NBA Global Games ticket promo winners unveiled

MANILA, Philippines – NBA.com Philippines has drawn the lucky winners to the NBA Global Games Philippines 2013 ticket contest. The winners will receive free tickets to watch the Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers live at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on Oct. 10.

Four winners of one Premier A tickets each worth 32,000 and 10 winners of consolation prizes of NBA products were picked in the draw held at 5 p.m. last Oct. 4

The promo ran from Aug. 15 to Sept. 30 across SM Stores nationwide

Premier A Tickets PSG Game Ticket Winners

Peter Simon Lara

Anthony Mangaliman

Conrad Santos

Joshua Jonson

NBA Products Consolation Prizes Winners

Romen Averilla

Walter Perez

Dennis Baluyot

James Perez

Kenneth Cabrito

Morell Decena

Mark Joseph Barron

Jessie Roy Basilio

Jefferson Baldo

Arnold Ocampo

Congratulations! Winners will receive email confirmation.

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The biggest NBA invasion is here! 2012-13 NBA Eastern Conference Finalists Indiana Pacers and the powered-up Houston Rockets arrived on board separate flights this morning (Oct. 7) to prepare for the first-ever NBA game in the country and to find out for themselves what Pinoy basketball passion is all about.

The Indiana Pacers, led by their main man Paul George, who recently signed a long-term contract extension and accompanied by Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird, touched down in Manila early this morning, followed by a Houston Rockets team sporting brand new personnel, Dwight Howard alongside sensations Jeremy Lin and recent visitor James Harden.

The presence of Larry Bird in the country with Houston Rockets Coach Kevin McHale marks the second time that the Philippines will be hosting NBA Hall of Famers. Bird and McHale were two of the original Big Three of the 1981, 1984 and 1986 World Champions Boston Celtics alongside Robert Parish and were inducted into the league’s Hall of Fame in 1998 and 1999, respectively. In 2010 another Hall of Famer, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, was in the country for the NBA Asia Challenge.

NBA Global Games Philippines 2013 tips off at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Mall of Asia Arena and before the big day, the Pacers and the Rockets will get to know Manila a little better even as they conduct their practices in earnest for the historic NBA event in Southeast Asia.

The two teams are also scheduled to make trips around the city and drop in on neighborhood basketball courts. They will also conduct several NBA Cares activities for local kids at the Mall of Asia Arena and in selected neighborhood basketball courts.