Alaska and Anderson Silva

Alaska Aces, my favorite team in the PBA since the Paul Alvarez days....

A lot has happened.
I am writing however, on their game last night. 11 April 2010. Versus San Miguel Beer.
Miller had the chance to win it, but muffed it instead when he missed the first free throw on the last foul of the SMB import Gabe Freeman.
Huh! Lucky for Alaska, Freeman was called for a foul. Too bad, Miller missed one. Instead of being ahead by a point (had he made the free throw....), with 1.5 seconds remaining in the game......
Oh well... Extension period with SMB having no import should be a breeze. What with the Aces having a "prolific" import in Diamon Simpson...
I had a feeling that Alaska will lose the game. And so it did.

I hate it... But Alaska has become so predictable. Willie Miller is a great player. But he cannot win it all by himself. True, he can score if he wants to. Anytime. On any part of the court that is... But....
Winning time is Miller time.... But..... Uh... He was blocked by a taller Arwind Santos on two (or was it three) attempts in the closing minutes?.... Alaska has become so predictable that every opponent knows that Miller will have the last shot, if the game is close....
I'm just frustrated maybe.... Oh well.... I miss the old Alaska.... the 94-95-96 team...... A lot has happened since then.... I hope Alaska comes up with better games on their coming ones...


Next is Anderson "The Spider" Silva... Of the UFC fame.

Thought I've never seen all of his title defense fights, I saw some of his games... He is amazing.
However, last night, I saw him mocking and taunting this challenger Maia... Like he does not know the word respect.
And there goes my respect for this guy.... I mean, he sure can finish Maia in one or two rounds... But he played around. Fooled around. Ended up being the bigger fool himself! Haha.
Analyze this.
The fans were booing him on the fourth or fifth round - even though the result was pretty obvious that Silva has won the match...
The fans were egging Maia on, on the fourth or fifth round - even though the result was pretty obvious that Silva has won the match...
Imagine the fans chanting GSP instead of Silva - who is currently on the ring...
Imagine being warned by referee - for running around the ring - though Silva is obviously NOT the one hurt. God bless that referee!!
Imagine the referee raising the hand of Silva as the winner - for about two seconds only? Maybe less!?!! And then the referee dropping the hand of Silva like it's a hot potato. And the face of the referee - was it Migraliotta (sorry I forgot the name) - like he was DISGUSTED at Silva...
Oh well.... I hate sportsmen who don't show respect for their opponents.... To me, they are lower than the opponent whom they beat easily... May there be one MMArtist that'll beat the hell out of this spider. Tough. But not an impossibility...

Next time.