May 08, 2024
Wednesday
IT’S a win-or-go-home survival game for the reigning National Basketball Association (NBA) titlist Golden State Warriors and the playoffs’ top-seeded Houston Rockets as they battle each other today (Manila time) at the Toyota Center in the decisive Game Seven of the Western final series. Golden State, which had dropped two consecutive games in the series, […]
OAKLAND, California — Umiskor ng 30 puntos si James Harden at nagdagdag naman ng 27 puntos si Chris Paul para pamunuan ang 95-92 panalo ng Houston Rockets laban sa Golden State Warriors kahapon sa Game Four ng NBA Western Conference finals. Tabla na ang kanilang best-of-seven series sa tigalawang panalo. Nakuha ng Rockets ang panalo […]
IT’S over. Oh-and-3. RIP, Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers. Of the 129 teams in National Basketball Association playoff history to fall behind 3-0 in a best-of-seven series, none has ever come back to win. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, both toting a commanding 3-0 lead over the East top-seeded Raptors and third-seeded 76ers, respectively, […]
TAKE note, The Beard James Harden and the Houston Rockets.The road to the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship will still have to pass through the Bay Area.The reigning NBA titlist Golden State Warriors zoomed to a 2-0 lead against the New Orleans Pelicans in their best-of-seven West semifinal (second round) duel with twin victories at […]
I WAS of the belief there won’t be any series sweep in the National Basketball Association’s best-of-seven, first-round playoffs. Neither would there be any off-chart series results. The New Orleans Pelicans have proved me wrong on both counts. The sixth-seeded Pelicans upset the third-seeded Portland Trail Blazers and whitewashed them in four straight games in […]
THE 72nd edition of the National Basketball Association will unwrap on October 17 (October 18, Manila time). It is the earliest start in 37 years. Two games are on tap on opening day. Best friends LeBron James and Dwyane Wade and the reigning Eastern Conference titlist Cleveland Cavaliers will host ex-Utah All-Star frontliner Gordon Hayward, […]
STILL ahead 3-1 in the National Basketball Association Finals against the reigning league kingpin Cleveland Cavaliers despite the Game 4 debacle, the Golden State Warriors look to capture their second championship in three years when they host Game 5 of their best-of-seven titular showdown today, June 13 (Manila time, 9:00 a.m.), before a friendly crowd […]
“AND now, the end is near and so I face the final curtain” – the defending NBA champ Cleveland Cavaliers. “I did my best, but my best was not good enough” but still “I did it my way” – a duet by the Cavs’ LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. Nobody’s perfect but we are – […]
WITH the Golden State Warriors storming to a 2-0 lead, the reigning NBA titlist Cleveland Cavaliers are in a must-win situation today, June 8 (PH time, 9 a.m.), in Game 3 of the best-of-seven NBA Finals at the Quicken Loans Arena in Wine City. The Warriors thoroughly destroyed the Cavs with 113-91 and 132-113 victories […]
DOWN 0-2 in the National Basketball Association Finals, the reigning league champion Cleveland Cavaliers seek some solace in the comforts of their home when they host Game 3 of the best-of-seven championship series against the 2015 titlist and playoffs-unblemished Golden State Warriors on Thursday, June 8 (Manila time, 9:00 a.m.), at the Quicken Loans Arena. […]