es have completed their first major deal in the Luigi Trillo era. The team has agreed to trade center Jay-R Reyes to the Meralco Bolts in exchange for power forward Gabby Espinas. “I have already talked to [Meralco team executive] Mon Segismundo a... more
Jonas Villanueva had his Easter resurrection, dishing out a giant scoreless fourth quarter to help B-Meg top Meralco, 86-76, in their knockout duel for the last slot in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Final Four.Villanueva, the heady guard who’s just... more
Citing fan complaints, the PBA on Saturday announced that airhorns, vuvuzelas, and similar noisemakers will be banned from all the league’s games.“Fans ang nagreklamo,” wrote PBA commissioner Chito Salud in a text message to InterAKTV, who said... more
B-MEG faces Meralco, while Alaska takes on Barako Bull Sunday in a do-or-die doubleheader of the 37th Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup quarterfinal round at the Araneta Coliseum. more
B-MEG and Meralco clash in what everyone expects to be an intense and physical do-or-die Game Three in the main game of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup best-of-three quarterfinals Sunday at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.Barako Bull and Alaska also clash fo... more
2nd Game Update: Alaska def. Barako, 99-92 | B-MEG had an easy time taking Macmac Cardona out of the game Wednesday. The rest of Meralco proved to be another matter, however, and the Llamados went through the wringer before fashioning a 95-85 victor... more
Powerade’s Gary David topped the statistical points race for the Best Player of the Conference of the Commissioner’s Cup after the elimination round.Unfortunately, his Tigers were eliminated early, which would likely end his back-to-back bid for... more
B-MEG coach Tim Cone believes his team was manhandled by Meralco in their initial PBA Commissioner's Cup quarterfinals duel last Sunday. Cone now maintains his Llamados are set on giving the Bolts a dose of their own medicine Wednesday in Game 2 of t... more
Personally challenged by their top boss in practice Saturday, the Meralco Bolts didn’t disappoint in the game Sunday. “I’ll be in the dugout after the game,” Meralco owner Manny V. Pangilinan told the Bolts.Taking it rightly as Pangilinan's m... more
With contrasting fates in the double-playoff Friday night, B-Meg and Meralco have found themselves pitted against each other, slugging it out for the right to play Barangay Ginebra in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Final Four.With hardly a rest, the Ll... more
2nd Game Update: Ginebra def. B-MEG, 93-84 | Earl Barron delivered 33 points and grabbed 18 rebounds Friday night, hitting two free throws in the closing seconds that completed a resurrection of sorts for the Meralco Bolts in the PBA Commissioner’s... more
Powerade got Meralco's number the first time they met in the PBA Commissioner's Cup. On Friday the Bolts plan on not only exacting revenge, but also salvaging the mid-season tourney's lone remaining playoff berth when they tangle in sudden-death at t... more
2nd Game Update: Alaska def. Powerade, 102-100 (OT) | Meralco tried to put the game away and dishearten Air21 early. In the end, it was the Bolts’ toughness that kept their playoff chances alive.Meralco scored all but six of the game’s first 34 p... more
Despite back-to-back blowout losses, Air21 remains in a relatively better position than Meralco in the PBA Commissioner's Cup eliminations. But time is running out for both teams and a crucial move could be had by one Friday when they collide at the... more
MacMac Cardona picked up from where he left off, scoring 25 points for the second straight game and spiking it all up with his usual on-court antics.Chris Ross, however, had the biggest shot of the night and helped Meralco realize a 93-84 win over Ra... more
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