INVITATIONAL CUP FINAL FOUR

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                    [Title] => Farce costs Pals P.3M in fines, suspension
                    [Summary] => Talk N Text interim head coach Ariel Vanguardia was suspended for five games and fined P50,000 and the whole team slapped a fine of P250,000 for the farce of an endgame they pulled in the closing seconds of their match against the Red Bull Barako Thunder Wednesday.


PBA commissioner Noli Eala said he could have imposed a stiffer punitive action had the Phone Pals not admitted any wrongdoing and the Talk N Text ballclub assured the league it didn’t tolerate the unsportsmanlike gesture of the team.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-08-16 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] =>   Joey Villar
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                    [Title] => Pals, Thunder play to ‘weird’ finish; Tigers in
                    [Summary] => It’s Red Bull Barako versus Alaska Milk and FedEx against Coca-Cola in the Samsung PBA Invitational Cup Final Four.


Red Bull Barako gained the last slot in the crossover knockout semis as the Thunder lost by one  point to the Talk n Text Phone Pals, 87-88, in a do-or-die duel that had a bizzare ending at the Cuneta Astrodome last night.


PBA commissioner Noli Eala described it "the most absurd thing I saw in a basketball game."


Eala visibly disappointed in the contest that saw both teams playing not to win  at endgame.


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Farce costs Pals P.3M in fines, suspension

By Joey Villar | August 16, 2003 - 12:00am

Talk N Text interim head coach Ariel Vanguardia was suspended for five games and fined P50,000 and the whole team slapped a fine of P250,000 for the farce of an endgame they pulled in the closing seconds of their...

Sports

Pals, Thunder play to ‘weird’ finish; Tigers in

August 14, 2003 - 12:00am

It’s Red Bull Barako versus Alaska Milk and FedEx against Coca-Cola in the Samsung PBA Invitational Cup Final Four. Red Bull Barako gained the last slot in the crossover knockout semis as the Thunder lost by...

Sports