RP POWERADE TEAM GOES UP AGAINST JORDAN!

Whatever happens, we have already bettered our standing from the last Fiba Asia Tournament (9th place).

What's at stake tomorrow afternoon is a place in the Final Four and a chance to get one of three slots to the Fiba world championships, where we can get creamed by the likes of Greece, Spain, Argentina and the USA. 

Do we have a chance? Of course. It's about as likely as me winning the lotto tomorrow. Still, it just might happen, you know.

Key Men: 

James Yap, Willie Miller, Mick Pennisi. These sharpshooters must connect from the outside for the RP Team to have a chance of winning.

Gabe Norwood, Jared Dillinger and Arwind Santos. They must contain on Rasheim Wright or else, the RP cause will be sunk.

RP FALLS TO IRAN. 88-78!

The bad news...we lost to Iran.

The good news...it was only by 10 points.

The better news...we're still on track to get into the quarterfinals.

The best news...we just need to win over UAE to avoid China.

Willie Miller and James Yap led the RP Team in scoring once again, with 14 points each. Gabe Norwood seems to have regained his offensive touch to finish with 13 while Asi Taulava was the most effective big man once again, showing that Japeth Aguilar and Sonny Thoss still have a lot to learn before they can supplant the Tongan behemoth at center.

RP POWERADE TEAM SHOCKS CHINESE TAIPEI 77-70!

James Yap and Willie Miller, acknowledged PBA gunners, sucked for the first 3 games of the FIBA Asia elimination round.

And then, in a game where the Philippines was given a slight-to-none chance of winning, they finally showed up with guns a-blazing.

Yap (23 points) hit 4-6 three pointers, including 3 straight threepointers in the 3rd quarter to put the Philippines up for good while Miller (17 points) hit 5 of 5 three pointers, including a game sealing one with 14 seconds to go and the Philippines up by just 2 points.

Terrific interior defense from the RP big men (Thoss, Pennisi, Raymundo and Taulava) kept the Taiwanese at bay while Dillinger, Helterbrand and Norwood were solid at the perimeter.

The Philippines go up against Iran tomorrow at 11am. Again, pundits say that they have no chance of winning. 

But the ball is round and anything can happen.