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Hopson drains first four-point game-winner

Jeo Ambohot plucks down the rebound in this heated piece of action. —PBA IMAGES Nearing what looked like a second-straight loss and perhaps a wave of reminders of how terrible they could again get, Converge import Scotty Hopson cut a picture of calmness and hit a cold-blooded four-pointer with three ticks left on Tuesday night…

Bolts return to work; PBA’s four-point era begins

Meralco vs Magnolia during the PBA Philippine Cup. MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Meralco acknowledges that it needs to shake off the championship hangover as fast as it can now that the chase for another title begins under the shadow of a different conversation starter for the new PBA season: The four-point line. “We got the monkey off…

Best way to judge four-point shot is by the games

Meralco Bolts’ Chris Newsome during Game 6 of the PBA Philippine Cup Finals.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net OSAKA—There was a lot of reaction from fans, good and bad ones, on the decision of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) board to implement a four-point distance for the league’s 49th season. But the true measure of the new rule, one…