston vs Brooklyn LIVE @ TV5
• 10:30 AM: Portland vs. Denver LIVE @ NBA TV Philippines

May 24, Monday

• 7:00 AM: Atlanta vs New York LIVE @ NBA TV Philippines

2021 NBA Play-in Tournament TV schedule

First, the blog is back! The last post was when the president was an Aquino. So I've been wondering what to do with this blog. For the meantime, let's have all of your sports TV listings for Filipino sports fans. If you want to know where and when can you catch your favorite team, this is the blog for you.

Second, it's the Play-in Tournament! 101: #7 vs. #8, with the winner getting the #7 seed. The loser will play the winner of the #9 and #10 game, to be the #8 team. Sounds complicated? Just think of it this way: The #7 and #8 teams can lose once and still make it to the playoffs proper. The #9 and #10 teams have to win twice, with the second game on the road.

May 19, Wednesday

• 6:30 AM: Charlotte vs. Indiana
• 9:00 AM: Washington vs. Boston

May 20, Thursday

• 7:30 AM: San Antonio vs. Memphis LIVE @ NBA TV Philippines
• 10:00 AM: Golden State vs. LA Lakers LIVE @ NBA TV Philippines

May 21, Friday

• 8:00 AM: Indiana vs. Washington LIVE @ One Sports

May 22, Saturday

• 9:00 AM: Memphis vs. Golden State LIVE @ TV5 and NBA TV Philippines

Basketball's Road to Rio 2016

Almost all national basketball leagues are over, or are wrapping up. You know what that means? If you're following non-NBA basketball, that means it's time for the summer of international hoops: or more importantly, the last summer of international hoops as we know it. If you're following the NBA, well more, crazy free agency news, but that's why you came here for.

As every follower of international basketball should know by now, this is the last summer where the qualification to the Olympics will be done this way. In Tokyo 2020, the qualification system would be a lot different, which we would get to later. Beginning with the FIBA Oceania Championship in August 20 (or less than a month from now) until the final of the FIBA Asia Championship in October 3, there'd only be three days where there aren't any qualification games being played.

2015 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule

Set your alarm clocks now, #NBAPlayoffs start tomorrow morning at 12:30AM! #SKYcable #WorldOfSports pic.twitter.com/AQTWtPHBOv
— SKY (@SKYserves) April 18, 2015

It's time for the 2015 NBA Playoffs! Bored out of your wits with that oversaturated coverage of the awesome Lakers and Heat seasons? Do you want to see high quality basketball involving teams no one even realized that existed a couple of years ago? Don't fret, it's playoffs time!

Hopefully, more live games on free TV! The channel that airs delayed games has to die a quick death. Yes, I'm talking to you, @ABSCBNSports that blocked me for calling out such shitty service. Now that Sir Chip and Maya are happily screwing each other like rabbits ever after, we basketball fans deserve a break.

2014 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule

It's that time of the year again when Lakers fans pound their chests shouting to high heavens "LET'S GO LAKERS" on draft lottery night! Woohoo! For the rest of us, there's the playoffs. And they begin later tonight!

How to solve uneven schedules in the NBA

Earlier, I solved tanking. This time, I'll solve uneven schedules in the NBA.

How to solve tanking in the NBA

Well OK, just two: tanking and the fact that the sub-.500 Knicks can be the #8 seed, and two(?) among the Mavs, Grizz, Suns and Wolves can't. Tanking and schedule inequality: two of the NBA's ills nowadays, and I have solutions! First, tanking:

If NBA teams are Pinoy college hoops teams: the 2013-14 NBA season preview, Part 1

Basketball never stops. College basketball season is about to end -- yes NCAA is still ongong -- but in most years, the end of October means the college hoops tourneys are over, and we're salivating at a brand new NBA season. Old players on new teams! New players on new teams! Comebacking players! More hating on LeBron! More "Chris Bosh is gay" jokes! More "I'd still take the Lakers over the Clippers" shit! More "I'm drafting Kobe in the first round in fantasy NBA!"

