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...
The eyes of Magnolia import Jabari Bird widened as he looked clear for take off after taking the leather away from Rain or Shine but Jhonard Clarito did not give up on the play and tapped the ball from behind. He might have crashed on the floor and failed to save the ball from going out of bounds...
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...
Eight-time Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo paced the Best Player of the Conference race while prolific Blackwater import George King led the pack in the Best Import derby through the eliminations of the PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup. From left, CJ Perez, Arvin Tolentino, June Mar...
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...
For the first time ever, an entire coaching staff will be recognized with the highest honor in the PBA Press Corps Awards Night. The Meralco Bolts hoist its first-ever PBA title after defeating San Miguel in six games in the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup Finals. (PBA Images) The Meralco coaching staff is...
For the third time in six seasons, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Sports Director Alfrancis Chua will be the recipient of a major award from the PBA Press Corps as it holds its 30th Awards Night on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Novotel Manila Araneta City. Alfrancis Chua (File) Chua is set to be honored...
