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At his Independence Day speech, President Aquino was all praises for DILG Secretary Mar Roxas. No anointment was given since that would have to wait for at the earliest in July 2015. The last day for filing of the Certificate of Candidacy is in October 2015 while national elections are for May 2016, FEARLESS FORECAST: An Aquino endorsement for President in 2016 can only help Senator Grace Poe as it would increase her chances of beating front running Vice President Binay. President Aquino anointing Secretary Mar Roxas as the Liberal Party standard bearer (Presidential candidate) is not enough to improve the dismal popularity and acceptance ratings of the presumptive LP bet. In fact, the greatest help to the Binay campaign that can be contributed by President Aquino is in choosing Mar Roxas over Grace Poe, since Mar Roxas would be far easier to beat than Grace Poe, as far as the Binay camp is concerned. Wittingly or unwittingly, President Aquino is poised to commit a monumental mistake, a fatal error and a gross incompetence by deciding according to Liberal Party lines and supporting the losing cause of Mar Roxas. VP Binay has already publicly stated that he would not be sending President Aquino to jail (for unconstitutional acts associated with DAP and PDAF) in case he (Binay) wins. By choosing Mar Roxas over Grace Poe, President Aquino is already guaranteeing VP Binay to be the next Philippine President in 2016.
Mar Roxas nanganganib ibaba ang ambisyon, o hindi tumakbo, o lumaban sa dalawang malalakas na kalaban, ang nagungunang Jojo Binay at ang kaalyadong si Grace Poe
The Golden State Warriors were favored to win the 2015 NBA title based on their regular season record at the start of the Championship Series. However after a difficult win that had to go to overtime in Game 1 and a loss, again in overtime in Game 2, the Warriors lost home court advantage. So when Golden State lost Game 3, the Cavs had a statistically better chance to bring home the 2015 NBA trophy. With a runaway victory in Game 4, the Warriors regained the home court advantage since Games 5 and 7 (if necessary) would be played in Golden State court. Aside from the home court advantage, the Warriors would be facing a decimated, injured and tired Cleveland team. The only factor that can surprise the Warriors would be if the seldom used Cleveland bench is finally utilized and come up with a credible (or spectacular) performance. Of course Lebron James is expected to perform better than his Game 4 output (considering that his first 3 games were outstanding and record-setting).
2015 NBA Finals – Curry (Golden State) versus James (Cleveland)
Playing away from home, the Cavs are at a distinct disadvantage considering that most of their players are either out for the Finals due to injuries or would have to be hurting when they play in the crucial Game 5. Down to a maximum of 3 more games for the Championship, the Game 5 winner would obviously want to be declared champion by Game 6 (to be played in Cleveland). Lebron James had his poorest performance in the Series in Game 4 considering that his team desperately needs his A Game every time they play. Tired, battered and hurt, the Cavaliers are showing signs of fatigue. The Golden State Warriors on the other hand are healthy although they had major lapses (lack of drive and grim determination to get the job done) in Game 3
2015 NBA Finals – Curry (Golden State) versus James (Cleveland)
. With their backs to the wall after trailing 1 – 2, the Warriors bounced back with a vengeance in Game 4 and dominated the Cavs in the most lopsided game of the Championship Series. So it will be the superstar Lebron with his injury-plagued Cavs against Season MVP Curry and his sweet shooting Warriors.
At his Independence Day speech, President Aquino was all praises for DILG Secretary Mar Roxas. No anointment was given since that would have to wait for at the earliest in July 2015. The last day for filing of the Certificate of Candidacy is in October 2015 while national elections are for May 2016, FEARLESS FORECAST: An Aquino endorsement for President in 2016 can only help Senator Grace Poe as it would increase her chances of beating front running Vice President Binay. President Aquino anointing Secretary Mar Roxas as the Liberal Party standard bearer (Presidential candidate) is not enough to improve the dismal popularity and acceptance ratings of the presumptive LP bet. In fact, the greatest help to the Binay campaign that can be contributed by President Aquino is in choosing Mar Roxas over Grace Poe, since Mar Roxas would be far easier to beat than Grace Poe, as far as the Binay camp is concerned.
Mar Roxas nanganganib ibaba ang ambisyon, o hindi tumakbo, o lumaban sa dalawang malalakas na kalaban, ang nagungunang Jojo Binay at ang kaalyadong si Grace Poe
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The Golden State Warriors won Game 4 in Cleveland 103 – 82 to tie the NBA Championship Series. With their backs to the wall and trailing 1 – 2, Golden State showed a fierce and dominant form that had the Cavaliers on the ropes for most of the game. The Cavs were able to mount a strong comeback in the middle of the 4th quarter, trimming down the lead to 4 but the Warriors pulled away again, this time for good.
2015 NBA Finals – Curry (Golden State) versus James (Cleveland)
With the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers deadlocked heading into Game 3 of the NBA Finals, there was plenty to play for as the winner of this matchup, historically speaking, winds up being victorious 84% of the time in a best-of-seven series.
For the third straight game, the Warriors were unable to cross the 100-point plateau in regulation as the Cavaliers defense made things difficult for Golden State across the board.
Unfortunately for Cleveland, their own struggles on the offensive end allowed for their opponent to storm back from a 20-point third quarter deficit to make things interesting in the game’s final minutes.
In the end, it was another big game from LeBron James, as well as a spirited effort from Matthew Dellavedova, that allowed for the Cavaliers to come away with a 96-91 victory at Quicken Loans Arena on Tuesday night and seize control of the NBA Finals.
Without further ado, here are three thoughts from Game 3 between the Cavaliers and Warriors.
1) Cleveland couldn’t close the door on Golden State in crunch time
The Cavaliers could have closed this matchup out without much trouble had they not stalled on the offensive end to start the final 12 minutes of action allowing for the Warriors to storm back into the game.
Golden State did a great job of not allowing for LeBron James, or any of his teammates, to get clean looks at the basket down the stretch and that wound up changing the complexion of the game completely.
Whether this was simply a matter of the shots not falling, as the Warriors contend was the issue for Stephen Curry in Game 2, or Golden State’s defense suffocating Cleveland’s offensive attack, the Cavaliers were very close to letting a great opportunity pass them by.
2) The Cavaliers need for LeBron James to threaten for a triple-double every game
While it may seem a bit outlandish to say, the Cavaliers really need for LeBron James to provide a Herculean effort night in and night out for Cleveland to have any chance of picking up a win in this Finals series and he did just that for his team on Tuesday night.
Even though it wasn’t an especially efficient performance, James stuffed the stat sheet for the Cavaliers yet again as he did just enough of everything in order to help lead Cleveland to victory.
Despite finishing just shy of his second consecutive triple-double in this series, James led the way for the Cavs with 40 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and two blocked shots in 46 minutes of action.
James has scored 123 points in the first three games of this series and that is the most of any player in NBA history on the league’s biggest stage.
3) Stephen Curry found his shooting stroke in the second half
After struggling mightily from the field in Game 2, the NBA’s MVP scored the Warriors first points of the night before going through another elongated cold streak.
Even though it seemingly came too late to impact the outcome of Game 3 on Tuesday night, Curry was able to shoot himself out of the funk that he’d been fighting during the second half as he helped spur Golden State’s comeback by scoring 24 of his 27 points in the final 24 minutes of regulation.
Ideally, Curry will be able to carry this effort from the second half over to Game 4 on Thursday night as it is extremely clear that this Warriors team functions at an entirely different level when he’s on top of his game.
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