Published on November 28, 2011
Talk n Text tries to protect its hold of the lead while two rampaging teams look to sustain their charges and affect a shakeup in the leader board.
The Tropang Texters meet one of these two teams head-on in a rare PBA Tuesday bill at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
The Texters and the B-Meg Llamados slug it out at 7:30 p.m. to close out the November play dates of the PBA Philippine Cup. Despite a humbling loss the last time out, the Texters are still the tournament leaders but look vulnerable with a badly depleted roster.
MICO HALILI, GMA News November 26, 2011 1:44pm
Before B-MEG Head Coach Tim Cone officially started practice, Assistant Coach Johnny Abarrientos and point guard Mark Barroca were already in deep training. Johnny talked. Mark listened. Lesson number 76: How to steal the ball from a big man.
"Coach papano ang pag-timing ng sundot," Mark asked Johnny. "Papano ba ang timing 'pag gusto mo to smother a big man na hindi ka makikita?"
B-MEG made sure that its sizzling start wouldn’t go to waste, holding on to a nail-biting 102-100 win over Rain or Shine for its fifth straight victory in the 2011-12 PBA Philippine Cup Friday night at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.
James Yap had a game-high 32 points, including 19 in the first half, and Peter June Simon had the biggest shot in the game, a go-ahead three-pointer with under a minute left in the game. The win put B-MEG in a tie for third spot in the team standing with the Elasto Painters with a 7-4 win-loss mark.
“Two or three weeks ago, I knew we were playing better basketball, but I didn’t think we’ll win five straight,” said B-MEG coach Tim Cone.
B-Meg Llamados is now gaining momentum to prove to the world why they are considered as one of the high-caliber teams of the PBA. The first half of the season was sort of a transition period for the team – as they thrive hard on the infamous triangle offense of their new acquired coach, Tim Cone. The abysmal team standing of the Llamados earlier this season is very disappointing – considering they are the favored team to win the championship this year. (Just look at their lineup plus their grand slam coach.)
Published on November 24, 2011
B-Meg is surging while Rain or Shine is skidding. Both teams may be charting opposite directions at the moment but an explosive collision will occur at the Smart Araneta Coliseum as the Llamados and the Elasto Painters continue pursuing one of the top two spots at the end of their 14-game schedule.
The Llamados, who are already in sync with coach Tim Cone’s triangle offense, have made up for a faulty 2-4 start and pocketed four consecutive victories against Shopinas.com (76-65), Meralco (95-89), Alaska (92-89) and Barangay Ginebra (88-76) to improve to 6-4.
Games Wednesday (Smart-Araneta Coliseum)
5:15 p.m. — Ginebra vs Alaska
7:30 p.m. — Barako vs Meralco
MANILA, Philippines — The latest addition in the rosters of B-Meg and Barangay Ginebra after a three-team trade failed to create an impact when the Llamados and the Kings clashed in the PBA Philippine Cup Sunday night at the packed Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
Third year forward Rico Maierhofer played 11 minutes but only had two points, two rebounds in his Ginebra debut, while veteran center Yancy de Ocampo of B-Meg was scoreless in only four minutes of action with two boards and one assist.
B-MEG capitalized on Barangay Ginebra’s series of miscues midway in the fourth quarter and took an 88-76 win for its fourth straight victory in the 2011 PBA Philippine Cup Sunday night at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.
James Yap tallied 17 points but was held down to just 2 in the final canto. That was when the rest of the Llamados took over and thwarted the Kings’ uprising.
Rookie Mark Barroca had another solid game off the bench with 14 points on 7-of-12 shooting, PJ Simon added 12 while Josh Urbiztondo, Marc Pingris and Kerby Raymundo each had 10 for BMEG, which now joined Meralco for fourth spot with 6-4 slate.
Published on November 20, 2011
B-Meg went to other sources when James Yap struggled as it turned back a fiesty Brgy. Ginebra, 88-76, Sunday night to improve to a share of fourth with Meralco in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
Yap ended up leading five other teammates with double-digit scores with 17 points but it was the uncanny tandem of Marc Pingris and Roger Yap who came through in the clutch, firing six points apiece in the crucial stretch to help seal it for the Llamados.
It was B-Meg's fourth straight victory and sixth overall to jump to a joint No. 4 with the Bolts and just a full game behind the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and Petron Blaze Boosters, who are jammed at No. 2 on 7-3 cards.
MANILA, Philippines — B-Meg and Barangay Ginebra clash Sunday in a game that may show which team benefited more from the recent trade that involved two of their major players.
B-Meg obtained 6-9 center Yancy de Ocampo from Ginebra which in turn got young forward Rico Maierhofer from B-Meg plus Allein Maliksi from Red Bull.
The two teams collide at 5:30 p.m. at the resumption of the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum and the question foremost in the minds of observers is which team got it right?
B-Meg mentor Tim Cone has no doubt that De Ocampo will improve his team’s ‘‘triangle offense’’ system.
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