SEABA 2008 KL Results

Last nights (May 4) SEABA 2008 results held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

The Philippines currently leads the tournament with a 3 win no loss card.

They expected to win the championship tonight, May 5 at the MABA stadium at 6pm.

Results: Thailand beat Singapore 73-54, Philippines beat Indonesia 123-43.

Today's matches: Singapore vs Philippines (6pm), Indonesia vs Malaysia (8pm).

SEABA Result - under 18

Friday May 2, 2008

www.thestar.com.my

Filipinos outplay title-holders Malaysia in SEABA opener

By AFTAR SINGH

KUALA LUMPUR: The Philippines sounded an early warning to their rivals when they outclassed defending champions Malaysia 98-67 in the SEABA boys’ junior basketball championship at the Maba Stadium here last night.

The Filipinos, who did not compete in the last meet in Segamat in 2006, trailed 43-47 in the first two quarters.

But the Philippines, who underwent a two-month training stint in the United States prior to the tournament, showed tremendous fighting spirit and maturity to hit back and take a comfortable 72-51 lead in the third quarter.

Cheered by the 100-odd crowd, the Philippines romped home in the fourth quarter for a 31-point win.

No way out: Ong Chun Khee (centre) trying to get past three Filipino players during the SEABA junior championship yesterday. The Philippines won 98-67. – By AZMAN GHANI/The Star

Ong Chun Khee was the top scorer for Malaysia with 23 points while Gabriel Banal contributed 16 points for the Philippines.

Apart from the defeat, there was further bad news for Malaysia when Kuek Tian Yuan was carried out of the court with a hamstring injury midway through the third quarter.

National coach Tan Kok Heng blamed his boys’ lack of focus in the third quarter for the defeat.

“I don’t know why my boys lost focus in the third quarter ... it affected our game. They also looked exhausted. Two of my players also suffered muscle pulls during the match,” said Kok Heng.

Malaysia will face Singapore today.

In an earlier match at the same venue, Thailand hammered Indonesia 82-50.

Five teams, including Singapore, are competing in the tournament and the top two will qualify for the Asian qualifying tournament in Iran in September.

RESULTS

Thailand 82 Indonesia 50.

Malaysia 67 Philippines 98.

l TODAY’S FIXTURES

Philippines vs Thailand – 6.00pm.

Singapore vs Malaysia – 8.45pm.

A Midnight in Moscow

Well call it a dawn in Asia, the Champions league final in Moscow on March 21 will be an early morning match here in Asia.

It boils down to the two premiership contenders, Chelsea vs Man United.

I was hoping for Liverpool to push to the finals because I don't want Chelsea who are build by using an endless cash flow. A team made by money to buy silverware.

Too bad the special one will watching this on TV.

Were on our way to Moscow

Yeah after years if waking up early in the morning to support MAN UTD in their quest for the champions league, the dream has finally come!

United need only to win their last three games to keep the premiership and win the 3rd European cup.

Moscow, May 21 !!

Believe !

Crucial weeks for MU

After watching Manchester United lost to Chelsea for a late penalty I was down in shock.
Suddenly there was this new NIKE add showing Cristiano Ronaldo practicing his free kicks, then Kobe Bryant shooting, then Maria Sharapova, then Roger Federer, then Liu Xiang and then Manny Pacquiao.

Wow ! Manny has reached this stage. But it left me wondering why Nike Athlete Tiger Woods was not in the add?

Anyways back to United they still lead the premiership by a superior goal difference, will they blink? The champions league clash this week with Barca will decide the season. Will they win the premiership and the champions league? or will United fans sulk with no silver wear this season?

The next few weeks will be crucial.

Spanish GP vs Sepang

You can see the big difference in Formula One fans during the Spanish grand prix compared say to Bahrain or Sepang.

Barcelona was packed during the qualifying, grand stands and hills side included.Compared that to Sepang during qualifying where a few souls were at the hillside and some lucky company sponsored people at the main grand stand. The fans at Barcelona maybe 90% Fernando Alonso fans but are pure F1 fans. They came with flags, shirts, and caps. You can hear the whole circuit in unison when Fernando took provisional pole before being passed by Kimi by less than 0.01 sec. But yes, Alonso was low on fuel that have him blinked first during the race.

Race day, 132,000 pure Formula 1 fans showed up at Catalunya. During my last race in Sepang race day was a bit packed. The race was attended by thousands of students who came by school bus. I asked one student why did they attend the race and he told me its part of their project at his schools robotics club. He paid RM 65 for the event which included transport by bus to and from the circuit. That was way too cheap to watch a race. During the race most of the students spent their time in shaded parts of the hill and did not have any interest in watching the race in full. Next the day Sepang announced that they broke the race attendance this year, 125,000 attended the race.

Get my point ?

Back in Spain, it was another pole to podium finish.

Ferrari one two !

NBA 2008 Playoffs Prediction

Below is my prediction for the NBA playoffs 1st round.
I am predicting a Lakers vs Celtics Final, a retro match up, an all time rivalry.

EAST

Celtics vs Hawks > Celtics
Pistons vs 76ers > Pistons
Magic vs Raptors > Magic
Cavs vs Wizards > Wizards

West

Lakers vs Nuggets > Lakers
Hornets vs Mavs > Hornets
Suns vs Spurs > Suns
Rockets vs Jazz > Jazz


My only un calculated prediction is the Suns vs Spurs match up. Im going for the Suns despite Parkers game and the Spurs early lead.

Check me put later how I fared !