After Yap and Pingris, Barracael your next!

During Game 1 of the PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, there was a scenario that Barracael was handling the ball and tried to bring it on their side of the court.
He has a defender, who? It was a Beast from the gatas republik.
It was Calvin "The Beast" Abueva.
Abueva successfully defended Barracael and swiping the ball to his advantage.
He took the ball and went to the basket strongly, as he always does.
But the man from the BGSM, Barracael, never backed down and chased Abueva as the Beast went to the basket. As soon as Barracael catches on Abueva, he gave Abueva "a good-finals tackle" that made went Abueva down to the canvass, one of his several dives on the court during the game (Abueva's average dive of the court is about 5 per game..that's insane!).
Coach Luigi Trillo saw this and reacted on the side of the court and was appealing to the referees for a flagrant foul.

But again Barracael, gave "a good-finals tackle" aiming for the ball.

On the following ball position, Abueva got the ball and went one-on-one against Barracael and he was successful in nailing his shot.
Abueva (caught on camera) gestured a "thumb-down" sign, as he was telling Barracael, "wala ka pala, eh" or "Panis ka!".
Abueva's ethics on the court shows no respect to nobody..as in "TO NOBODY!". This was obvious when they had their series against SanMig Coffee Mixers, he was against veterans James Yap and Marc Pingris.

Now...in the Finals, is Barracael the next victim of the Abueva's "mind game"?
Is Abueva vs Barracael picture in the making?

we'll see...

PBA Finals Game 1: A Blow-Out!

The PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals-Game 1 started last night and it was a heck of a blow-out!

The Alaska Aces started oozing confidence and their shots were all falling in. On the other hand, the leagues' famous team the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel just can't buy a shot. The first quarter ended as 26-8 in favor of the Aces. This was the poorest starting performance of the BGSM in this conference or maybe in their franchise history.

The depth of the Alaska Aces bench was a huge factor in their series against SanMig Coffee Mixers, again, this was obvious in their Game 1 finals series against BGSM. The Cebuano Hotshot, Dondon Hontiveros, a known-shooter was one of their player coming off the bench, not to mention RJ Jazul who drains trays in all corners.

The BGSM lived to their "never-say-die" attitude and fought their way to lessen the Aces lead that had started since first quarter, but still, it wasn't enough.

The BGSM fans hopes to see their beloved team to rise up and tie the series at 1-1 a piece.

The GAME 2 of the Finals will be on May 17, 2013.

Flopping is it Legal in Basketball?

The answer?

Read this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flop_(basketball)

Now..decide..PBA should review their officiating.