R.H Making Of A Champion: The Finals Game 2

So, back to Rewriting History.

After that win in Game 1 against the mighty Celtics, confidence has really built up with my fantasy team Lakers.

First Quarter

My team is off to a great start but definitely, I forgot something here and that is the fact that Ray Allen almost carry the whole Celtics team in Game 1. He did the same the in the opening quarter of this game. We played great defense especially against Paul Pierce who just can't find his flow since the start of this series. The Celt's Big 3 was now cut down to 2/3. L.A up 20-25 after Q1.

Second Quarter

The opening minute of the second quarter was boring mainly because both teams are playing really tough defense. But both shooters from the two teams extended their touches as Ray Allen and KB24 scored 18 and 16 respectively after the half. It's a tie ballgame at 40 after the half.

Third Quarter

This is the quarter that Boston has lot of chances to pull away against my L.A. but Kobe was just practically on fire. KG, Allen and Sam Cassell carried the Celt's but Kobe's 10 points and 5 assists in this quarter alone cut down the Celt's breakaway evening. The problem for my team is that Kobe was in foul trouble after committing 4 fouls so early in the third. I still let him play because of defensive purposes. Celtics 65-60 after 3Q.

Fourth Quarter

With Kobe on foul trouble but with amazing jump shots in the second and third quarter, I know he's the man I can rely on in this final canto. How I wish his arsenal isn't expired yet.

Celtics rely on their pressure defense as Gasol and Odom couldn't sink their touches from the post. Excellent BOSTON defense.

As to our offense offense, Andrew Bynum seems to be the only reliable guy tonight in this final quarter. Kobe keeps on missing the same shots he did during the early quarters. Celtics now leads by 12. It's crunch time and I have to rely on my veteran Derek Fisher but apparently it didn't worked out. With 3 minutes left on the quarter and Celtics leading by 14, Kobe picks up an offensive foul and that would be his fifth. Oh no. 1 mistake and it's over. We cut down the lead to about 8 with 2 minutes on the clock but Kobe picks up his 6th foul so that would be the end for the Black Mamba. This is so frustrating. Some calls of the ref's are just unfair. I still got time to recover but without a leader on the floor like Kobe, LAKERS eventually melted in the final two minutes of the game to give the CELTICS Game 2 in a 90-78 win to tie the series at 1 apiece.

I love the defense and all the adjustments made by the Celtics into this Game 2. Ray allen was extremely hot and KG lived up to the expectations missing in him during the Game 1. The only weak side is still, Paul Pierce. Let's see if he's going to bounce back when this series shift to STAPLES CENTER for Games 3, 4, and 5.

Continue reading my posts here as I update you for the next GAME of this DRAMATIC Revival of the Rivalry.

NBA LIVE 09 COVER ATHLETE

Yeap. NBA Live 09 Global Cover Athlete is San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker. NBA Live 09 is set to be released on October 7, 2008 in the U.S.A. Hopefully this will be available in our country by the end of October.

The game has a lot of new features such as the NBA Academy. It also has player control moves such as the Pick and Roll control, Signature playcalling, quickstrike anklebreakers, and the lockdown control. Those moves would mean better gameplay for this series. EA was also granted rights to 24 National FIBA teams this year after FIBA World Championship debuted with 8 teams for NBA Live 08. The biggest surprise for this NBA Live installment is thought to be the Pro Mode. I'm not yet sure what it means and what it does.

I'm really looking forward to play this game.

R.H Making of A Champion: The Finals Game 1

Welcome to Game 1. Welcome to the promised land.

5 minutes per quarter.

My Fantasy team Los Angeles Lakers (61-21) is up against the Boston Celtics (65-17) in the 2008 NBA Finals.

It's Dynasty versus Destiny.

1st Quarter

The first few minutes of the opening quarter was full of championship jitters for both team. Pressure and nervousness all combined. The offense was not playing very well but I can't probably say that it's because of smooth defense. Kobe is playing decoy as he was passing more often than shooting and on the other hand, Ray Allen was stroking it well as he finished the quarter with 10 points. Both KG and Pierce was not a factor in this opening quarter. On the Lakers side, I love the aggressiveness shown by L.O. Boston leads by 4 heading into the second quarter.


2nd Quarter

It's time to rest some of the starters for my team except Lamar Odom to keep the intensity on his knees. Boston also did the same with KG and Pierce. Boston offense is all Ray Allen basketball. 12 points for him in this quarter alone making his points total to 22 at the end of the half. Boston lead went up to 12 points until I let Kobe in before the last two minutes of the first half and luckily, his offense was well flowing ending the half to a tie ballgame.

