SMB vs Ginkings
The former ABL Champion Brownlee vs. Balkman teammates play their first game against each other in the PBA as defending champion San Miguel Beer square off against Ginebra Sunday in the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup.
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Ravena can’t play in PBA, too
The 18-month ban on Kiefer Ravena is not just in FIBA-sanctioned tournaments, but in the Philippine Basketball Association as well.
“We will follow the FIBA ruling and we will impose our own measures also,” said Commissioner Willie Marcial following a PBA Board meeting yesterday.
Magnolia Hotshots rout Columbian by 25 points
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
THE Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok notched their second straight win in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup and they did so in big fashion, routing the Columbian Dyip, 126-101, yesterday in the curtain-raiser at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Barangay Ginebra Kings welcome Brownlee back
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
LOOKING to give their Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup campaign renewed boost, the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings welcome back today old reliable import Justin Brownlee when they make their tournament return.
Different challenge for Rain’s Belga
The 2018 PBA All-Star week is going to be an entirely different experience for Rain or Shine’s Beau Belga.
The burly center will be among the 12 participants seeing action in the Obstacle Challenge side event of the meet, which goes novelty this season by featuring some of the league’s big men racing against time while showing their dribbling, passing, and shooting skills.
PBA All-Star ’18 festivities roll out
THE THREE-leg Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Star festivities kick off today in Digos, Davao del Sur, for the Mindanao stretch of the midseason classic.
Set for 7:30 p.m. at the Davao Del Sur Coliseum, the headlining match will pit the PBA Mindanao All-Stars against members of the national team.
PBA Commissioner’s Cup hits the road in Laguna
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
PHILIPPINE Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup action goes on the road today with a double-header at the Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan, Laguna.
The Phoenix Fuel Masters (2-1) battle the winless NLEX Road Warriors (0-3) in the curtain-raiser at 4:30 p.m. while struggling teams Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings (0-2) and Blackwater Elite (0-4) tussle in the main game at 7 p.m.
ROS Elasto Painters playing as a ‘family’
CURRENTLY having one of their better starts in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters credit playing as a team, nay, a “family” as one big reason for the early success they are having in the Commissioner’s Cup.
Moved to solo first place with a 5-1 record after earning a hard-fought 96-90 victory over the GlobalPort Batang Pier on Sunday, the E-Painters in said game showed anew their having each other’s back and supporting one another as providing a key motor that keeps them going.
Meralco Bolts vs San Miguel Beermen, 93 - 85
Top draft pick Christian Standhardinger got a rude welcome to the PBA as the Meralco Bolts defeated the San Miguel Beer, 93-85, in the 2018 Commissioner’s Cup on Wednesday night at the Mall of Asia Arena.