And what better way to merge both basketball worlds is with a preview: let's see which NBA teams would wind up as the Pinoy college teams. There are 8 UAAP teams, 10 NCAA teams and 30 NBA teams. So for every college team, there's either one or two NBA teams. Let's begin! The order is via the winning percentage in the elimination round.

2013 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule

It's that time of the year where we are all waiting for "REAL" college basketball to start. In other words, it's the NBA Playoffs! On this space, you can find the TV schedules of all playoff matchups in Philippine TV.

Conference Semifinals

Game	#1 MIA vs #5 CHI	#2 NY vs #3 IND	#1 OKC vs #5 MEM	#2 SA vs #6 GS
1	May 7, 7AM at NBA Premium	May 6, 330AM at NBA Premium/Studio 23	May 6, 1AM at NBA Premium/BTV	May 7, 930AM at NBA Premium
2	May 9, 7AM at NBA Premium	May 8, 7AM at NBA Premium	May 8, 930AM at NBA Premium	May 9, 930AM at NBA Premium/BTV
3	May 11, 8AM at NBA Premium	May 12, 8AM at NBA Premium/ABS-CBN	May 12, 5AM at NBA Premium	May 11, 1030AM at NBA Premium/Studio 23
4	May 14, 7AM at NBA Premium	May 15	May 14, 930AM at NBA Premium/BTV	May 13, 330AM at NBA Premium
5	May 16	May 17, 8AM	May 16	May 15, 930AM
6		May 19, 8AM at NBA Premium/ABS-CBN
7		May 21, 8AM

Eastern Conference First Round

Game	#1 MIA vs #8 MIL	#2 NY vs #7 BOS	#3 IND vs #6 ATL	#4 BKN vs #5 CHI
1	April 22, 7AM at NBA Premium	April 21, 3AM at NBA Premium	April 22, 1AM at BTV	April 21, 8AM at NBA Premium
2	April 24, 730AM at BTV	April 24, 8AM at NBA Premium	April 25, 730AM at BTV	April 23, 8AM at NBA Premium
3	April 26, 7AM at NBA Premium	April 27, 8AM at Fox Sports	April 28, 955 at ABS-CBN (delayed)	April 26, 830AM at BTV
4	April 29, 330AM at NBA Premium	April 29, 1AM at NBA Premium	April 30, 730AM at BTV	April 28, 2AM at NBA Premium
5	MIA won series 4-0.	May 2. 7AM at NBA Premium	May 2, 8AM at BTV	April 30, 7AM at NBA Premium
6		May 4, 7AM at Fox Sports	May 4, 7AM at BTV, NBA Premium	May 3. 8AM at NBA Premium
7		NY won series 4-2	IND won series 4-2	May 5, 8AM at NBA Premium

Western Conference First Round

Game	#1 OKC vs #8 HOU	#2 SA vs #7 LAL	#3 DEN vs #6 GS	#4 LAC vs #5 MEM
1	April 22, 930AM at NBA Premium	April 22, 9AM at Studio 23 (delayed)	April 21, 530AM at BTV	April 21, 103AM at Studio 23
2	April 25, 7AM at Fox Sports	April 25, 930AM at NBA Premium	April 24, 1030AM at NBA Premium	April 23, 1030AM at BTV & NBA Premium
3	April 28, 930AM at BTV & NBA Premium	April 27, 1030AM at Studio 23	April 27, 1030 at BTV	April 26, 930AM at NBA Premium
4	April 30, 930AM at NBA Premium	April 29, 7AM at NBA Premium	April 29, 930AM at Studio 23	April 28, 430AM at BTV
5	May 2, 930AM at Fox Sports	SA won series 4-0.	May 1, 8AM at NBA Premium	May 1, 1030AM at NBA Premium
6	May 4, 930AM at NBA Premium		May 3, 1030 at NBA Premium	May 4, 930 AM
7	OKC won series 4-2		GS won series 4-2.	MEM won series 4-2

Date, time and channels are subject to change.

