ANTIPOLO — Magnolia found the perfect way to head into the long PBA break: with revenge, momentum and two scorching-hot scorers. KJ Buffen and Jerom Lastimosa put together career nights as the Hotshots overwhelmed Phoenix Super LPG, 115-101, Wednesday at the Ynares Center Antipolo, extending their winning streak to three games in the PBA Season…
Barangay Ginebra and Meralco are about to play the kind of game that could haunt one team for the next two months. The Gin Kings and Bolts collide at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in the final PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup game before the league takes a nine-week break for Gilas…
Magnolia has suddenly caught fire — and now the Hotshots have a score to settle. Riding the momentum of back-to-back statement victories, Magnolia gets another crack at Phoenix Super LPG on Wednesday night, looking to avenge a painful opening-day defeat while tightening its grip on a coveted playoff spot in the PBA Season 50 Governors’…
From 6-0 and untouchable to stunned in three brutal minutes. Terrafirma pulled the rug from under red-hot NLEX and delivered a massive 114-109 upset Friday night, ending the Road Warriors’ perfect start to the PBA Governors’ Cup in dramatic fashion at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. And this wasn’t just an upset. It was a late-game…
Magnolia has officially gone from stumbling to terrifying. The Hotshots ripped apart Meralco, 105-88, Friday night and suddenly look like a team nobody wants to see with the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup playoffs closing in. Not even a leaking roof, pounding rain and a nearly 40-minute delay could stop Magnolia’s rampage. In fact, the…
(PBA image) The memories will be impossible to ignore—but once the opening buzzer sounds, friendship and history will have to take a back seat. Former TNT captain Jimmy Alapag faces longtime mentor Chot Reyes from the opposite side of the court for the first time as unbeaten NLEX battles defending PBA Governors’ Cup champion TNT…
Phoenix Super LPG is sitting on top of Group B—but coach Charles Tiu wants his Fuel Masters to play like a team with nothing to lose. No mercy. No complacency. No easing off the gas. That is the mindset Phoenix will carry into its explosive rematch against a desperate Blackwater squad Wednesday in the PBA…
Two teams that once looked unstoppable are suddenly fighting to keep their campaigns from unraveling. San Miguel Beer and Converge enter the second round of the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup desperate to end their respective slumps when they collide Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Beermen have dropped two of their last three…
(PBA image) Meralco is running out of healthy bodies—but captain Chris Newsome refuses to let the Bolts run out of fight. The injury-plagued Bolts entered Friday night’s showdown against Barangay Ginebra without four key players and eventually suffered an 84-75 defeat in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena. Jason…
(PBA image) It was far from pretty, but for Barangay Ginebra and its legion of fans, this was one victory worth celebrating. Playing without several key weapons, the Gin Kings summoned their trademark “Never Say Die” spirit to overpower an equally depleted Meralco squad, 84-75, in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup eliminations on Friday…