Magnolia shuts down NorthPort to clinch playoffs berth

Magnolia Hotshots’ Aris Dionisio during a PBA Governors’ Cup game. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines–Magnolia stifled NorthPort Friday night, 110-94, to get back on track in style and clinch a playoff spot in the PBA Governors’ Cup. Aris Dionisio played the finest basketball of his life, scoring career-best 30 points on a franchise-best nine triples to…

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Meralco whips NorthPort, clinches quarters berth and tows TNT along

Meralco Bolts’ Chris Banchero during a PBA Governors’ Cup game. –PBA IMAGES Meralco welcomed back its key players from injuries and looked even better on Saturday night, whipping NorthPort, 114-104, to book a quarterfinal berth in the PBA Governors’ Cup. With Cliff Hodge and Raymond Almazan back in harness, the Bolts rolled to their sixth…

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Meralco beats NorthPort to secure playoffs berth

Meralco Bolts’ Chris Banchero during a PBA Governors’ Cup game. –PBA IMAGES Meralco made the most out of its roster improvement on Saturday night, defeating NorthPort, 114-104, and assuring itself a quarterfinal berth in the PBA Governors’ Cup. Led by Chris Banchero, and the returning Cliff Hodge and Raymond Almazan, the Bolts rolled to their…

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Paul Lee helps Magnolia shake off NorthPort

Magnolia Hotshots’ Paul Lee during a PBA Governors’ Cup game. –PBA IMAGES MANILA, Philippines–Magnolia broke free from NorthPort in the homestretch to claim a 105-94 victory Wednesday and move to solo third in Group A after the first round of the PBA Governors’ Cup at Smart Araneta Coliseum. Paul Lee made key plays when it…

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Allen Durham leads Meralco pullaway to beat NorthPort

Meralco Bolts import Allen Durham in the PBA Governors’ Cup. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIREr.net MANILA, Philippines–Meralco used a big third quarter on Sunday night to ultimately whip NorthPort, 109-99, in the PBA Governors Cup. Import Allen Durham scored 19 of his total 34 points in that period, greasing the breakaway that built a cushion, and eventually, paved…

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Jio Jalalon expected to take leadership reins for NorthPort

NorthPort Batang Pier guard Jio Jalalon going up against TNT’s Brian Heruela in the 2024 PBA Governors’ Cup. –PBA IMAGES MANILA, Philippines—If Northport’s first game in the PBA Governors’ Cup was any indication, Jio Jalalon will be looked upon as one of Batang Pier’s veterans heading forward. Following a tough loss to TNT at Araneta…

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NorthPort gives life to playoffs bid, edges Blackwater

NorthPort Batang Pier’s Arvin Tolentino in the PBA Philippine Cup. –PBA IMAGES NorthPort got it together just in time to avert disaster on Saturday, staying in the hunt for a playoff spot in the PBA Philippine Cup. Arvin Tolentino hit a step-back, go-ahead jumper with around seven ticks left at Caloocan Sports Complex to will…

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NorthPort slump leaves Arvin stumped

Arvin Tolentino —PBA IMAGES NorthPort ace Arvin Tolentino had little to say about the Batang Pier’s four-game slump that had the club looking different from the mighty team it was at the start of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup. “I really don’t know, too,” he told reporters in Filipino on Sunday night, shortly…

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Ginebra beats NorthPort behind Standhardinger, Ralph Cu

Ginebra’s Christian Standhardinger.–PBA IMAGES MANILA, Philippines–Barangay Ginebra got it together in the second half on Sunday night for a 95-88 nipping of NorthPort in the PBA Philippine Cup at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Malate, Manila. The crowd darlings outscored the Batang Pier in the final two quarters, 52-35, behind the near triple-double of rookie Ralph…

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Magnolia ends two-game skid after turning back NorthPort

Magnolia Hotshots’ Ian Sanggalang in the PBA Philippine Cup. -PBA IMAGES Magnolia got itself back on the winning track after arresting a two-game skid by defeating NorthPort, 104-97, Wednesday in the PBA Philippine Cup at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Ian Sangalang scored a career-high 32 points which he did coming off the bench as the Hotshots…

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