3rd Quarter

This is more playing time for my 1-2 punch of Kobe and Pau and a deadly match-up against the Big 3 of Boston. Both KG and Pau is making their presence felt on this quarter exchanging baskets from one side to the other. One thing noticeable here is the offensive absence of Paul Pierce. KG obviously dominated this quarter as well as Ray Allen but Paul Pierce only has 4 points after 3 quarters. On the Lakers side, bench scoring kept them in the game. Kobe and Pau has a combined 24 points after three Q's. I expected a brawl in the final Q.

4th Quarter

Allen and KG continued their offensive dominance. Celtics led by as many as 12 points in the final two minutes. Farmar started this quarter for L.A. to let D-Fish rest for the first few minutes. I let Kobe dictate the Lakers offense this time and cut down the lead to only 7 heading into the final minute of the ballgame.

Celtics up 76-69 and with 1 minute left in the final quarter. Boston Fans already rejoicing until I let all my starters on the floor. Kobe scored on a jumper cuttind down the lead by 5 and a steal by Fisher lets Kobe got open in transition which scored a basket and draws a foul to cut the lead by only 3 and hits the charity basket to cut the lead by only 2. It's 76-74 Celtics lead heading into the final 40 seconds.

There is still no need to foul this time. I let the team played a Half Court press and a 1-3-1 Zone to put pressure on the Celtics Basketball. They let Rajon Rondo man the PG position so I knew that the ball wouldn't stay in his hand for long. My clairvoyance was right as he passed it immediately to R.A who was well guarded by My Black Mamba KB24 which led to an Allen missed jumper and a Gasol rebound and transition offense for the Lakers. I did not call a timeout and instead let Kobe bring down the ball to the other side and attempts a penetration which makes the Celtics defense played double team on Kobe which led to a Derek Fisher open in the sideline 3-point area. Kobe passed the ball to Fish and well, the veteran point guard hits the 3-ball putting the team up 79-78 with 20 seconds remaining. Celtics still has a chance to tie or win the ballgame but Allen missed a jumper which led to Boston giving an intentional foul. Lakers Win this game 81-78.

Rewriting History: Making of A Champion

Okay. This is still part of the aftermath of the 2008 NBA Finals. Call this sour graping but this is just one way to relieve all those painful memories brought by the LAKERS loss against Boston.

I am an avid gamer of EA SPORTS NBA LIVE Series since its last 6 installments so I decided to to try my luck via Dynasty Mode using the Los Angeles Lakers as my team. Of course, I've downloaded all roster patches from http://www.nba-live.com/ so I can have Pau Gasol in my lineup. They have an updated roster that can be installed anytime and anywhere. I've finished the season with an 61-21 win-loss record which is second in the Western Conference behind the defending champions San Antonio Spurs (62-20). Yes, I've played all those 82 games with a 2-minute per quarter scenario. Kobe Bryant won the Most Valuable Player of the year at the end of the season and the Defensive Player of the Year after averaging almost 15 points per game and I also make some improvements on his passing abilities. Luke Walton was the Sixth Man of the Year and all 5 players in my starting lineup made it to the All-Defensive first team.

Playoffs First Round

It's time for the Playoffs. The team was seeded on the second spot of the Western Conference and has to play New Orleans Hornets led by premiere point guard Chris Paul. It was an easy first round ride for the team as they eliminated Chris Paul and company in 5 games and our next opponent- the Phoenix Suns.

Second round Playoffs

It was a renewal of western powerhouse rivalry as my team faced the trio of Steve Nash, Amare, and former Laker MVP Shaquille O'Neal. It was an head to head battle for teams until it all boils down to a deciding Game 7 which we won eventually. We are now headed to the Western Conference Finals.

West Finals

This is the first time we open the series on the road against the defending champs San Antonio Spurs but we played with confidence although we loss game 1 by 2 points against a Tim Duncan sideline jumper. We bounced back Game 2 and made an upset but home was not favorable for our team as we dropped games 3 and 4 making it a 3-1 hole in the series for us. I made a mindset to forget the numbers and just continue playing. Luckily, we reached Game 7 which we the team won and officially eliminating the San Antonio Spurs.

The Finals:

We are back at the Finals. And guess who our opponent is? Of course, its the Boston Celtics led by Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and sharpshooter Ray Allen or better known as the Celtics Big 3.

The Celtics reclaimed the East domination after ousting the Detroit Pistons in 6 games. So, the theme for the finals, obviously its REVIVING the RIVALRY.

Game 1 is set at the TD BankNorth Garden in Boston.

I will update you in this blog for the Games until we have our NBA Champion team.

