May 13, 2024
Monday
ISANG matinding salpukan ang matutunghayan ng mga fans ng National Basketball Association (NBA) sa pagbabalik aksyon nito sa Hulyo 30 (Hulyo 31, PH Time) matapos ang apat na buwan na paghinto. Una na rito ang inaabangan na Western Conference matchup sa pagitan ng Los Angeles Lakers at LA Clippers. Ang nasabing laro ay una sa […]
PLAYING without their top six scorers, including reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokuonmpo, who was out with a knee injury for a second straight game, the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks (53-12) dropped a 109-95 road decision to the Denver Nuggets and suffered their first three-game losing streak of the season. The Los Angeles Lakers, who beat the […]
IT’S nice to be happy. I caught the game between the crosstown rivals Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers Monday morning (3:30 a.m.) via Facebook live streaming (ahem, for free). It was beamed from a Vietnamese NBA fan with Laker leanings. Never mind that the fella was at times talking aloud during the U.S.-fed […]
THE Milwaukee Bucks finished the month of February with a 10-2 record. Bucks franchise maker Giannis Antetokuonmpo became the second player in NBA history to average 25 points and 15 rebounds for a month without losing a single game he played, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who turned in the trick in March 1973 while with the […]
IT was a horrible news. I had hoped it was only fake news. But the reality was it was not. RIP Kobe Bryant. The all-time Los Angeles Lakers and National Basketball Association (NBA) great died in a fiery Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crash in foggy conditions at 10:00 Sunday morning Pacific time (2:00 a.m. January 27 […]
IT used to be “Strength in Numbers” for the Golden State Warriors during their five-year NBA Finals appearances that rewarded the Bay Area unit with three championships. With Kevin Durant, DeMarcus Cousins, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston and Jordan Bell gone, and Klay Thompson expected to miss the bulk — if not all — of the […]
JUST two days after the Toronto Raptors were crowned as the new NBA champions, here comes another development that could shake up the Western Conference landscape that has been the stranglehold of the Golden State Warriors for the last five seasons. Last June 15, the struggling Los Angeles Lakers finally reached an agreement to acquire […]
SOMETIMES you don’t need to be a talented player to win a title in team sports. That is if you have a star athlete or two for a teammate. You only need to be lucky and be in the right place at the right time. The late basketball journeyman Cris Bolado is one example, snaring […]
IF it’s any consolation to the Lakers Nation, the top four all-time leading scorers in National Basketball Association (NBA) regular-season history have suited up the colors of the Los Angeles Lakers at one time their distinguished pro career. The Fantastic Four are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant and now LeBron James, who surpassed His […]
ARE 29 teams in the forthcoming 2018-19 National Basketball Association season simply playing for second place? In a survey among NBA general managers, 87 percent of those polled said the Golden State Warriors would win their third straight title this season – and fourth in five years – this season and become the first team […]