* RP’s “6th Man” crowd was present in this game as the Big Dome was easily at 90% of its full capacity.
* Almost everybody in the RP team put on a show during the pre-game warm ups with slam dunks because of the huge crowd, w/ Williams, Norwood & ALAPAG coming up w/ [...]
* Got to watch the game live at the Araneta coliseum.
‘Syrian National Team’
* Terrific game by Madantley, easily establishing himself as one of the best in Asia. Despite the Chinese’s impressive athletic ability, they just couldn’t stop him, no matter how hard they tried.
* This Syrian team showed a [...]
‘Syrian National Team’
* The Syrians have quite a tall frontline, 7′0″, 6′10″, 6′10″, but unlike Jordan or Qatar, their big men are not of high quality. They seem to lack athleticism, they’re not quick, nor are they great leapers. Hence, despite their height advantage, we were able to match up w/ them [...]
* Another “ironic” game for us. In the 1st half, both teams played a 2-3 Zone, where we buried them w/ our 3 pt. shooting. In the 2nd half, both teams played man-to-man, & it was Vogel’s turn to bury us w/ 3 pt. shots. We couldn’t go back to the [...]
* I liked the way Peter Martin & Richard Del Rosario commentated on the game at ABC 5. They were not biased, always using the stats for analysis, & providing a good number of information about the players & teams.
‘Lebanese National Team’
* Lebanon’s half-court offense is just very predictable, all the way [...]