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STA. ROSA, Laguna - San Juan's early silencing of Laguna turned out to be enough as the latter made things interesting in the fourth quarter only to fall short and the former won on the road, 78-68, in their MPBL Saturday night game at the Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Sports Complex here. Taking quick control of the game, the Knights raced to a lead as high as 27 points, 69-42, late in the third quarter. However, the Heroes responded with a 17-2 run spanning through the midway part of the fourth quarter that cut the lead down to 12, 71-59. Back-to-back baskets from Michael Calisaan seemed to ha...

NLEX versus San Miguel Beer (PBA Images) MANILA - San Miguel took solo lead in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup after stopping NLEX, 100-92, on Friday at Ynares Center in Antipolo. The Beermen contained the Road Warriors after letting them explode in the first period, where the latter raced to a 33-25 lead. SMB slowly crippled NLEX in the next 36 minutes, outscoring them the rest of the way, 75-59, to eventually prevail. SMB coach Leo Austria admitted that his team underestimated the opponents so he reminded his players to turn to defense for the remainder of the matc...

Chris Newsome (Courtesy of PBA Image) MANILA - Chris Newsome stood tallest in Meralco's balanced attack to hold off No. 1 seed Magnolia in a do-or-die Game 5 to arrange another duel with rival Barangay Ginebra in the PBA Governors' Cup finals. The seasoned guard did it all for the Bolts, canning 14.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 8.5 assists, and 2.5 steals in the last two games of the best-of-five semifinals which they won, 3-2. The Fil-Am guard thus emerged as the Cignal Play-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week, the last for the season-ending conference. Newsome beat out Meralco teammate Alle...

MANILA - TNT took the last Top 4 incentive for the PBA Governors' Cup quarterfinals after surviving a huge second half from NorthPort for a 106-101 overtime win in the final game of the elimination round at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Friday night. Despite blowing an 18-point lead, the Tropang Giga prevailed after the Batang Pier committed crucial errors late into the extension as the former got a twice-to-beat advantage in the next round as the third seed. TNT quickly went for the kill, opening a 53-35 cushion with a minute-and-a-half to play before halftime. But come the...

Meralco 109, Phoenix 90 (Graphics courtesy of PBA Facebook) MANILA - Meralco clinched a twice-to-beat advantage in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup quarterfinals on Friday after drubbing Phoenix, 109-90, in the penultimate game of the elimination round at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The Bolts sizzled offensively in the odd-numbered quarters, but the turning point came in the third where it limited Phoenix to just 13 points to open an 88-68 lead entering the fourth. The Fuel Masters looked to pull a comeback after opening the final canto with an 8-0 ...