2012: Ten games you should've seen

Sports has a banner year. Well, it always does. What does not happen most of the time are athletes falling from grace, and not by failure inside the court: Lance Armstrong, for example. But that's not the point of this post. (That's for later.)

The point of this post is to relive the greatest sporting moments, as they happened. Yes, I am being cheesy. As is customary, let's have two lists: one that did not involve a Filipino, and another that involves at least one of us. This list involves matches that didn't involve a single drop of Filipino blood. At least that's what we can confirm.

10. Kansas 64, Ohio State 62, national semifinals of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournament, at the Mercedes Benz Superdome
One-time Talk 'N Text import JJ Sullinger's little brother stayed in The Ohio State University coz he wants to win at every level there is. Unfortunately, the perky hoopsters from Kansas were in the way. Thomas Robinson had something else in mind.

9. Andy Murray def. Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4, gold medal game of the Olympics men's singles tournament, at the All-England Club
IT'S AS IF ANDY WON WIMBLEDON. Well, sorta.
8. New York Knicks 89, Miami Heat 87, Game 4 of the Eastern Conference First Round, at the Madison Square Garden
Hey at least the Knicks finally won their first playoff game ever since they dropped "erbocker" from their name. Kidding.

7. Mexico 2, Brazil 1, gold medal game of the Olympics men's football tournament
The Olympic gold is the only piece of championship that the Brazilians still have to win that is available for them. Even the likes of Ronaldinho failed to power them to a gold medal game in 2008. This time, Brazil sent in their best Olympic team... only to be thwarted by Oribe Peralta's first minute goal. And that was Mexico's only gold medal.

6. Floyd Mayweather def. Miguel Cotto via unanimous decision for the WBA Super and WBC Diamond light middleweight championships at the MGM Grand Garden Arena
Everyone was hoping against hope that either Cotto will find within himself a nasty punch that'll put Mayweather to sleep, or that the judges are too stoned to judge correctly.... the thing is they were stoned a month later.

5. United States 4, Canada 3, via extra time, semifinals of the Olympics women's football tournament
Seriously, watching this is like watching dudes play. Alex Morgan's last gasp winner at the final minute of stoppage time of the extra time, plus the dubious foul that led to the Abby Wambach's penalty is the stuff that lore is made.

4. United States 107, Spain 100, gold medal game of the Olympics men's basketball tournament, at the O2.
Let's face it. Serge Ibaka should've logged more minutes, and the Spaniards were within screaming distance (worse than shouting distance, but better than yelling distance) when the both Gasols were on the court. When both were benched at the start of the second half, that's when the Americans pulled away, and the Spaniards can't catch up.

3. Chelsea 1, Bayern Munich 1 (Chelsea 4-3 in penalties), UEFA Champions League final, at the Allianz Arena

Chelsea had one corner. Bayern Munich had 20. Chelsea scored on that lone corner to tie the game, and win the game via penalties, thanks to Didier Drogba's kicker. The commentators were saying that Chelsea were playing a shitty game but it seemed that they were destined to win.

2. Denver Broncos 29, Pittsburge Steelers 23 via overtime, NFL Divisional Playoffs, at the Mile High Stadium
ZOMG TEBOWMANIA! JESUS POSSESSED TEBOW'S HAND! MY GOD ALMIGHTY!

1. Manchester City 2, Queens Park Rangers 1, final matchday of the Premier League, at Etihad Stadium
For Manchester City, a win would give them their first title ever since God knows when. Anything else and the hated red team from the other side (actually, outside) of town will win. For Queens Park Rangers, a loss might relegate them to the lower division. Man City looked like on their way for their title, until QPR scored two successive goals, and now, Man City have to score twice to win the title.

All was lost as QPR looked set to win (no matter the result by now, they're safe) as stoppage time kicked in. All this time, Man City had the monopoly of possession and corners. At the first minute of stoppage time, Mario Balotelli almost scored one. Then a minute later, Edin Dzeko leveled the score at 2-2. The Etihad was brimming with tension.

