Spurs have a system that works
By Sev SarmentaIt’s Clear that the San Antonio Spurs are gearing up for one last hurrah before 37-year-old Tim Duncan hangs up his basketball shoes.
It’s Clear that the San Antonio Spurs are gearing up for one last hurrah before 37-year-old Tim Duncan hangs up his basketball shoes.
After making his first two freethrows in the second half of the game on Wednesday, University of the East’s center Charles Mammie couldn’t help but let out a loud “Yes!”
With its key players returning to form, Emilio Aguinaldo College logged its first win at the expense of San Sebastian, 73-68, Wednesday in the FilOil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup at the Arena in San Juan.
University of the East shrugged off a rough start and picked up the pace in time to turn back Lyceum, 82-72, Wednesday in the Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup at the Arena in San Juan.
Arellano coach Koy Banal was asked whether his point guard John Pinto reminds him of his former player back when he was coaching Far Eastern University in the UAAP.
Arellano head coach Koy Banal knew the Chiefs would make a statement if they beat perennial NCAA champion San Beda.
Big Chill fended off a furious fightback by Fruitas, 77-72, to forge a do-or-die game for the last semifinals slot in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup at the Blue Eagle Gym inside the Ateneo de Manila University campus.
Everyone thought Alaska owner Wilfred Uytengsu had gone nuts when he appointed Luigi Trillo—zero for 28 as a UAAP coach and winless in a short stint on the bench in the D-League—coach of the Aces in the PBA.
Alaska’s formidable frontcourt of Rob Dozier and Sonny Thoss played a big part in the Aces’ championship run.
There was a semblance of a game this time, and it only made Alaska’s return to PBA glory all the more sweet.
LA Tenorio, on course toward a banner year, won the biggest individual achievement of his career in the PBA last night after he was named the Commissioner’s Cup’s Best Player over Alaska’s Calvin Abueva.
Alaska leaned on a late surge to pull away from Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 104-80, and seized its first championship in three years after pulling off a three-game sweep in their best-of-five PBA Commissioner’s Cup championship series before a record crowd at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Sunday night.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel point guard LA Tenorio was named Best Player of the Conference while Alaska import Rob Dozier bagged the Bobby Parks award Sunday before the opening tip of Game 3 of the Kings-Aces best-of-five title series at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
