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Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:15:33 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Croatia’s Bojan Bogdanovic scored 31 points as the Utah Jazz won their ninth straight game with a 127-116 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday (Monday in Manila). Frenchman Rudy Gobert finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds, one of a half-dozen players who finished in double figures for Utah, which improved to […]

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:17:37 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 36 points and the Los Angeles Lakers won without LeBron James and Anthony Davis, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 125-110 on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Kuzma was four of six from behind the three-point line as the Lakers won their eighth straight game. The Lakers led by as […]

Credit to Author: Eddie G. Alinea| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 16:16:28 +0000

Was it really back to the drawing board for Barangay Ginebra in Game 3, which was being played Sunday night back at the Araneta Coliseum? This question cropped up after Ginebra coach Tim Cone and his Gin Kings employed and failed in their “gimmick” defense centered on Meralco import Allen Durham in Game 2 last […]

Credit to Author: Josef T. Ramos, TMT| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 16:18:03 +0000

Meralco and Barangay Ginebra collide for a 2-1 lead when Game 3 of the Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup best-of-seven Finals series reels off tonight at the Araneta Coliseum. After avoiding a 0-2 hole in Lucena City in Game 2, the Bolts of veteran coach Norman Black are hoping to sustain their momentum […]

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 16:17:52 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Jordan Clarkson scored 20 points as the Utah Jazz extended their league leading winning streak to eight games with a 102-92 win over the Charlotte Hornets. The Jazz started fast and never let up, winning their sixth consecutive home game and improving to 26-12 on the season in front of a crowd of […]

Credit to Author: Eddie G. Alinea| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 16:16:51 +0000

The Philippine men’s boxing team, headed by AIBA silver medalist Eumir Felix Marcial, flies to Bangkok on Sunday to attend a two-week training camp in preparation for the coming pair of Olympic qualifying tournaments set next month and May in two separate venues. Joining Marcial, a middleweight, are 30th Southeast Asian Games gold medal winners […]

Credit to Author: Josef T. Ramos, TMT| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:15:15 +0000

Barangay Ginebra goes for a 2-0 lead against Meralco when Game 2 of the Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup best-of-seven Finals series unfolds tonight at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena City. After pulling off a thrilling 91-87 victory in Game 1, grand slam coach Tim Cone and the Gin Kings are bracing […]

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:14:15 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Nikola Jokic made a clutch go-ahead layup with eight seconds left and finished with 33 points as the Denver Nuggets outduelled Luka Doncic’s Dallas Mavericks 107-106 on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila). Jokic also had seven assists while American Jerami Grant scored 15 points and Canada’s Jamal Murray chipped in 14 in the matchup […]

Credit to Author: Eddie G. Alinea| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:16:47 +0000

No team likes to lose. It is in that context that Meralco will face Barangay Ginebra in the best-of-seven PBA Governors’ Cup title showdown starting today. Coach Norman Black and his Meralco Bolts are seeking a revenge of their twin losses to the Kings in the finals of this same Conference in years 2016 and […]

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 16:13:53 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Terry Rozier drained the go-ahead three-pointer in overtime as the Charlotte Hornets withstood a triple-double from Dallas star Luka Doncic to beat the Mavericks 123-120 on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Rozier’s 29 points included the trey that put Charlotte up for good with 41.9 seconds left in the extra session, as well as […]