Sy tops Coors NBA pop-a-shot tilt

MANILA, Philippines - Jericho Sy topped the Flight leader board with 435 points, besting Christian Kho, Erick Go, Patrick Alba and Morris Relucio in the first leg of the Coors Light NBA Pop-A-Shot 2011 at the Flight Bar in Scout Borromeo, QC last week.

Sy, a 22-year-old marketing student from Trinity University of Asia from Antipolo, thwarted Kho, who had 427 while Go, Alba and Relucio wound up with 348, 339 and 332, respectively.

The event, sponsored by NBA and Coors, the official beer partner of the NBA in the Philippines, marked the return of the globally popular, carnival-style arcade basketball shooting tournament to the Metro Manila bar scene.

The next Coors NBA Pop-A-Shot stop will be held at Blue Onion Bar in Eastwood City, Libis, QC from Aug. 25-27, followed by SM MOA Baywalk from Sept.1-3, and Greens and Grills at Festival Mall in Alabang from Sept. 8-10.

The final leg will be held at the end of September with the final venue to be announced.

To join, purchase two bottles of Coors Light Beer to be able to play two 30-second games for the night, from 8 p.m.-2 a.m. The top five scorers of each venue will advance to the Coors Light NBA Pop-A-Shot Final Challenge with the winner getting a unique NBA experience.

An NBA talent will grace the finals to add more excitement to the challenge of beating the clock while shooting as many basketballs as possible into an authentic NBA Pop-A-Shot machine.