THE Barangay Ginebra Kings reasserted their mastery of the Meralco Bolts, putting down their rivals, 103-92, in Game Six to win the PBA Governors’ Cup on Friday night at the jampacked Mall of Asia Arena.The win allowed the Kings to finish the series, 4-2, and capture the Governors’ Cup crown in front of over 20,000 […]
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Meralco upends Magnolia in semifinal to forge title showdown with Ginebra
THE Meralco Bolts pulled off a gutsy 94-81 victory over the Magnolia Hotshots to forge a championship showdown against Barangay Ginebra for the PBA Governors’ Cup crown.Allein Maliksi found his shooting form when it mattered most, as he scored 24 points spiked by six three-pointers, including several in crunchtime to help the Bolts push past […]
Ginebra advances to finals
Barangay Ginebra beats NLEX Road Warriors, 112-93 By Olmin Leyba THERE was no slip-up this time and with Justin Brownlee doing Justin Brownlee things, defending champion Barangay Ginebra took its familiar spot in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors’ Cup finals. Two days after botching their sweep job in Game 3, the Gin Kings made […]
Mendoza: Stunning Standhardinger-Slaughter swap
As I said in my last piece, San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has this uncanny talent to stun us with its player-dealing abilities. Management-wise on player affairs, SMC appears flawless. Amazingly, the SMC top brass’ style of handling personnel movements looks as easy as shuffling Bicycle cards all this time. Look, all three SMC teams — […]