Kudos to the BOSTON GAYtics err the CELTICS

THIS IS THE REASON why I LOVE playing (watching)

EA SPORTS NBA LIVE Dynasty Mode

err NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION...




Congratulations to the CELTICS...

for a very "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN-esque" Season rally to win number 17.



Congratulations to the BIG 3D... and I mean not ALLEN, PIERCE or KG...

...but Doc, Danny Ainge, David Stern... for a well scripted SEASON...



This is your year BOSTON GAYtics... but expect no REPEAT...

NBA Live 09 Official Trailer

This is the official trailer for EA Sports NBA Live 09.




I love its new features especially the NBA Academy.

PINOY DREAM ACADEMY SEASON 2

Endemol and ABS-CBN once again open its gate to 16 hopefuls wanting to become the next SARAH GERONIMO/ YENG CONSTANTINO as PINOY DREAM ACADEMY officially started its SEASON 2 run last June 14, 2008.

15 SCHOLARS has officially made it into the academy and another one will join them later this evening.

My Personal Choice:

BUGOY, who is from Camarines Sur may not have the looks but close your eyes and just listen to how pure his voice is that even Ryan Cayabyab couldn't believe what he have just heard during the final casting.

And of course...

PWU's vey own...

LAARNIE LOSALA

I've seen her perform many times at our school and at MALATE Church. I've worked with her during our NSTP Presentation and I can really say that she's very PASSIONATE with Music. And also very professional to work with.

BRIEFLY NOTED: I personally believe that watching PDA is better than the local version of Freemantle's AI known here in our country as PINOY IDOL which is a primetime show of GMA7. Why? Well, PDA has:

better JUDGES... from KITCHIE MOLINA to Direk Joey Reyes to Headmaster Ryan Cayabyab compared to JOLINA MAGDANGAL, a B-Lister.

Better FUTURE waiting... Imagine singing on the stage with Gary V., Zsazsa Padilla, Martin Nieverra... man, that is just a dream come true for any singer. ABS-CBN has an established singing POWERHOUSE.

Lastly, better CONTESTANTS... I remember an ARTICLE from the PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER when he wrote about the PI's Audition in CEBU and DAVAO and asking: Where have all the talented people of VISAYAS gone? I guess the writer is not aware that there is another audition being conducted by PDA and those people he's looking for were all there.

INSTANTIZER

These are some of the pictures I took from BICOL which I uploaded using the POLAROID EFFECT from www.INSTANTIZER.com.

Get MRAZmerized by JASON MRAZ...

I thought JOHN MAYER is the Best Guitarist in town. Not until I've heard all these people in SWEDEN jumping, screaming and singing JASON MRAZ' I'm Your's.
This is just a PERFECT SONG. CATCHY, and with very SENSIBLE LYRICS:::


"telling the person exactly what you feel about him/her without hesitation... and being proud that even for once in your life, you proved to the whole world that you know how to stand up for what you feel..."
"more of thanking someone for being a good friend... isn't that cool?"

I was MRAZmerized with the song... LSS dude...

2010 BAAO ELECTION: A PRIMER

This would be my first post about my not-so-recent vacation in BAAO and I'll be blogging about my observations about politics in the area and what could possibly happen in 2010.

I'm not a political analyst or even someone who holds a degree about the topic but I just noticed that everytime I go back to my hometown, people there seems to be always interested in this subject as part of their chismisan that even those "parapapadyak" could give you first hand info's regarding what's-hot-what's-not in the place.

Let's get to the topic now. The not-so-newly elected mayor is I guess doing his thing. His style and his rules. He demolished the CHICKEN STATUE along Diversion Road( I was irritated with that chicken actually when it was there). He romoved all signages with reference to the former mayor in public places like the waiting shed at the PUBLIC MARKET and put his BIG name on it. I even had a close encounter with him during the KAOGMA festival when AKINA represented our town in that singing competition because gladly, the local governement assisted us during the competition at the last minute. Better late to help than never. But, with VOUCHER of course. I guess you know what I mean. He was indeed a jolly person. He was jumping and jumping as soon as my auntie won the event. Maybe those news I've heard about him in the past were really true that only his sons were the headache in the town. A la ERAP. My MOM had a chance to talk with him and my mom said that all throughout their conversation, the MAYOR was actually fuming about all those corruptions allegedly done by the former Mayor that he even had the office to be renovated and repainted because all left of him in the office were old and disfunctional tables and chairs.My mom just replied that he should get used to POLITICS and its system.

Im not yet done with him. BUT....

