Butiki Bullets: Monday August 8, 2011

• The PBA Finals cast was decided just last Friday with Petron edging Brgy Ginebra and Alaska in the quotient system earning them the right to face Talk N Text in the Finals. A lot of fans (mostly from Ginebra) criticized the system. Ginebra Coach Jong Uichico, however, wasn't putting the blame on anyone but themselves. "We could only blame ourselves for this. Had we won some of them, we don’t need to go in this situation and we would have been playing for the finals," said Uichico

• The Petron Blaze Boosters didn't disappoint the basketball fans that tuned in to Game 1 of the PBA Finals. In a tightly contested end game, the Boosters turned to ol' reliable Danny Ildefonso, who nailed a buzzer beating mid range jumper to take game 1 for Petron.

• The SMART-Gilas Pilipinas National Team are now looking like serious contenders to win the FIBA Asia Championships to be held in Wuhan, China. Smart-Gilas started their Jones Cup campaign with convincing wins over defending FIBA Asia Champions Iran and Chinese Taipei.

• Ateneo de Manila continued to dominate Season 74 of the UAAP as they beat Far Eastern University to sweep the first round of the eliminations.

• Patay Ang Butiki's very own Mikkel Bolante writes about former Talk N Text import Mo Baker for InterAKTV.ph