NLEX turned its game up several notches in the second half to fashion a come-from-behind 105-102 win over Terrafirma Wednesday in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

AFTER a mere escape win on opening day, Rain or Shine plays another exciting match versus debuting NorthPort as action in the PBA Season 47 Philippine Cup swings over to the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo Thursday.

TNT opened up its PBA Philippine Cup title-retention bid on a bright note despite missing two prized players.

WHETHER prized guard Kiefer Ravena would be able to make his NLEX return in the coming PBA Philippine Cup remains uncertain, but Road Warriors coach Yeng Guiao maintained his team is ready to go.

THE PBA offers a three-conference season beginning Sunday as it does its part in helping the basketball-loving nation ease back into some normalcy after the hardest days of the pandemic.

SIXTY-SIX aspirants led by Fil-Am Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser and collegiate star Justin Arana will be up for selection in Sunday's Season 47 Annual Draft at Robinsons Place Manila.

Ganuelas-Rosser topbills the 12 Fil-foreign applicants who made the grade
after the final screening of the PBA Commissioner's Office last Friday.

DEFENDING champion Gilas Pilipinas men's 3x3 posted a 2-1 win-loss record in the opening action of the 31t Southeast Asian Games Friday at the Thanh Tri Gymnasium in Vietnam.

Represented by PBA 3x3 First Conference titlist Limitless Appmasters, the Gilas half-court aces started the day with an emphatic 19-7 rout of lightweight Cambodia.

ENCHO Serrano, JM Calma, and Nino Ibanes stamped their class on the final day of the PBA Draft Combine, steering the A-1 Converge team to the championship of the mini-tournament that capped the two-day event at the Gatorade Hoops Center in Mandaluyong City.

Ibanes topscored for 18 points, Serrano added 15, and Calma with 13 as they led their side to a 67-53 win over B-2 Rain or Shine in the winner-take-all finale.

GILAS Pilipinas, among Team Philippines' elite bets in the 31st SEA Games, departs for Hanoi, Vietnam Friday evening, determined to carry the task of defending the crown most precious for the nation back home. NLEX stalwart Kevin Alas decided to skip the Games to be with his wife, former PBA courtside reporter Selina Dagdag who is currently suffering from a rare type of cancer. Jaydee Tungcab, a TNT special draftee in 2021, is eyed as a replacement. "Jaydee is flying with us to Hanoi.

Yielding the All-Filipino crown earlier in the season, no way the Barangay Ginebra Kings would let this one slip away, too.

Justin Brownlee and his teammates extended their domination of the Meralco Bolts in their PBA Governors' Cup finals rivalry, staying on the throne with a 103-92 victory before a delirious crowd of over 20,000 at the MOA Arena in Pasay City Friday night.