One thing I've noticed about the place is the ASPHALT OVERLAY PROJECT they did along the NATIONAL HIGHWAY extending thru IRIGA, NABUA, and BAAO which is really a positive development in the place. The whole PROJECT was made possible thru the efforts of the 3rd district representative, the FORMER MAYOR and the INCUMBENT VICE MAYOR. Yeap, you've heard it right. The former mayor and incumbent vice mayor who once slugged it out during the 2007 elections for the vice mayoralty post were now good allies. Actually, of the 8 Municipal councilors of Baao, only two of them remained as ally of our incumbent mayor. The rest were on the other side of the fence including the Vice Mayor as I've said earlier. hmmm.. I love that picture I have posted above. Perfect for this topic isn't it?

But that is politics I believe. Today you're on one side where you can harvest those fruits but the next morning you might be on the other side of the fence to harvest more fruits. I already doubted their loyalty in the first place. I knew even before the election that they would split up sooner or later because of conflict of interest. The vice mayor could be eyeing the top spot anytime and one of the municipal councilor is also a former mayor who might as well be interested for a better pasture. As a matter of fact, people knew all throughout the election CAMPAIGN that the ONLY reason they SIDED with the incumbent Mayor today is because they lack CAMPAIGN Funds. they were all after the money. Even one big reason why the Mayor won the election was still about money I have nothing against the former mayor in fact I've worked for him during the election and the batch supported their ticket but maybe this time he should be more careful choosing friends and allies like what I will tell you in this next blind item.

OK so here's the cream of the crop.

My mom asked me to meet one of the staff at the Mayor's office one afternoon to follow-up the requirements for the singing competition which would be submitted to the PROVINCIAL gov't. the following day. I did not find the person I was looking for but I guess it's the secretary who gladly referred me to one of the SUPERVISOR regarding CULTURAL CHUVA EKK EKK of our town. I don't know the exact position so forgive me for the term. I was thinking of one peroson who could possibly be that SUPERVISOR and I was never wrong. It was him. Well, his resume would surely make him qualified for that job being a former band trainor in the public high school and a former topnotcher councilor of BAAO but there is one thing wrong on his track record. I'm not sure of the exact year when this controversy happened but I guess it was 2005. After winning the top spot as councilor of BAAO, this man was surely enjoying the limelight given to him as a top caliber personality in the town being a councilor. Everybody knows him. He was probably the most popular ally of the former MAYOR when he ran alongside in that ticket. He earned respect. He deserved everything until....

One day, while the mayor was out for a official trip, a CONTRACT/PROJECT involving A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY to be withdrawn from the PUBLIC FUNDS needs to be signed by the MAYOR. I guess he served as a CHAIRMAN in one of those committees regarding the project so he has first hand involvement with this. Since the mayor was not in office, what this RETARD did was FORGE the signature of the MAYOR and then afterwards, withdraw the money because he was thinking he has legal documents. What he did not know was the news spread until the Mayor knew of this thing already and the whole EMPLOYEES of the MUNISIPYO were aware of his CONTROVERSY.

This is an obvious form of CORRUPTION and CRIME. You never forge a signature in a legal document involving COLD CASH; PUBLIC FUNDS unless you want to go to MANDALUYONG and have yourself CONFINED there for the rest of your life. After the whole story broke out into the public scene, and after his family were humiliated because of what happened, I guess he quit his JOB(forgive me here but i'm not sure) as councilor. Other speculated he just made a LEAVE OF ABSENCE and otherspeculations also was that he returned the money. And as soon as the new mayor was inducted into office, he was once again showed his face to the public and and is now currently working as that SUPERVISOR. Which is I think ridiculous. you know what I mean. The fucking retard has history of corruption and dishonesty working as a public servant and then what, you're gonna hire/appoint him with a new job as a public servant AGAIN? That is FUCKING A isn't it?

(you want clue right? GOOGLE the retard. Keywords? dog_garfield + president_malacanang)

If ever he's making a comeback career in politics, then I believe it would reaLLY be a battle of retards in the 2010 elections with lots of RABBITS hopping from one place to another.

Anyways, that would be it for now. These are all my PERSONAL OPINIONS. IF you don't like it, then fine with me.

I will leave you with this quotation: "The Truth Will Set You Free; but First, It Will Piss You Off.

Tomorrow's SPORTS Headline

PIERCE plays the hero; but ref's made CELT's win Game 1

C'mon ref:

You're not officiating the PBL.

It's the Finals. Let the players play basketball.

A lot of FLOPPING in Game 1.

NBA.

Where STUPID OFFICIATING happens.

Light of A Million Mornings

Sorry Lord if I have asked you why my life has been so unfair this past week.

Thanks for turning WATER into WINE.

I should have just BELIEVE your every WILL rather than DOUBT your presence.

Now I understand. Now I can TASTE how you're CHANGING things. This fast?

SURREAL.