Sergio Aguero didn't need the help of a corner as he dribbled the ball all the way to the box, and scored what could be the title winner. It's the stuff dreams are made of, aside from Butters' creamy goo. Only that the referee had to build up the tension so bad he ended the match after seven long minutes of stoppage time. That's the way to win a championship.

2012 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule

It's that time of the year again! Sorta. This year's NBA Playoffs started about a week late. No worries we'd still have the schedules faster that you can say "Unibrow for London 2012 US team."

Some notes on last-minute reschedulings:
1. ABS-CBN and Studio 23 typically air games on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays (these are highlighted below). ABS-CBN usually airs games that start on the mid-morning as long as it does not preempt It's Showtime.
2. BTV is bound to have at least one playoff game whenever there are playoff games played on a day.

Eastern Conference Finals:
(2) Miami Heat vs. (4) Boston Celtics 
Game 1: May 29, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 2: May 31, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 3: June 2, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 4: June 4, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 5: June 6, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 6: June 8, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium

Western Conference Finals:
(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (2) Oklahoma City Thunder
Game 1: May 28, 830AM @BTV, NBA Premium
Game 2: May 30, 9AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: June 1, 9AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium Game 4: June 3, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 5: June 5, 9AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 6: June 7, 9AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium

Eastern Conference Semifinals:
(4) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Philadelphia 76ers
Game 1: May 13, 8AM @ABS-CBN (Delayed)
Game 2: May 15, 7AM @BTV, NBA Premium
Game 3: May 17, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 19, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 5: May 22, 7AM @BTV, NBA Premium
Game 6: May 24, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 7: May 27, 8AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium

(2) Miami Heat vs. (3) Indiana Pacers
Game 1: May 14, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 16, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 18, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 21, 330AM @NBA Premium, Studio 23
Game 5: May 23, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 6: May 25, 8AM @NBA Premium

Western Conference Semifinals:
(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (5) Los Angeles Clippers
Game 1: May 16, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 18, 7AM @NBA Premium, BTV
Game 3: May 20, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 21, 330AM @NBA Premium, BTV

(2) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (3) Los Angeles Lakers
Game 1: May 15, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 17, 930AM @NBA Premium, BTV
Game 3: May 19, 1030AM @NBA Premium, Studio 23
Game 4: May 20, 1030AM @ABS-CBN, NBA Premium
Game 5: May 22, 930AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium

Eastern Conference First Round:
(1) Chicago Bulls vs. (8) Philadelphia 76ers
Game 1: April 29, 1AM @BTV Game 2: May 2, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 5, 8AM @NBA Premium & Studio 23
Game 4: May 7, 1AM @NBA Premium
Game 5: May 9, 930AM @BTV
Game 6: May 11, 7AM @NBA Premium

(2) Miami Heat vs. (7) New York Knicks
Game 1: April 29, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 1, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 4, 7AM @NBA Premium & BTV
Game 4: May 7, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 5: May 10, 7AM @ESPN

(3) Indiana Pacers vs. (6) Orlando Magic
Game 1: April 29, 7AM @Studio 23
Game 2: May 1, 730AM @NBA Premium & BTV
Game 3: May 3, 730AM @NBA Premium & BTV
Game 4: May 6, 2AM @BTV
Game 5: May 9, 7AM @NBA Premum & BTV

(4) Boston Celtics vs. (5) Atlanta Hawks
Game 1: April 30, 7AM @Studio 23
Game 2: May 2, 730AM @NBA Premium & BTV
Game 3: May 5, 730AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 7, 7AM @ BTV
Game 5: May 9, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 6: May 11, 8AM @BTV

Western Conference First Round:
(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (8) Utah Jazz
Game 1: April 30, 1AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 3, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 6, 10AM @NBA Premium & Studio 23
Game 4: May 8, 8AM @NBA Premium, BTV

(2) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (7) Dallas Mavericks
Game 1: April 29, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 1, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 4, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 6, 730AM @Studio 23

