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Saturday, April 26, 2008

  

Rockets rebound against Jazz

HOUSTON, Texas: Carl Landry helped revive Houston’s season by registering a key block with less than a second left as the Rockets surprised Utah 94-92 in Game 3 of their opening round playoff series.

With the surprising victory on Thursday, the Rockets rebounded from a pair of disheartening home losses and cut into Utah’s once-commanding 2-0 series lead.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

PUERTO PRINCESA: There’s no stopping powerhouse National Capital Region from claiming the overall championship after dominating both the elementary and high school divisions for the third straight time in the 2008 Palarong Pambansa at Ramon V. Mitra Jr. Sports Complex in Barangay Sta. Monica.

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GRANDMASTER Wesley So pounced on International Master Julio Catalino Sadorra’s weak pawn structure to pull off a 36-move victory Friday in the opening round of the Philippine Battle of the Grandmasters at the 11th floor of City State Hotel.

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DEFENDING champion Ronato “Volcano” Alcano of the Philippines and Ralf “Kaiser” Souquet of Germany downed separate rivals Thursday night to reach the final round of the World 8-Ball Championship at the Expo Center in Fujairah City, United Arab Emirates.

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BACOLOD CITY: The PBA All-Star Weekend currently being held in this basketball-crazy city is, indeed, an occasion where the brightest players of the country’s only professional league are strutting their wares.

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BANGKOK: Five athletes were stripped of their Southeast Asian Games medals after testing positive for banned substance, the Bangkok Post reported on Friday.

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BORACAY: Defending champion University of Visayas rallied past Southwestern University, 21-15, 15-21, 15-12, on Friday to reach the semifinal round in the women’s division of the 2008 Nestea Beach Volley National Circuit at the Hey! Jude sandcourt.

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THE Philippine Federation of Bodybuilders is staging the National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships on Saturday at the Music Museum in Greenhills, San Juan City.

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THE CROSSOVER
By Raffy Ledesma

FINALLY, the match-ups for the Western Conference are set. The competition in the conference was so tight that up to the last regular season play date, seeds No.3 to 6 were still up for grabs.

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