At nagdiriwang na ang tropa. That is really what's happening out there as the Talk N Text Tropang Texters have finally won the 2012 PBA All-Filipino Cup championship after beating the hell out of the Powerade Tigers, 110-101 in Game 5 of their finals match. For the lack of other options, I finished this match and the experience was more fun than I expected. Except for the controversial officiating and the episode late second quarter where Jimmy Alapag almost literally throwing Rommel Adducul out of the playing court, the game was well fought. I wanted Powerade to win but given TnT's deep and skilled bench plus their championship experience, the inevitable just happened. I am happy for the Tropang Texters but what I was not happy about is the clear bias of the commentators of the Pangilinan-owned coveror for, surprise-- Talk N Text. The game was exciting even though the scores say otherwise. Though TnT was leading by double digits for most of the time, the efforts of JV Casio, Sean Anthony and Gary "El Granada" David kept Powerade within reach. But Ryan Gregorio, one of the co-anchors of the game (which is incidentally a Pangilinan employee, for he coaches the earlier-eliminated Meralco Bolts) clearly shows his bias towards TnT. One time, while Alapag was taking free throws after he split his charities, Gregorio was saying (or something to this effect) "Jimmy has split his earlier charities but this time, he'll... ahh...". Gregorio wasn't able to finish what he was talking about for Alapag did split his charities again. Also, at the time when David was making crucial and impossible shots, the panel was talking as if nothing's happening. If Quinito Henson was there, or Mico Halili, they would probably be singing praises and Hallelujahs with David's great shots. I may sound like a sourgraping Powerade fan but in reality, I am a B-MEG follower which the Tigers have beaten in the quarter finals (I do admit though that I am all for the Tigers in this series). David, the conference's MVP, averages 30+ points a game that's why I can't reconcile why David's 37-point production was not really highlighted by the panel.
Times like these makes me miss the days when the team of Sev Sermenta, Quinito Henson, Ed Picson and the great Joe Cantada among others who are covering the games for us. When will Philippine basketball get some good commentators and analysts again?
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