MERALCO grabbed crucial offensive rebounds that helped fuel a key run in the homestretch as the Bolts stayed unbeaten in drubbing the Barangay Ginebra Kings, 101-95, in the PBA Governors' Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Sunday.
MATTHEW Wright has just reclaimed his familiar role as leader of Phoenix Super LPG. Wright notched 27 points and 10 assists and made one of the biggest defensive plays in the dying seconds to lead the Fuel Masters over TNT, 93-92, Sunday in the PBA Governors Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
FOUR teams will parade new imports as the PBA Governors Cup is set for a restart on Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. San Miguel, NorthPort, Blackwater, and Phoenix have brought in new reinforcement as they try to turn their respective campaigns around in the second half of the season-ending conference.
FOR the first time in over two years, the Philippine Basketball Association will be back at the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo by the fourth week of February.
SAVED for some minor issues, Magnolia is high on its PBA Governors' Cup campaign once games resume on Feb. 11 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
THE PBA has renewed its commitment to the Gilas Pilipinas program as the national squad shifts its 2023 FIBA World Cup buildup to high gear. First order of business is to provide reinforcements to the undermanned Gilas pool for the World Cup's Asian Qualifiers window set Feb. 24-28 by making available stalwarts of the TNT Tropang Giga.
SAN Miguel resumes its campaign in the PBA Governors' Cup with renewed vigor as Orlando Johnson is set to take over from where Brandon Brown left off.
THE Philippine Basketball Association and Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas are to work hand-in-hand in another important engagement. With a lineup crippled by commitments by some players overseas, Gilas Pilipinas is banking on the pro league for some reinforcements for the coming February window of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.
THE Philippine Basketball Association is a few days away from resuming the Governors' Cup play that will still run with Wednesday-to-Sunday double-headers. The Commissioner's Office, however, is still in the process of rescheduling games in the restart that will get underway Feb. 11 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
VINCENT "Chot" Reyes is back to doing double duty, with his reappointment to head coaching post at Gilas Pilipinas.
It's as if Meralco hasn't missed Allen Durham's services in the PBA Governors Cup. At least for the Bolts' first two games in the season-ending tournament, import Tony Bishop has impressed and mainly responsible for the team's 2-0 start prior to the break brought about by the spike in COVID-19 cases.
