Pilcowa caging playoffs suspended

Games in the playoff round of the Inaugural 2008 PILCOWA-San Miguel Beer Basketball League over the weekend were suspended due to rain.

The first playoff game between MIGS and San Miguel Light set for Saturday was cancelled when it rained early afternoon making the CIC Centre Basketball Court in Garapan unplayable.

The MIGS-San Miguel tiff was rescheduled yesterday afternoon, but the match was suspended in the third period due to rain.

Also called off were the playoff matches between Diamond Auto Care and Aon Insurance and C&R Distributor/NRG and Reliance Construction.

League coordinator Fando Muleta said they will still meet with team representatives before rescheduling the three matches in the first round of the playoffs.

“We still need to check the availability of the players,” Muleta said.

In the regular season, the San Miguel caging had games every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. In the playoffs, games were originally scheduled for weekends only.

The first round of the playoffs will have a single-elimination format, while the next round will be double-elimination.

Century Insurance drew a bye in the first round of the playoffs after claiming the pennant with its 5-1 record in the regular season.

Actually, Century tied MIGS in win-loss record, but the former took the pennant after beating the latter in their lone duel in the regular season, 98-94.

Diamond Auto Care finished the regular season with a 3-3 record tying C&R/NRG, but the former won the tiebreak for third place on a win-over-the-other rule. C&R dropped to fourth.

Reliance also defeated Aon Insurance in the tiebreak for fifth place. They had identical 2-4 slates in the regular season.

San Miguel had only one win in the preliminaries posting its lone victory over Reliance, 107-83.

Before starting the playoffs, the San Miguel caging held an All-Star Game on Nov. 15.

The Dark All-Stars, who were composed of players from C&R, MIGS, and Aon, prevailed over the Light All-Stars, 107-105.

Comprising the Light All-Stars were selected players from Century, Reliance, San Miguel Light, and Diamond Auto Care. Auto Care mentor Boy Garcia called the shots for the Light All-Stars, while C&R’s Marvin Deocares coached the Dark All-Stars.

MIGS’ Bonbon Cadagat was named All-Star MVP, while teammate Sonny Lerio won the 3-point shout contest held before the All-Star Game.