{"id":200700,"date":"2019-02-03T22:50:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T03:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=200700"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:20:51","slug":"mighty-sports-enters-dubai-quarterfinals-with-back-to-back-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/03\/mighty-sports-enters-dubai-quarterfinals-with-back-to-back-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Sports enters Dubai quarterfinals with back-to-back victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_200704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200704\" style=\"width: 798px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-04-at-10.49.03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-200704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-04-at-10.49.03.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"740\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;TWO IN A ROW!<br \/>Mighty Sports improve to 2-0 after an 86-78 win over the UAE National Team.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy female cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/female-cialis.html\">https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/female-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> #GearUpForGreatness&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BtaYuyeDq0D\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mightysports_ph\/\">@mightysports_ph<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team Mighty Sports, representing the Philippines, waves past home team United Arab Emirates with an 86-78 victory at the Dubai International Championship last Sunday, February 3 at the Shabab Al Ahli Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Import Randolph Morris, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player Justin Brownlee, and Filipino-American guard Roosevelt Adams performed for their team, contributing 20, 18, and 18 points respectively, while their opponents were led by Rashed Al Zaabi and Omar Alshabibi.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tadalista online <a href=\"https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/tadalista.html\">https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/tadalista.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hen talking about moving to the Philippines to pursue his basketball career, Adams recently told the media, \u201cI\u2019m very fortunate. Not many players get a chance to play for the country. I\u2019m lucky to be one of them.\u201d He added, \u201cI love to shoot. I\u2019m an athlete. I like to rebound, defend whoever you need me to defend. I do all the guard\u2019s work. Coach tells me what to do, I\u2019ll do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In reaction to their second win in a row, Mighty Sports head coach Charles Tiu shared, \u201cWhat\u2019s good is that we won and I expected us to win this game,\u201d but added, \u201c[However] honestly, this is not the level of the tournament. If we play this [kind of] game the next few days, we\u2019re going to lose. We might not make it past the quarterfinals.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately for Mighty Sports, former National Basketball Association (NBA) pro Lamar Odom was scoreless for his entire 13 minutes of game time, with Coach Charles stating, \u201cI think we have to be patient with Lamar. I expect a bit more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mighty Sports, which is sponsored by SMDC, Go for Gold, Oriental Group, and Healthcube will next see action on Tuesday as they face Syria. 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