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James Yap or Jeff Chan?
Battle of two great shooters in the 2014 PBA Philippine Cup Finals: James Yap of San Mig Coffee Mixers vs Jeff Chan of Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.
Matchup between Chan and Yap in the PBA Finals:
Game 1: Rain or Shine defeats San Mig Coffee, 83-80
Jeff Chan – 8 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists (2/6 from three)
James Yap – 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals (0/3 from three)
Game 2: San Mig Coffee defeats Rain or Shine, 80-70
James Yap – 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks (1/3 from three)
Jeff Chan – 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists (4/7 from three)
Game 3: San Mig Coffee defeats Rain or Shine, 77-76
Happy Birthday James Yap
James Carlos Yap or James Yap was born on February 15, 1982 in Escalante City, Negros Occidental.
Happy Birthday James Yap!
Philippine National Team Member
-2003 Southeast Asian Games, Gold Medal (2003)
-Powerade Team Pilipinas (2009)
No Winner in Gilas Pilipinas vs PBA All-Stars Game
PBA All-Star Weekend
Gilas Pilipinas vs PBA All-Stars
May 5, 2013 – Digos, Davao del Sur
Jeff Chan of Gilas Pilipinas made a three-pointer with 0.6 seconds left in the 4th quarter to tie the game at 124 and the PBA All-Stars was not able to get a shot at the last second resulting in a tied ball game. In Exhibition Games, no extension or overtime will be played if the score is tied at the end of the 4th quarter.
Arwind Santos showed that he should have been included in the National team by leading the PBA All-Stars with 27 points and 13 rebounds while Jeff Chan finished with 9 points along with 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Santos and Chan were named co-Most Valuable Players of the Game.
Larry Fonacier led Gilas Pilipinas with 18 points while Gary David contributed 17 points including 5 points in the last 2 minutes as Gilas Pilipinas came from behind to tie the game in the last quarter. Balanced scoring for our National Team with 8 players in double-digits and all players with 5 or more points.
Marcus Douthit, Jimmy Alapag, Ryan Reyes and Greg Slaughter did not play for Gilas Pilipinas while James Yap, Mark Caguioa and Marcio Lassiter played limited minutes for the PBA All-Star.
Game Scores:
Gilas Pilipinas 124 — Fonacier 18, David 17, De Ocampo 14, Castro 11, Thoss 11, Tenoro 10, Pingris 10, Castro 10, Fajardo 9, Chan 9, Aguilar 5,
PBA All-Stars 124 — Santos 27, Canaleta 20, Belga 15, Cabagnot 15, Ellis 9, Baguio 9, Abueva 9, Casio 7, Lassiter 6, Caguioa 3, Yap 2,
Quarterscores: 31-33, 65-66, 95-89, 124-124.
Smart Gilas vs PBA All-Star
2013 PBA All-Star Weekend
Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs PBA All-Star
Digos, Davao del Sur
May 5, 2013
Smart Gilas Pilipinas Line-up
Jimmy Alapag, Jayson Castro, Ranidel De Ocampo, Larry Fonacier, and Ryan Reyes of Talk ‘N Text; Jeff Chan and Gabe Norwood of Rain or Shine; Gary David and Japeth Aguilar of GlobalPort; Marc Pingris of San Mig Coffee; June Mar Fajardo of Petron; LA Tenorio of Ginebra; Sonny Thoss of Alaska; and naturalized-player Marcus Douthit and amateur Greg Slaughter.
Coach: Chot Reyes
PBA All-Star Line-up
James Yap of San Mig Coffee, Calvin Abueva, Cyrus Baguio and JV Casio of Alaska, Mark Caguioa and Chris Ellis of Barangay Ginebra, Arwind Santos, Alex Cabagnot, Jay Washington, and Marcio Lassiter of Petron, Beau Belga of Rain or Shine, and Nino Canaleta of Air 21
Coach: Luigi Trillo
Who do you think will win, Smart Gilas or PBA All-Star?
One PBA Player per team on Gilas Pilipinas
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Board has approved to lend at least 1 PBA player per team for the Gilas Pilipinas National Basketball Team that will compete in the FIBA Asia Championship this August 2013. The only sure player for that team is Naturalized-player, Marcus Douthit. But it is still the decision of Coach Chot Reyes who will make the final lineup.
Who should be included in the Gilas Pilipinas 12-man lineup?
PBA Teams – Unofficial Candidates
Air 21 – Nino Canaleta, Noy Baclao or Mike Cortez
Alaska – Calvin Abueva, Sonny Thoss, Cyrus Baguio or JV Casio
Barako – Mick Pennisi, Sean Anthony or Doug Kramer
Ginebra – LA Tenorio, Mac Baracael or Mark Caguiao
Globalport – Gary David or Willie Miller
Meralco – Mac Cardona, Ronjay Buenafe, Cliff Hodge or JR Reyes
Petron – Arwind Santos, Junmar Fajardo, Jay Washington, Marcio Lassiter, Chris Lutz or Alex Cabagnot
Rain or Shine – Jeff Chan, Paul Lee, Chris Tiu or Gabe Norwood
San Mig Coffee – James Yap, Peter June Simon, Yancy de Ocampo, Mark Barroca or Marc Pingris
Talk N Text – Jimmy Alapag, Kelly Williams, Ryan Reyes, Larry Fonacier, Jared Dillinger, Ranidel de Ocampo or Jayson Castro
From Smart Gilas Cadet Pool – Greg Slaughter, Garvo Lanete, Kevin Alas
Smart Gilas 2 16-man pool from the PBA
Smart Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes announced the 16 PBA players who will be part of the Smart Gilas 2 pool of players. Smart Gilas II will be composed of the PBA pool together with the pool from the amateur ranks which will be announced soon.
Smart Gilas 16-man player pool from the PBA:
From Talk ‘N Text: Jimmy Alapag, Jayson Castro, Ranidel De Ocampo, Larry Fonacier, Ryan Reyes, Kelly Williams
From Alaska: LA Tenorio and Sonny Thoss
From B-Meg: James Yap and Marc Pingris
From Petron: Alex Cabagnot and Arwind Santos
From Powerade: Gary David and Marcio Lassiter
From Rain or Shin: Gabe Norwood
From Ginebra: Enrico Villanueva