(3) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (6) Denver Nuggets
Game 1: April 30, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 2, 1030AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 5, 1030AM @ESPN
Game 4: May 7, 930AM @BTV, Studio 23
Game 5: May 9, 1030AM @NBA Premium
Game 6: May 11, 1030AM @NBA Premium
Game 7: May 13, 1030AM @NBA Premium, BTV

(4) Memphis Grizzlies vs. (5) Los Angeles Clippers
Game 1: April 30, 930AM @BTV
Game 2: May 3, 930AM @ESPN
Game 3: May 6, 430AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 8, 1030AM @NBA Premium
Game 5: May 10, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 6: May 12, 1030AM @ESPN
Game 7: May 14, 1AM @NBA Premium, BTV

If you're into nostalgia: 2011 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule, 2010 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule.

Xmas coast to coast opening day hoops!

Some say the NBA should just ditch the first 2 months or so of the regular season since nobody except for hardcore basketball fans care on what happens in the early games. Well... don't people ignore the first part of any season of any league? Unless it's the UAAP and its ilk since there are only 14 games to go around.

So thanks to the lockout, it finally happened. The NBA starts its season on Christmas. By the end of the season, the players are dog tired... then it's the Olympics. So while we wait for the abbreviated season to breeze through us like a back-to-back-to-back, let me give you the Top 10 stories we'd have to look forward to this coming new year of hoops, that doesn't include player movement.

10. The rise and fall of the Spurs
The Spurs rose to the top at the now much-discussed 1999 season, when they won the title in 50 regular season games. Phil Jackson, who was tending in garden, shouted blasphemy just as he shouted the same thing when Barry Bonds broke the home run record. Heck some say it started with their elimination by the Teddy Bears last season; I say it started when Tony Parker screwed Brent Barry's wife.

9. Timberwolves: Barangay tagay of the NBA?
Not on the sense that Kahn has instilled a never-say-die attitude on the northernmost team in the league. It's just that Kahn has a point guard fetish. Maybe he's following Jong Uichico's philosophy of hauling guards (not necessarily points) just as fantasy owners haul big men like Lindsay Lohan hauls girls that look like dudes.

8. Fan backlash?
It's a long shot, but what's a longer shot are teams painting "Thank you fans on their hard courts just as the NHL did when they robbed Canadians of their national sport.

7. The fall and rise of the New York Knicks
While the Spurs were able to sustain into pseudo-dynasty their pseduoasterisked 1999 championship, their Finals opponents at that time weren't able to replicate the feat. I blame Isiah.

6. Swan song for Stern?
Fans show their David Stern love every draft when they enthusiastically boo him just like Bieber fans squee when they see the name "Bieber" on their tickets. Fans accused his regime of fixing games, favoring bigger market teams, favoring the LA Lakers, favoring the LA Clippers, and just being the overall suckjob that he did. Stern saw the expansion of the game into a full-fledged global sport, made the league big in China (although this will be tested with Yao's retitement) and by giving the Miami Heat the 2006 title to piss of Mark Cuban.

5. Rise up, Clipper Nation!
Clipper Nation. It's like the TNT Tropa. The Ube Republic. Women who watched the Azkals because of the football. It doesn't exist. Will it exist now? Would we see the rise of Lob Angeles after decades of neglect?

4. Mavs' title defense
The Mavs are of the unlikeliest NBA champions in a long time. They're also most underrated defending champion since the 1999 Chicago Bulls. Well, if you'd exclude the 1999 Bulls, you'd probably have to go back to the 1995-96 Rockets since Michael Jordan will cream the opposition, although the Rockets may have been highly-rated to be the West's representatives in 1996. Aside from those two, you've got to ask the elders on what was the most under-rated title retention campaign in the NBA.

3. Last hurrah for Tinseltown hoops?
Would this be the last time the Lakers would be seen as a legitimate title threat? Kobe's not getting any younger, their starting five is not as deep as last season's, and the Clips just arseraped them in two preseason games... well that's not the first time that happened.

