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A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Philippines is one of the oldest teams and has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. The team won a bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship for men, the best finish by any team outside the Americas and Europe.
Most combined points by both teams: 365 points by Ginebra (197) and Great Taste (168), November 21, 1985 [4] Fewest combined points by both teams: 106 points by Pop Cola (54) and Shell (52), July 18, 1999 [13] Most three-point field goals made: 23 by Talk 'N Text vs. Air21, April 23, 2008 [26] 23 by Talk 'N Text vs. San Miguel, January 14, 2009 ...
After the disbandment of the NCC team in 1986, the national team was referred to as "RP 5" or "RP team" once again. In the 1990 Asian Games, following the example of the first U.S. Dream Team, the Philippine team was referred to the "Philippines Dream Team", as this was the first national team with PBA players. Later, it was referred to as ...
[a] NBA win-loss records also do not include wins and losses recorded during a team's playing time in the American Basketball Association (ABA), despite the 1976 ABA–NBA merger. [ 2 ] The San Antonio Spurs have the highest win-loss record percentage, with 2,305–1,562 (.596). [ 3 ]
Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Philippines: FIBA World Cup: August 27 Angola: L 70–80 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines: FIBA World Cup: August 29 Italy: L 83–90 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines: FIBA World Cup: August 31 South Sudan: L 68–87 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines: FIBA World Cup: September 2 China: W 96 ...
The Tanduay Rhum Makers were a team on a mission right at the start of the 1986 PBA season, playing their first full conference with Ramon Fernandez. The Rhum Makers were reinforced by the pair of Rob Williams, a first-round pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 1982 NBA draft, and Andre McKoy.
October 27 – World Series – The New York Mets win 4 games to 3 over the Boston Red Sox. The series is best remembered for Game 6, when the Red Sox were one out away from the Series victory but blew a 2-run lead with the bases empty and 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th inning; the game's final play was a groundball that rolled through the ...
Starting in 1989, almost finals series are in a best-of-seven format, excluding special conferences like the 1998 PBA Centennial Cup, or if the PBA is forced to shorten the season, like during the 2013–14 season, where the last two conferences were made into best-of-five series to make way for the Philippine national team's participation in ...