Adrian Nocum erupted for a career-high 31 points – none bigger than the clutch layup in traffic late to lift Rain or Shine past Magnolia, 98-97, and stretch their winning run to three in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena on Friday, July 31. With the Elasto Painters...
According to San Miguel assistant coach Peter Martin, there’s only three constant things in this world: Death, taxes, and all PBA teams playing well against the Beermen. And that’s exactly the mentality SMB is taking ahead of its marquee matchup against TNT in the Season 50 Governors’ Cup at...
Rey Nambatac drained the game-winning triple at the buzzer as the injury-plagued but gritty TNT edged Converge in a nail-biting 110-107 victory in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Tuesday, July 28. With 9.1 seconds left and the game tied at 107-all, Nambatac...
Phoenix staved off the hard-fighting Blackwater, 102-93, to get back on the winning track in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Tuesday, July 28. The Fuel Masters banked on an 11-3 spurt in the final frame to create the much-needed separation, enough to cushion a late...
Macau and Terrafirma eye the first win streak of their PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup campaigns when they tangle on Wednesday, July 29, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The Giant Pandas and the Dyip are coming off big wins that ended their respective string of misfortunes and they naturally both hope...
Adrian Nocum is fully embracing the bigger role for Rain or Shine with head coach Yeng Guiao giving him the keys to the team’s offense and creating for himself and the rest of the team. The 26-year-old high-flying guard not only shone on scoring in the Elasto Painter’s back-to-back wins but...
NLEX head coach Jimmy Alapag may be two years late but he was glad to finally personally congratulate Marcio Lassiter for becoming the all-time three-point record-holder. The PBA great-turned-coach finally had the chance to talk to Lassiter on Sunday, July 26, just before the start of NLEX’s game...
Barangay Ginebra head coach Tim Cone was left searching for answers after a roller-coaster start in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup where the Kings found themselves at the bottom half of the Group B standings with a 1-2 slate. But while the veteran mentor was clueless at what’s exactly...
Rain or Shine exacted its revenge against its last conference’s semifinal tormentor Ginebra, 110-99, to go back-to-back in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, July 26. Caelan Tiongson presided over the telling third quarter rally, draining three of his five...
NLEX passed its first acid test with flying colors, drubbing perennial contender San Miguel, 110-96, to stay unbeaten in four games in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, July 26. The Road Warriors unloaded a fiery 20-2 run in the second frame to establish a...
Terrafirma head coach Ronald Tubid believes that the close losses in the last three games and the big win over TNT just proved that the team can hold its own against the best of the league if it wants it. The Dyip lost to NLEX, 100-101, to Converge, 103-105, and then to San Miguel, 104-109....
Terrafirma seemed to have finally learned its lesson from its painful endgame collapse in the last three games. The Dyip showed poise in overtime and outlasted the TNT Tropang 5G, 111-106, to finally get over the hump and end a three-game slide in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup at the Ynares...