2. Would the players really get tired?
Let's face it, basketball is not baseball. In baseball, the ratio between doing something productive and throwing up is 9:1. In basketball, you'd only throw up when you want to piss Metta World Peace off.

1. Miami Heat: 2012 NBA asterisked champs?
Let's face it. If they win, some people will cry blasphemy. Phil Jackson skipped the season after the lockout; and while he's not as young as Santa Claus, will he come back next year to correct on what could be the wrongest thing ever done to basketball? Aside from the Decision?

And now... let's jinx the upcoming season!

Per division rankings:
PAC: 4. LAC, 5. LAL, 8. PHX, 12. GSW, 14. SAC
SW: 2. DAL, 3. MEM, 6. SA, 10. HOU, 15. NO
NW: 1. OKC, 7. DEN, 9. POR, 11. UTA, 13. MIN
CEN: 2. CHI, 7. IND, 9. MIL, 10. DET, 15. CLE
SE: 1. MIA, 4. ATL, 6. ORL, 12. WSH, 14. CHA
ATL: 3. BOS, 5. NY, 8. NJ, 11. PHI, 13. TOR

Playoff forecast:
West: OKC def. PHX, LAC def. LAL, DAL def. DEN, MEM def. SA, OKC def. LAC, MEM def. DAL, OKC def. MEM
East: MIA def. NJ, NY def. ATL, CHI def. IND, BOS def. ORL, MIA def. NY, CHI def. BOS, MIA def. CHI
Finals: MIA def. OKC

2006 WWE Finals recap!

Thanks to the wonders of modern society, more known to the public as Youtube, this blog presents the five phantom calls that gave the Miami Heat the 2006 championship.

In this one, Jason Terry's soul touched Dwayne Wade and was fouled.


In this one, Devin Harris obviously did not alter D-Wade's shot.


In this one, I can not even explain how that was a foul.


Why does Wade fall down on every shot?


So obvious that Wade fouled Nowitzki. But we all know who got the call.

If "pwnage" appeared In the dictionary...

...it'll appear like this:

(c/o twitter.com/NBA_Photos)

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Eff the "experts"

Curiously, not one guy said "Mavs in X." Or do these experts know what David Stern is in store for us? Not a single... maverick?
Here some more predictions, all from the Lakers:
Kurt Helin said the Lakers would win in 6.
Probably Quinito said the Lakers would win in 7 and inserted a La Salle is bullied by the UAAP reference.
Probably Chino forgot to make a prediction and just greeted his neighbors.

It's crunch time!

NBA: Where David Stern is a star player happens.

Where David Stern is the star player happens: Top 10 stories of the 2011 NBA Playoffs 1st Round

This may have been the best first round of the NBA Playoffs ever, and to think no series went to seven games. But what should be more surprising is that the series that we expected to suck generated the most drama while those just deserve a "meh" reaction.

And how about them Solar Sports, giving us the games nobody wants to watch. Hey at least in the Conference Semis, they have no choice but to show something, considering there are fewer games to dump into NBA Premium, where nobody watches happens.
#10. The Heat ain't crying yet
You know, this is the undercard in one of those Pacquiao fights were Chino and Quinito just greet everyone, with Quinito kissing the ass of Ambassador Danding.

#9. KD dominating the Nuggets
Ever since Melo left, they've been stripped off the Thuggets monicker and still suck.

#8. Thorny Rose?
Fact: The only game the Pacers won, D-Rose did not achieve game-high in scoring.

#7. Unbounded Tyson Chandler
Tyson Chandler might be the missing piece in the Mavs championship puzzle -- a dominating big man. But would he be enough? The Mavs weren't able to stop David Stern the Blazers in their game 4 comeback, so that's one problem they should solve -- against the Lakeshow.

#6. End of the road for the Spurs?
Big question: Is it time for the Spurs to take drastic measures? Sell Duncan? Tank next season to get the #1 pick? Spank Richard Jefferson until training camp? Make sure Tony and Eva get back together again?

