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MANILA - Sister teams NLEX and TNT got off to a good start to their PBA Governors' Cup campaigns after beating their opponents on Wednesday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The Road Warriors clipped the Blackwater Bossing, 124-102, in a game where Jonathon Simmons was cleared to play at the last minute. Simmons, whose stint with Road Warriors suddenly went into limbo because of his contract situation with the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association, suited up f...

(Photo courtesy of PBA Images) MANILA - Ginebra went home with the PBA Commissioner's Cup title after beating Bay Area, 114-99, in the final game of the best-of-seven finals in front of a new league record 54,589 fans at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. The Gin Kings pulled away in the second quarter, outscoring the Dragons, 34-18, to open a 61-39 halftime lead even as the guest team could not cut the lead lower than 15 points in the second half. Justin Brownlee led Ginebra, which mo...

MANILA - The Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards denied the All-Star Bacolod Ballers a giant slaying to begin their two-game home stand as the former prevailed, 81-74, in a Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League triple-overtime thriller that ended just past midnight on Tuesday at the University of St. La Salle Gym in Bacolod City. Despite a solid defensive performance, Bacolod failed to close out Nueva Ecija, and the latter got its offensive game in the overtime sessions to take the road win. Entering the...

MANILA - Ginebra used a huge turnaround in the final 17 minutes of the game to score a 106-82 blowout win against Terrafirma in their PBA Philippine Cup showdown on Wednesday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Japeth Aguilar showed why he is currently one of the league's top two-way players, coming just close to matching a career-high in blocks even as he led the Gin Kings in scoring against the Dyip, who fizzled late in the game after threatening to pull off a major upset. ...

MANILA-Phoenix smothered Terrafirma in the first half before sealing them off in the end for a 97-74 win on Friday in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City. In the battle pitting the two remaining winless squads entering the day, the Fuel Masters stifled the Dyip in the first 24 minutes, holding them to just 24 points even as they started the third quarter on a 15-0 run to open the largest lead not just of the game but also of the season at 35, 59-24. Terrafirma got its of...

MANILA - Rome Dela Rosa scored on a game-winning triple with six seconds left as Magnolia scored its first win in the PBA Philippine Cup at the expense of NorthPort, 80-77, on Wednesday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Through Dela Rosa's heroics, the Hotshots evaded a huge comeback threat from the Batang Pier. Magnolia was ahead by as much as 17, 40-23, late in the second quarter, but NorthPort came alive in the second half and even took the lead before an up-and-down fourth quarter...

MANILA - TNT began its quest for back-to-back PBA Philippine Cup titles after tripping Magnolia in an opening night rematch of last year's finals, 78-72, on Sunday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. TNT pulled away late in the game to repeat its dominance over Magnolia, whom they beat in five games in the 2021 championship series in Bacolor, Pampanga. The Tropang Giga turned on the jets in crunch time and unleashed a 10-3 run within the last 2:26 of the game to upend the Hot...

MANILA-Joe Devance announced on Wednesday that he is retiring from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) after 15 seasons of playing in Asia's premier play-for-pay basketball league. In a statement over his social media accounts, the six-foot-seven forward said he had mixed feelings when he was writing his retirement announcement. "I have mixed feelings about this post. I have spent 30 years playing basketball and the past 16 years playing professional basketball in the PBA. I hav...

GOLD WINNER. Ella Fajardo fouls a taller player from Malaysia that denied the Philippines of a sweep in the women 5x5 competition in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Malaysia on Sunday (May 22, 2022). Despite the loss, the Philippines clinched the gold medal via superior quotient as Malaysia suffered a 65-69 loss to host Vietnam on Saturday night. (Photo courtesy of Team Philippines) MANILA - Gilas Pilipinas failed to complete a sweep in the Southeast Asian Games women's 5x5 basketba...

MANILA - Matty Erolon scored the winning basket, while Cedrick Manzano put up a defensive gem in the end as Adamson escaped with a 64-63 win against Far Eastern University (FEU) in Matchday 8 of the UAAP men's basketball tournament on Tuesday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. Erolon scored on a corner three with three seconds off a kick-out pass from Jerom Lastimosa as the Soaring Falcons prevailed despite losing a 14-point lead built in the first half. The Tamaraws still had a chance to s...