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Starting 5ive: Philippines vs Palestine Highlights

Gilas Pilipinas suffered a heartbreaking loss against unranked and inexperienced Palestine in their first game at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. Only four players scored for the Palestinian team, which showed Team Philippines a taste of their own #puso medicine.

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Starting 5ive: 2015 FIBA Asia By The Numbers

With the FIBA Asia Championship set to tip off this week, here’s a quick rundown of some important numbers you should know (so you can add value to office lunch break conversations other than, uhm, noontime show highlights).

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Starting 5ive: Where to watch Gilas Pilipinas games

Just because Andray Blatche went on a soup and salad diet to get in shape for FIBA Asia, that doesn’t mean you too should put down that crispy chicken wing dipped in hot buffalo sauce to show support. Eat away, champ–and drink up–and watch the Gilas games in these five spots.

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Starting 5ive: Best ankle-breakers by Derrick Rose

Sprawled on the floor, clutching his left knee, and grimacing in pain. That should’ve been the last image we’d ever see of Derrick Rose. But the youngest MVP in NBA history just won’t allow it.

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#ParaSaBayan: The past Philippine teams in FIBA Asia

In two weeks, a mix of old and new players will wear the blue and white to represent the Philippines at the FIBA Asia Championship. Here’s a look at the past teams that shed blood, sweat and tears para sa bayan.

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Starting 5ive: Taylor Swift songs for Gilas 3.0

As Philippine basketball gears up for international competition, us fans are still facing questions such as: Will Jordan Clarkson play? Is Ping really back? Does Junemar have a Philippine passport? Will Andray Blatche stop eating pizza? No answers yet, but with all the injuries and drama, Gilas 3.0 is already starting to sound like one big heartbreak. Like a Taylor Swift song.

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Starting 5ive: Things we learned from Ricky Rubio’s Manila visit

It was a rainy weekend, but it did not stop Ricky Rubio, the 24-year-old Spanish point guard of the Minnesota Timberwolves, from taking on Manila, seeing the sites, playing streetball, and flirting with Ariana Grande.

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Tweets of the Day: #Puso2019

On Friday, FIBA will name the host country for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Why should basketball come home to the Philippines in 2019? Kasi buhay basket tayo.

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Starting 5ive: The Gilas 3.0 wishlist

Relax PBA teams, we won’t be wishing for the impossible, like asking for the versatility of Arwind Santos or the shooting of Marcio Lassiter or the angas of Paul Lee for the new Gilas Pilipinas. We want to be realistic here, so we’ll just wish for Terrence Romeo to drop 63 points against China.

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Starting 5ive: NBA 90s Team ni Batas

BuhayBasket sat down with Batas to find out his Top 5 players from the 90s.

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