It’s back to square one as both TNT and Ginebra found themselves on equal footing, except that the best-of-seven PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Finals is now reduced to a virtual best-of-three affair. But the war of attrition is expected to reach its climax anytime soon as the squads are...
Barangay Ginebra star guard RJ Abarrientos was so frustrated with how the Kings played in the 106-98 loss to TNT in Game 4 that even his very first Best Player of the Conference award was not enough to console him after the game. Abarrientos was awarded with the top individual honor in the...
Barangay Ginebra hopes to ride the momentum and pounce on TNT to take the series lead when they collide in Game 4 of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday, June 10. Coming into the crucial Game 4 not only with confidence after a 116-102 win over the...
Through the first two games of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Finals, some fans and critics are hard on Ginebra gunner Stephen Holt for what they believed his lackluster performance in the series. And the frustration was understandable. Holt was held to just one point in Game 1 and...
Justin Brownlee and RJ Abarrientos finished what Stephen Holt had started as Ginebra regained the series lead with a 116-102 victory over TNT in Game 3 at the Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday, June 7. Struggling all series long, Holt set the tone with his scintillating shooting from the field before...
TNT had the burden of adjustment after dropping Game 1. Now it’s on Ginebra 's court. The thrill and the drama are expected to go higher as the Kings and the Tropang 5G dispute a 2-1 lead in Game 3 of their best-of-seven PBA Season 50 commissioner’s Cup Finals series at the Mall of Asia...
Barangay Ginebra head coach Tim Cone didn’t mince words and blasted the officiating in their 101-94 loss in Game 2, believing that the Kings did not get the right calls all-game long. “We didn’t get a break from the referees. I thought it was a terrible crew tonight,” said Cone, who in...
Calvin Oftana stepped up big time as TNT survived a huge Ginebra fightback to eke out a 101-94 victory in Game 2 of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday, June 5. After missing what was supposedly a game-tying alley-oop in Game 1, Oftana exploded for...
Calvin Oftana wasn’t crying over spilled milk and quickly moved on after a non-call on his supposed overtime sending shot in the final 0.6 seconds of the TNT’s 100-106 loss to Barangay Ginebra in Game 1 of the PBA Season 50 Finals series. The Tropang 5G forward caught the ball in mid-air for an...
Ginebra may have drawn first blood in the Finals series but head coach Tim Cone is not being complacent against TNT come Game 2 of the best-of-seven series at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday, June 5. Tip-off of the clash is at 7:30 p.m. with the Kings aiming to correct their mistakes that...
There was no sense of any celebration from RJ Abarrientos after nailing not just one – but two clutch four-pointers late in Barangay Ginebra’s 102-100 win over TNT in Game 1 of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup finals. Instead, the presumptive Best Player of the Conference palmed his face...
Barangay Ginebra star RJ Abarrientos shrugged off Best Player of the Conference talks, stressing that the focus for him right now is to help Ginebra end its Finals jinx against TNT and win his very first PBA title. Abarrientos was among the leaders in the BPC race alongside Robert Bolick and June...
