Tuesday, August 16, 2011

LANAO NEWS ONLINE: PBA Game 2 Finals Held In Lanao Norte

LANAO NEWS ONLINE – The provincial government of Lanao del Norte recently played host to one of the most exciting games of Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
The final game held last August 10, this year, was played between rivals Tropang Texters and Petron Boosters at the spacious Mindanao Civic Center gymnasium located in Sagadan, Tubod.

Tropang Texters came out victorious after a thrilling and intensified match via a final score of 103-85 in favor of the texters.


“One thing that we wanted to do here in Game Two was to come out with a lot of physicality because they’re really beating us in giving us really rough fouls and hard fouls. It was seen here today,” said Talk ‘n Text coach Chot Reyes.
Over five thousand basketball fans trooped to the brand new gym and watched the exciting Game 2 of the best of seven series.

“We are proud and happy that PBA chose Lanao del Norte to be the host of the first-ever Finals game here in Mindanao”, Governor Khalid Dimaporo expressed.