#5. Chris Paul: First Round MVP?
It's as if Pido was coaching the Hornets, with his three Ps philosophy: Puso, Pass the ball to Paul. Too bad Emeka thought he was still in Charlotte, and Kobe thought the Finals came in April.

#4. Swept away by Leprechauns.
Baseball has the Red Sox and the Yankees, but the basketball version was anticlimatic. Melo and STAT succumbed to injuries, and MSG wanted to bring Balkman back (nah). At least it's not Isiah.

#3. "Damn Kobe"
That phrase trended in Twitter. In situations where Pau Gasol is thinking of SOFT pillows, Lamar is thinking of Kim Kardashian and not Khloe, and when Andrew Bynum should've been paying for his hospital bills, Kobe does something.

#2. Memphis won, and then some.
The Grizzlies made a lot of firsts: such as making sure "Z" does not only mean "Zydrunas Ilgauskas." Now the franchise is in uncharted territory, and somehow, Mike Conley is earning every cent of his salary... well maybe still not.

#1. Orlando Magic: Disappointment of the season?
It doesn't help when your coach threw himself under the bus and lived to tell about it.

Postscript: It's interesting how the Conference Semis matchups look like. While not advocating for reseeding as it is done in the (NHL) Stanley Cup Playoffs, the massive regular season push by the Spurs and Bulls gave us a couple of interesting matchups: Mavs vs. Lakers and Celtics vs. Heat. The demotion of the Lakers to the #2 seed, and the Bulls causing the Celtics and Heat meet one round earlier than expected can make a pretty bland Conference Finals before things pick up once more in the NBA Finals, assuming David Stern does not screw up things.

For the Mavs, it's Dirk and Kidd. For the Lakers, it's...

Lakers vs. Mavs. Epic matchup. It's the Mavs vs. the NBA.

2011 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule

Time to watch the team we love to hate weep! Let's go MIAMI sHEAT!

And what's this "NBA Premium"? New way to scam hoops fans? BTV ain't enough? Sports+ all over again? They need some dough to pay Riki and Jinno?
June 1, 9AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Dallas vs. Miami
June 3, 9AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Dallas vs. Miami
June 6, 8AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Miami vs. Dallas
June 8, 9AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Miami vs. Dallas
June 10, 9AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Miami vs. Dallas*
June 13, 8AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Dallas vs. Miami*
June 15, 9AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Dallas vs. Miami*
*if necessary

Previously aired games:

