Goorjian, Dragons excited to play before a mammoth crowd

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:18:58 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON Bay Area head coach Brian Goorjian is thrilled to have a chance to play his first-ever Game 7 finals game, more so in an extraordinary setting where majority of the crowd inside a 55,000 seater arena will rooting against them. Goorjian said the series is nothing but special for him so far […]

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Dragons coach lauds Powell’s incredible will

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 06:52:25 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON Myles Powell made sure that the gamble of Bay Area head coach Brian Goorjian to field him in Game 6 was all worth it. Powell earned the respect of his head coach as despite nursing an ankle injury that sidelined him in the playoffs, willed his team to a winner-take-all Game 7 […]

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Cone happy with team’s defensive stand vs Powell, but rues late game shooting

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 04:19:50 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON Barangay Ginebra head coach Tim Cone believed that it was his team’s cold shooting in the end game that cost them the Game 6 and not the return of Myles Powell. The multi-titled mentor even felt that the Kings did a pretty good job on putting a body on Powell even if […]

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No Wednesday coronation for the Kings as Dragons take Game 6

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:16:15 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON Fans came in droves hoping for a coronation for the Ginebra  Gin Kings but were left brokenhearted as soon as the final buzzer sounded. Myles Powell made a triumphant return as he helped power a huge fightback from Bay Area to take down Ginebra, 87-84, and force a sudden death in Game […]

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Cone, Gin Kings hoping Tenorio’s injury not serious

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:05:55 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON Barangay Ginebra is keeping its finger crossed as it awaits the results of the MRI on veteran guard LA Tenorio who sustained a groin injury late in the first half of its Game 5 win over Bay Area at the Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday, Jan. 8. Tenorio looked to be […]

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Ginebra nears Comm’s Cup title as Pringle waxes hot in Game 5

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 15:14:36 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON The Ginebra Gin Kings clipped the Bay Area Dragons’ wings in the crunch and went on to win another wild and woolly contest – all thanks to Stanley Pringle. Pringle played the fireman’s role to the hilt as he buried two clutch triples to help power Barangay Ginebra to a pulsating 101-91 […]

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Who’s the cry baby? I am not that – Dragons coach

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 05:19:58 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON Bay Area head coach Brian Goorjian had been through a lot in his colorful coaching career but there’s something he is certainly not and would never want to be one ˗ a cry baby. The Australian multi-titled mentor reiterated that he is not someone who would whine and sulk in one corner […]

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No Nicholson, no problem for Dragons as Kobey Lam delivers big

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:21:39 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON Kobey Lam stepped up big time in the absence of Andrew Nicholson as Bay Area showed grit and steady resolve to stun Ginebra, 94-86, and level the series in Game 4 of the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals at the Mall of Asia Arena on Friday, Jan. 6. Lam exploded for 30 […]

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Dragons’ Powell, Blankley penalized over officiating rant

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 23:39:44 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON The PBA cracked the whip on Bay Area players Myles Powell and Hayden Blankley with hefty fines following their post-game rant over the officiating in Game 3. Commissioner Willie Marcial had the two summoned before his office on Thursday, Jan. 5, for their comments, posted through their social media accounts, criticizing the […]

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Another explosive day as Dragons, Kings break 1-1 standoff

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 08:28:45 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON Barangay Ginebra and Bay Area return to action after a week-long rest to break a 1-1 deadlock in Game 3 of the best-of-7 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals series at the Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Recharged and recalibrated after the break and with the first two games ending […]

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