Smart Gilas vs Chinese Taipei: William Jones Cup 2011

LATEST UPDATE: Smart Gilas wins vs Chinese Taipei, takes 3rd spot, 82-72.





PREVIOUS UPDATE: The final matches in the 2011 William Jones Cup are happening today, August 14, 2011, and the Philippine national team "Smart Gilas" will vie only for the 3rd place slot after it lost to Iran, 59-78, during the semi-finals held yesterday.



Iran, who's the 2009 and 2010 William Jones Cup champion, now heads to its 3rd championship game in 3 years this time against Korea while Smart Gilas will have to face Chinese Taipei in a battle for 3rd place.



Prior to the "Smart Gilas vs Chinese Taipei" game which happens at 5PM and the championship game between Iran and Korea at 7 PM, the teams from Japan (last year's 3rd placer) and Jordan face each other first for the 5th slot.



All three games today will still be held at the Hsinchuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City, Taiwan where all previous games were also held.



Last year, Smart Gilas finished in 4th place and if they win 3rd place today, it will be its highest placement in the William Jones Cup as "Smart Gilas" since the Philippines (San Miguel Beer and Philippine Centennial Team) already achieved that feat twice in 2005 and 2007, and even won champion two times, in 1985 and 1998.



Goodluck to Smart Gilas!

Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup 2011 Final 4 now complete!

Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 2011 Commissioner's Cup Quarter-Finals (Do-or-Die) Games were held yesterday, April 13, 2011, which determined the 2 teams who will advance to the semis and fill the last two slots in the Final Four of the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner's Cup.

And those teams were Air21 Express who defeated Alaska Aces in a close fight, 97-94, and the Barangay Ginebra Kings who won with a 10-point lead over Rain or Shine, 92-82.

The best players were Alpha Bangura of Air21 (for the Air21 vs Alaska game) and Mark Caguioa of Brgy. Ginebra (for Brgy. Ginebra-Rain or Shine game).

Air21 and Barangay Ginebra will now join Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the Philippine national team, Smart Gilas, in the Final 4.

The 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Semi-Finals will start tomorrow, April 15, with Talk 'N Text against Air21 while the Smart Gilas team will be facing the Barangay Ginebra Kings.

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VIEWERS AT HOME EXPERIENCE BAD RECEPTION

The games turned out to be so much exciting for those who watched in Araneta, but not for the viewers at home, who allegedly experienced bad reception on Studio 23, most especially of the 2nd game (Brg. Ginebra vs Rain Or Shine). And reportedly in some places, there was no signal at all.

A lot of viewers have aired disappointments on Facebook and Twitter:


Marthy Alipao from Bulacan: "Bad trip yong studio 23 kagabi ang labo ng reception sa malolos area d ko tuloy napanood ung PBA quarterfinals Ginebra vs Rain or Shine!!!!!!"

Joezen Lopez from Rizal: "nakakaBADTRIP ung studio 23 kagabi.......kung kailan laban ng BRGY. GINEBRA tsaka nwalan ng signal.....ano toh BASTUSAN.............ilipat nyo n lng sa GMA NEWS TV ung rights ng coverage PBA..........tignan nyo naging kapalit ng ginawa nyo.....sanTAMBAK n reklamo ang natanggap nyo noh.........."

Carl de Silva from Batangas: "rreport q lng, kgv nong nnnood kmi ng pba sa studio23 bglang pumanget ang reception kc naaagaw ng news tv ng gma7, paki aus nmn po ng reception, batangas area po, sa my sn jose! tnx ! "

April Mercado Dela Cruz from Caloocan: "wla n ngang kaagaw s pnunu0d kc wla ng w.willie, ampotah!bul0k nmn stax0n nio,d nkpn0od kgbi..sna nman maaus n s su2n0d!"

Rafael Soberano Villegas from Cavite: "HELLO STUDIO 23..WALA BA KAYONG PALIWANAG TUNGKOL SA PAGKAWALA NG SIGNAL NINYO KAGABI SA 2ND GAME NG PBA..TILL NOW WALA KAYONG POST ..ASAR NA TAO SA INYO KAGABI . .KASAMA NA KO DUN."

Ariston Pangilinan from Pampanga (@bartespeak): "what happened to studio 23? low signal here in angeles city pampanga, almost 1 hour already!"

Nika Dycaico from Laguna (@nikabhebhe): "what's happening sa signal ng studio 23???ang labo dito sa laguna...#ginebra pa nmn!"


Studio 23 and Solar Entertainment haven't released a statement yet on this issue. But in all fairness to Studio 23, they entertained complaints yesterday on Twitter and asked for the location of those experiencing bad signal.

And it seems like the signal problem was experienced not only in one location.