April 17, 7AM @Studio 23: Atlanta vs. Orlando
April 17, 930AM @NBA Premium: Portland vs. Dallas
April 18, 1AM @NBA Premium: Memphis vs. San Antonio
April 18, 330AM @NBA Premium: New Orleans vs. LA Lakers
April 18, 7AM @Studio 23: New York vs. Boston
April 18, 930AM @BTV: Denver vs. Oklahoma City
April 19, 7AM @NBA Premium and BTV: Indiana vs. Chicago
April 20, 7AM @NBA Premium and BTV: New York vs. Boston
April 20, 930AM @NBA Premium: Portland vs. Dallas
April 21, 8AM @NBA Premium: Denver vs. Oklahoma City
April 21, 830AM @BTV: Memphis vs. San Antonio
April 21, 1030AM @NBA Premium: New Orleans vs. LA Lakers
April 22, 7AM @BTV: Chicago vs. Indiana
April 22, 1030AM @NBA Premium: Dallas vs. Portland
April 23, 7AM @ESPN: Boston vs. New York
April 23, 8AM @NBA Premium and BTV: Orlando vs. Atlanta
April 23, 930AM @ABS-CBN, NBA Premium and Studio 23: LA Lakers vs. New Orleans
April 24, 230AM @NBA Premium: Chicago vs. Indiana
April 24, 730AM @NBA Premium: San Antonio vs. Memphis
April 24, 8AM @ABS-CBN: Dallas vs. Portland
April 24, 10AM @BTV: Oklahoma City vs. Denver
April 25, 8AM @ABS-CBN: Boston vs. New York
April 25, 930AM @BTV and Studio 23: LA Lakers vs. New Orleans
April 26, 830AM @BTV and NBA Premium: Portland vs. Dallas
April 26, 1030AM @NBA Premium: Oklahoma City vs. Denver
April 27, 730AM @BTV and NBA Premium: Atlanta vs. Orlando
April 28, 7AM @BTV: Philadelphia vs. Miami
April 29, 730AM @BTV and NBA Premium: Orlando vs. Atlanta
April 29, 8AM @ESPN: LA Lakers vs. New Orleans
April 29, 1030AM @NBA Premium: Dallas vs. Portland
May 2, 1AM @BTV and NBA Premium: Memphis vs. Oklahoma City
May 2, 330AM @Studio 23 and NBA Premium: Boston vs. Miami
May 3, 8AM @NBA Premium: Atlanta vs. Chicago
May 3, 1030AM @BTV and NBA Premium: Dallas vs. LA Lakers
May 4, 7AM @NBA Premium: Boston vs. Miami
May 4, 930AM @BTV, NBA Premium: Memphis vs. Oklahoma City
May 5, 8AM @BTV, NBA Premium: Atlanta vs. Chicago
May 5, 1030AM @NBA Premium: Dallas vs. LA Lakers
May 7, 7AM @BTV, NBA Premium: Chicago vs. Atlanta
May 7, 930AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium: LA Lakers vs. Dallas
May 8, 5AM @NBA Premium: Oklahoma City vs. Memphis
May 8, 8AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium: Miami vs. Boston
May 9, 330AM @NBA Premium: LA Lakers vs. Dallas
May 9, 8AM@ @ABS-CBN, BTV and NBA Premium: Chicago vs. Atlanta
May 10, 7AM @NBA Premium: Miami vs. Boston
May 10, 930AM @NBA Premium: Oklahoma City vs. Memphis
May 11, 8AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium: Atlanta vs. Chicago (delayed on BTV)
May 12, 7AM @NBA Premium: Boston vs. Miami
May 12, 930AM @BTV, NBA Premium: Memphis vs. Oklahoma City
May 13, 8AM @Studio 23: Chicago vs. Atlanta
May 14, 9AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium: Oklahoma City vs. Memphis
May 16, 330AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium: Oklahoma City vs. Memphis
May 16, 8AM @ABS-CBN, NBA Premium: Miami vs. Chicago
May 18, 9AM @Studio 23, BTV, NBA Premium: Oklahoma City vs. Dallas
May 19, 830AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Miami vs. Chicago
May 20, 9AM @Studio 23, BTV, NBA Premium: Oklahoma City vs. Dallas
May 22, 9AM @Studio 23, BTV, NBA Premium: Dallas vs. Oklahoma City
May 23, 830AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Chicago vs. Miami
May 24, 9AM @Studio 23, BTV, NBA Premium: Dallas vs. Oklahoma City
May 25, 830AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Chicago vs. Miami
May 26, 9AM @Studio 23, BTV, NBA Premium: Oklahoma City vs. Dallas
May 27, 830AM @ABS-CBN, BTV, NBA Premium: Miami vs. Chicago

2010-11 NBA season: Where QUITNESS happens

So I was going to rank all 30 teams plus some nice previews just like what I did last year, but I got lazy, so I'd just give their projected number of wins! YAY!

Eastern Conference

Cleveland: 17
Charlotte: 22
New Jersey: 23
Detroit: 28
Toronto: 29
Philadelphia: 31
Indiana: 38
Washington: 40
Milwaukee: 41
New York: 44
Chicago: 46
Atlanta: 51
Boston: 53
Orlando: 61
Miami: 69

Western Conference

Minnesota: 19
Sacramento: 26
Golden State: 30
New Orleans: 33
L.A. Clippers: 33
Memphis: 39
Denver: 42
Houston: 50
San Antonio: 50
Oklahoma City: 51
Phoenix: 51
Utah: 52
Portland: 52
Dallas: 54
L.A. Lakers: 62