55,000 fans and nowhere to hide: what it’s like to play in basketball’s biggest arena

The sprawling Philippine Arena hosts games in a country of fanatical basketball fans.

Jamie Malonzo was lucky enough to play there in a Game 7 Jamie Malonzo got there early, one of the first players to arrive. He knew this was a different thing altogether. He knew the 55,000-capacity Philippine Arena was something else. As Malonzo warmed up, the crowd began to file into the stands for Game 7 of the PBA…