Paul Lee was greeted with an unwanted present on his very special day after the Magnolia Hotshots crumbled in the endgame and dropped a 104-102 loss to the title-winning San Miguel Beermen on Wednesday night, Feb. 14. Magnolia Hotshots' Paul Lee (PBA Images) Lee, who celebrated his 35th birthday,...
San Miguel head coach Jorge Gallent marveled over the Beermen’s readiness to step up when the need arises as they go after their 29th franchise title. San Miguel Beermen head coach Jorge Gallent (PBA Images) In Game 5 of the 2023-24’ PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals series against the...
Here comes San Miguel’s potential 29th franchise title. From a Game 3 suspension, Jericho Cruz more than made up for his absence after steering the Beermen to a 108-98 victory over Magnolia in the 2023-24’ PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals series on Sunday night, Feb. 11, at the Smart...
Jericho Cruz equaled his career-best playoff performance to steer San Miguel past Magnolia, 108-98, and retake the lead at 3-2 in the 2023-24‘ PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals series on Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Jericho Cruz catches fire to lift the San Miguel Beermen....
San Miguel star June Mar Fajardo assured that he will be available in Game 5 of their Finals duel against Magnolia after playing limited minutes in their recent loss that tied the PBA Commissioner's Cup championship series at 2-2. San Miguel Beermen's June Mar Fajardo (PBA Images) The...
Now it's back to square one. Tyler Bey delivers the goods for the Magnolia Hotshots. (PBA Images) Magnolia stuck to its defense anew and dismantled San Miguel, 96-85, to even the 2023-’24 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals series at 2-2 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday, Feb. 9. Tyler Bey...
After coming close to winning in the past few conferences, CJ Perez has finally claimed his first Best Player of the Conference award while Phoenix import Johnathan Williams was hailed as the Arena Plus-Best Import in the 2023-’24 PBA Commissioner’s Cup on Friday, Feb. 9. San Miguel Beermen's...
CJ Perez assured that he’ll be ready to play in Game 4 on Friday, Feb. 9, shrugging off an injury scare late in San Miguel’s 88-80 Game 3 loss against Magnolia. Perez went down after stepping on Jio Jalalon’s foot after completing a steal and a transition dunk at the 11th minute mark of the...
PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial gave Magnolia star Calvin Abueva a stern warning after being involved once again in a series spat on and off the court during the Commissioner’s Cup Finals. Calvin Abueva is given stern warning by PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (PBA Images) The league chief warned...
Magnolia import Tyler Bey knew the importance of making the right adjustments especially on their defense that led to a huge turnaround on the way to winning Game 3 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals series against San Miguel. Magnolia import Tyler Bey (PBA Images) Putting all his focus in...
Just how much a two-day break can change one's chances of winning? A lot if you'd ask a team like Magnolia. Magnolia Hotshots (PBA Images) The change was very much evident in Game 3 of the 2023-’24 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals as the Hotshots got some sort of fresher legs, this time, and...
Whatever Magnolia did during the last two days seemed to be enough to finally solve the riddle that is San Miguel. Mark Barroca leads the way for Magnolia in Game 3 of the Commissioner's Cup Finals (PBA Images) Mark Barroca and Aris Dionisio provided the spark as the Hotshots finally got one...
