July 03, 2026
Friday
THE King and his royal court rule. LeBron James and five of his teammates scored in twin digits as the Cleveland Cavaliers shellacked the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks, 118-88, in Game Four yesterday to register a four-game sweep of the best-of-seven Eastern playoff final series and reach the National Basketball Association Finals for only the second […]
MOVE over, Houston and Atlanta. The march to the 2015 National Basketball Association Finals by Golden State (West) and Cleveland (East) is inevitable. Both the Warriors and Cavaliers own a commanding 3-0 lead over the Rockets and Hawks, respectively, in their best-of-seven conference semifinal series and barring an unprecedented comeback by their opponents, they are […]
THE sad-sack Minnesota Timberwolves will have the No. 1 selection in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft to be held at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, on June 25 (June 26 Manila time). This came about after the Timberwolves won the draft lottery yesterday. By virtue of its NBA-worst 16-66 record during […]
THE top two seeds in each conference have qualified for the Final Four of the ongoing National Basketball Association playoffs. It will be 1-Atlanta (60-22) vs. 2-Cleveland (53-29) in the East and 1-Golden State (67-15) vs. 2-Houston (56-26). Additionally, each of the four teams in the best-of-seven conference finals is a division winner – Hawks […]
AS I approach my 60th year of earthly existence, allow me to take you to memory lane with some of the most forgettable moments in my lifetime. Fulfilling, disappointing, enriching, crestfallen, hilarious, ecstatic and stimulating were among the mixed emotions I have experienced through the past six decades. The long and winding road traversed, no […]
PLAYER injuries are impacting the ongoing conference semifinal playoffs in the National Basketball Association, be it in the East or the West. Among the top-flight players that are dealing with injuries are Chicago’s Pau Gasol, Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving, Iman Shumpert and see-you-next-season Kevin Love (out for the remainder of the playoffs following surgery on his […]
THE New Orleans Pelicans, Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors have gone fishing. One and done in the 2015 NBA Playoffs, having fallen in a minimum four games against the Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards in their respective best-of-seven duels. The Warriors, who own the homecourt advantage throughout the postseason so long as […]
THE 2015 National Basketball Association playoffs, which to hardcore hoops junkies is the “real” season, are upon us. Early results from seven of the eight first-round, best-of-seven postseason matchups – four each from the Eastern and Western conferences – have run true to form in that the favored teams have gone up by a game […]
WHEN I was 15 years old more than 16,000 moons ago, I was in third year high at Xavier School and a TH (trying hard) hoops practitioner whose greatest accomplishment at the time was making it to Team C basketball intramurals of our year level. Team A was made up of the best players (if […]
START ‘em young. The cool dudes and young ‘uns will be strutting their wares in a 12-and-under summer basketball tournament slated to start on Saturday, April 18, at the Letran Gym in Intramuros, Manila. Eight prominent schools from the Metro Manila area are taking part in the Beato Antonio Varona Invitational League competitions that are […]
SO it has come to pass that the Philippine Basketball Association has come up with its official list of the 40 greatest players in its history as part of the pro league’s 40th anniversary celebrations. A highly-competent seven-man selection committee voted to name the list of the 40 all-time greats, which is bannered by the […]