Passion. Perseverance. Teamwork. Triumphs and Defeats. Introduced by the Americans in the early 1900s, basketball remains to be the most popular and engaging sport in the country. In every streets and corner, shooting rinks are installed in the light posts or sturdy trees. Filipinos’ fondness for basketball is quite evident in the number of leagues and teams in every barangay. Countless basketball tournaments are also held particularly among offices, villages, or puroks. Even the high school and college basketballs are important events people look forward to. Indeed, we all love the sport. We play it either one-on-one, two-on-two, three-on-three, so forth.

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) usually comes to mind when discussing Philippine Basketball. The PBA is the professional basketball league in the country. It was founded in 1975, thereby making it the oldest professional basketball league in Asia.

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