Veteran guard Jayson Castro sees a lot of promise in Barangay Ginebra rookie RJ Abarrientos. The TNT playmaker believes Abarrientos has the ability to dominate the league in the future thanks to his court vision, outside sniping, and daredevil drives. “Mas magaling siya sa akin. Kung makikita nyo...
TNT might have solved the Ginebra puzzle anchored on Justin Brownlee's offensive scheme after the Tropang Giga took a 2-0 lead in the PBA Governors' Cup Finals. TNT put 'tough' defense just to limit Ginebra's Justin Brownlee. (PBA Images) The reigning champions scored a 96-84 win Wednesday night,...
ANTIPOLO – Rey Nambatac paused a little as he retreated back to the bench with a little over minutes left in Game 1. He greeted his teammates, then paused again, as he savored the ambiance of his first Finals experience. For one, TNT has made the huge first step towards its bid for title...
Gone were the days where a team could sit on a zone defense and Ginebra would mightily struggle finding baskets. Today, a team could use that ploy and would end up getting punished by its outside shooting with guys like RJ Abarrientos, Justin Brownlee and Maverick Ahanmisi all efficiently ringing...
Barangay Ginebra and TNT may have been busy preparing for their PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup Finals showdown but their thoughts and prayers remain with the rest of the country affected by tropical storm Kristine. With that, the PBA board headed by chairman and Tropang Giga governor Ricky...
Will history repeat itself or will fortunes change this time around? Regardless of the possible outcomes, the best-of-seven PBA Season 49 Governors' Cup Finals duel between Barangay Ginebra and TNT is expected to be another dogfight as they found themselves on the collision course once more for the...
Good pals but even fiercer rivals. Tim Cone is thrilled to be sharing another Finals matchup with close friend Chot Reyes as Barangay Ginebra and TNT found itself on the collision course in the PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup Finals which fires off on Sunday, Oct. 27. Cone and Reyes, two of the...
Barangay Ginebra may have sent San Miguel Beer packing through six games in their semifinals series in the PBA Governors’ Cup, but that is not to say that the Kings had an easy time against the Beermen. In fact, it was the opposite, as far as head coach Tim Cone was concerned, noting how they...
Action in the 2024 PBA Governors Cup hits fever pitch on Wednesday, Oct. 9, when league titans TNT and Barangay Ginebra clash with separate rivals at the start of their gruelling best-of-seven semifinal series at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City. Many-time MVP June Mar Fajardo is expected to...
Justin Brownlee remained the ghost from the past that once again haunted Meralco in crunch time. In an almost similar fashion when he first broke the hearts of the Bolts, Brownlee drained a stepback triple over Allen Durham with 10.1 seconds left to lift Barangay Ginebra past Meralco, 104-103, in...
While it feels good to win the first game in any kind of series, teams are not the type to dwell in such fleeting sense of success as tables can easily turn in a high-level competition like in the PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup playoffs. Meralco's Raymond Almazan and Ginebra's Scottie Thompson...
Stephen Holt and Kier John ‘Bong’ Quinto get a share of center stage in the PBA Press Corps Awards Night for the first time as they will be bestowed with separate honors during the 30th edition of the event next week at the Novotel Manila Araneta City. Barangay Ginebra's Stephen Holt (PBA...
