DENVER (AFP) -- Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic knows how to let the game come to him -- and the Denver Nuggets star wasn't about to start forcing things on the biggest stage of all. *Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets is interviewed after a 104-93 victory against the Miami Heat in...
DENVER (AFP) -- Miami star Jimmy Butler called on his team-mates to match Denver's physicality after the Nuggets overpowered the Heat to win game one of the NBA Finals on Thursday, June 1. *Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat dribbles against Aaron Gordon of the Denver Nuggets during the second quarter...
DENVER (AFP) -- The Denver Nuggets launched their first NBA Finals campaign in franchise history with a dominant 104-93 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday, June 1, propelled by yet another Nikola Jokic triple double. *Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat defends against Nikola Jokic of the Denver...
BOSTON (AFP) -- Miami Heat advanced to the NBA Finals by routing Boston 103-84 and denying the Celtics a historic comeback from down 3-0 in the series on Monday, May 29 at TD Garden. *Alonzo Mourning presents Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat with the Larry Bird Trophy after Butler was named the...
LOS ANGELES (AFP)--Jimmy Butler led a fourth-quarter fightback as the Miami Heat stunned the Boston Celtics 111-105 to take a 2-0 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference finals series on Friday. *Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat reacts during the fourth quarter against the Boston Celtics in game two of...
From just doing the paper works and dealing with negotiations and player contracts when he joined TNT as a team manager in the Commissioner’s Cup to actually calling the shots for the team that would go all the way the Finals and win the franchise’s very first Governors’ Cup title, Tropang...
The missing jewel that eluded TNT for the past 27 years is now finally in its hand. *Rondae Hollis-Jefferson proves his worth as the Best Import. (PBA Images)* Mikey Williams and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson made that possible as they powered TNT to a pulsating 97-93 victory over the defending champion...
With the elusive season-ending conference jewel within reach, TNT vowed to give it all when it guns for the long coveted coronation against the defending champion Barangay Ginebra in Game 6 of the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday, April 21. *Rondae...
TNT import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson welcomed the increased physicality of their games against Barangay Ginebra especially with the seven-game Finals series now heading into its homestretch. *Barangay Ginebra played a more physical defense in Game 5 in hopes to stop Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. (PBA...
They may be warriors who gutted it all out against each other inside the court but TNT import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson didn’t want to see, be it a teammate or one of his fiercest foes, to go down and not finish a game due to injury or any other health reasons. *Rondae Hollis-Jefferson hopes Justin...
Barangay Ginebra import Justin Brownlee failed to finish the Kings’ 104-95 loss to the TNT Tropang Giga in Game 5 after suffering from food poisoning on Wednesday, April 19. *Justin Brownlee couldn't finish Game 5 due to food poisoning. (Noel Pabalate)* The Ginebra resident import was already...
Like a pendulum waiting for an outside force to stop it, the title series between TNT and Barangay Ginebra has been swinging back and forth. *All eyes will be on the import duel between Justin Brownlee and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (PBA Images) * Through the first four games, the Kings were always...
