Alaska Aces Blog Posts

Wala pa ring tatalo sa Alaska. That’s probably the new go-to line of every PBA fanboy right now. After all, it sums up just how awesome the Alaska Aces have been in their quest to be this season’s Commish Cup Champions. Don Don Hontiveros has...

And just like that, Alaska is one away from its first title in three years, and, perhaps more importantly, first in the post-Time Cone era. And, man, despite the focus being put squarely on nouveau villain Calvin Abueva, the Gatas Republik have many...

The Alaska Aces didn’t waste any time at all. They went on a 14-0 start and cruised on until the endgame to defeat the crowd-favorite Ginebra Gin Kings, 87-70, in Game One of the 2013 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals. It was an unexpected star...

The 2013 PBA Commish Cup will not have a repeat titlist this year. This much was confirmed after the Alaska Aces booted out their former mentor and his current team in Game 4 last Saturday, while the Bgy. Ginebra Gin Kings completed a stirring comeba...

Semifinal action in the 2013 PBA Commish Cup continued to heat up as both series are now squared at 1-1 after a whirlwind weekend of hoops. San Mig Coffee got the jump on Alaska this past Saturday only to be blown out in Game 2 yesterday, while the T...

The 2013 PBA Commish Cup Semifinals cast is nearly complete with three teams already advancing after the first whirlwind weekend of the Playoffs went underway. Alaska wasted no time in disposing of Air21 to be the first team to advance, the Texters s...

Alaska remained supreme at the summit of the 2013 Commish Cup standings, while Rain or Shine distanced itself from the middle of the pack. San Mig Coffee also had a big win that enabled it to catch up with Ginebra at fourth spot. The last few elims p...

The Batang Pier became the first team officially eliminated from Playoff contention, while the Kings and Boosters remain tied at third spot. The Texters also gained some ground this past weekend, while the Aces continued to lead the entire league at...

The Aces and Mixers made roaring comebacks, the Gin Kings won their fifth straight, and Eric Dawson dumped 57 big ones this past week in the 2013 PBA Commish Cup. Wednesday saw Meralco beat Petron, 102-92. As a team, the Bolts shot better than 50%...

Alaska and Rain or Shine remained firmly entrenched on top of the heap with wins this past Holy Week. Meanwhile, Meralco remained in the middle of the pack even as Barako Bull put themselves in a prime spot to contend for one of the bottom Playoff sp...

Armed with resounding wins, Air21, San Mig Coffee, and Ginebra all rose in the standings even as Rain or Shine tied Alaska at first place. In the meantime, the weekend also saw cellar-dwellers GlobalPort and Barako Bull remain in the quagmire, while...

Armed with resounding wins, Air21, San Mig Coffee, and Ginebra all rose in the standings even as Rain or Shine tied Alaska at first place. In the meantime, the weekend also saw cellar-dwellers GlobalPort and Barako Bull remain in the quagmire, while...

The top two teams remained firmly entrenched ahead of everyone else, while a cellar-dweller got a big lift because of the reigning MVP. Reigning MVP Mark Caguioa sparked the GinKings over the Texters. In the lone Saturday out-of-town game t...

We are pretty much at the midpoint of the 2012-2013 PBA season, and  I thought it would be interesting to look at which players have been doing really well – well enough to be in the running for the conference and end-of-season awards as well as s...

Air21 continued to roll while Talk N Text and San Mig Coffee both got back on the winning track in the past two playdates of the 2013 PBA Commish Cup. All three teams, together with the Meralco Bolts, are locked right in the middle of the standings a...

The SMC Mixers, Meralco Bolts, ROS Elasto-Painters, and Alaska Aces were the big winners of this week, while the Petron Blaze Boosters and the GlobalPort Batang Pier hit different snags in the battle for playoff position in the current PBA Commish Cu...

Alaska continued to dominate even against, arguably, the most talented team in the PBA, while the Air21 Express remain mired at the bottom of the standings. The Gin Kings also had a breakthrough performance this past Wednesday, finally nailing win #1...

The undefeated Alaska Aces remained immaculate and stayed on top of the heap, while the Meralco Bolts and San mig Coffee Mixers upset their more fancied foes this past weekend in the 2013 PBA Commish Cup. In the weekend’s lone out-of-town match,...

The Bgy. Ginebra Gin Kings have the Commish Cup’s best local player, at least in terms of PBA-Online’s player efficiency rating, in Mark Caguioa, but they also have the league’s worst record at 0-3. It’s easy to blame import Herbert Hill for...

The Bgy. Ginebra Gin Kings have the Commish Cup’s best local player, at least in terms of PBA-Online’s player efficiency rating, in Mark Caguioa, but they also have the league’s worst record at 0-3. It’s easy to blame import Herbert Hill for...