BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Yap, we're in the quarterfinals


James Yap started the fireworks and Willie Miller finished off their combined shooting display of 11 treys as Team Pilipinas got their revenge on Chinese-Taipei 77-70 at the the 25th FIBA Asia Men’s Championship.

The win, their third in four outings, sent the Philippines to the quarterfinals.

Yap dropped 6 of 11 attempts from beyond the arc with four in the pivotal third quarter where Team Pilipinas wrested the lead from their foes who dealt them a stinging loss in the recently completed Jones Cup. Miller was perfect as he nailed 5 of 5 including the buzzer beater with 13 seconds remaining to pad the Philippines’ 72-70 lead to five.

The Taiwanese on the other hand, had a miserable time rom the three-point arc as they only converted 1-15.

RP 77 – Yap 23, Miller 17, Thoss 8, Pennisi 8, Baguio 6, Helterbrand 6, Raymundo 5, Dillinger 3, Taulava 2, Norwood 2, Aguilar 0, Santos 0.

Taipei 70 – Tseng 21, Lee 8, Chang 8, Lin 7, Wu 6, Chang TH 6, Tien 6, Wang 4, Su 2, Yang 2, Chen 0, Wu CL 0.

Quarters: 16-21; 33-35; 62-54; 77-70

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