Back to the line – up for the HANPA – Cardinals after getting a short vacation, Anthony Biong lifted his team to their second victory against the winless RAMS – Ballers with his 18 points production through his accurate shooting, while team mate Junior Magcalas provided 10 points. For the loosing end, Castro and Amarillo of the RAMS scored 12 and 13 respectively.
In other games, PIA – Slashers lived up to their expectations in beating ATT – Jaguar with a score of 90 – 76 for the opening match. Basco and Sendandre were the top scorer for Slashers with 21 and 13 while Jun Lanzuela finished with 20 points while Hener Aguinaldo shot for 17 for the Jaguar squad. Palau Nationals drubbed the Ramgers team with a final tally of 82 – 76. Then on the last game between Ilocandia – Bulls and Western Union, Officials had to forfeit the match due to excessive throwing of elbows and a heated brawl among the players and coaches that started on the last quarter. The governing body of the 2009 FBL is having a meeting as of press time with regards to the decision of the match.Four matches are played every Sunday afternoon in which the first game starts at exactly 11:00 p.m. The 2009 Filipino Basketball League is operated and supervised by the Palau Basketball Federation and sponsored by PITI, CTSI-Logistics, J.Trading/ATT, Surangel and Sons, Ilocandia Association, Ilonggo Association, and Western Union.
