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LOS ANGELES: Jamal Murray scored 23 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter as a furious finale carried the Denver Nuggets to a 108-103 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday (Friday in Manila) and a 2-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference final series. Two-time NBA Most …

TOUGHER FIGHT AHEAD The Philippine men’s basketball team celebrate after winning the gold medal against host Cambodia on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at the Southeast Asian Games. PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO FOLLOWING the gold medal redemption campaign at the Southeast Asian Games, Gilas Pilipinas is now focusing all its attention …

MR. PLAYOFFS Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat is defended by Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics during the first quarter of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals at TD Garden on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts.PHOTO BY ADAM GLANZMAN/AFP LOS ANGELES: Jimmy Butler’s 35 points and …

LAS PIÑAS CITY: University of Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD) has tapped Joph Cleopas as the new head coach of the Junior Altas basketball team for Season 99 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that will begin in two months. Joph Cleopas FILE PHOTO  The 36-year-old Cleopas, who played …

JUSTIN Brownlee is a six-time champion with Barangay Ginebra in the PBA. He knew how it feels like to win all these championships amid the ups and downs of pro basketball. Yet, the 6-foot-4 Gilas Pilipinas naturalized player ranked his latest Southeast Asian Games men’s basketball gold medal achievement “at …

Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes. PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO  CHOT Reyes is just glad to close his coaching career in the Southeast Asian Games men’s basketball with a gold medal. Moments after steering the Philippines to a gold medal finish in the regional basketball tournament, the outspoken Gilas Pilipinas …

Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets looks to pass the ball a during the second quarter in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals at Ball Arena on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Denver, Colorado. AFP PHOTO  LOS ANGELES: Nikola Jokić produced a dominant display as the Denver Nuggets held …

Team Philippines PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: The 32nd Southeast Asian Games has finally come to a close with the Philippines placing fifth in the biennial event with 58 gold medals, 86 silvers, 116 bronzes and a total of 260 medals. While the Philippines dropped from fifth place to …

Lovely Inan AFP PHOTO Three days after competing in the Asian Weightlifting Championships in South Korea, Lovely Inan, together with the rest of the Philippine weightlifting team, went straight to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to compete in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. “Pagod po (I’m tired),” this was Inan’s reply to …

Ernest John Obiena PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO PHNOM PENH: The Philippine athletics team may have failed to match its five-gold medal haul in Vietnam last year, but still is a successful campaign with four golds and two Southeast Asian Games records shattered, according to national team coach Jojo Posadas. Led by …