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...
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson flirted with a triple-double as defending champion TNT took down Rain or Shine, 90-81, to draw first blood in their PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup semifinals at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson does it all for TNT. (PBA Images)...
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...
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...
TNT waxed hot from the three-point territory and torched Terrafirma, 107-89, to gain a share of the lead in the Group A standings in the PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 5. The Tropang Giga were simply on target from the distance, firing 16 triples and a...
Rain or Shine was simply too young and too feisty for TNT. The young legs of the Elasto Painters proved to be the difference, outlasting the Tropang Giga in the crunch to hack out a pulsating 110-109 victory to advance to the semifinals in the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on...
Beau Belga remains confident that Rain or Shine can brush off its bruised knes after falling 0-1 in their best-of-three quarterfinals series against TNT in the PBA Philippine Cup. The Elasto Painters absorbed a 116-99 whipping from the Tropang Giga in Game 1 but Belga believes the series is far...
Converge made sure to have a graceful exit to the season, pulling the rug from under playoff-chasing TNT, 107-103, in the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City on Wednesday, May 1. Patrick Maagdenberg steps up for Converge (PBA Images) With main guns Alec Stockton and Justin...
