Butler, Heat force winner-take-all with gutsy Game 6 win over Celtics

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 05:45:01 +0000

NEW YORK (AFP) – Jimmy Butler scored a career playoff high 47 points and the Miami Heat forced a winner-take-all showdown for an NBA Finals berth by defeating Boston, 111-103, on Friday. The Heat leveled the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals at 3-3 to set up a seventh-game clash with the Celtics on Sunday at Miami. […]

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Warriors shock Mavs with amazing fightback for 2-0 series lead

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 05:37:42 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Stephen Curry scored 32 points as the Golden State Warriors staged a stunning fightback to defeat the Dallas Mavericks 126-117 on Friday and seize control of their NBA Western Conference finals series. A pulsating clash in San Francisco saw the Warriors recover after trailing by as much as 19 points at […]

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Tatum scorches Heat as Celtics level Eastern series

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 03:49:47 +0000

MIAMI (AFP) – Miami Jayson Tatum scored 27 points as the Boston Celtics roared back to level the NBA Eastern Conference finals series with a 127-102 thrashing of the Miami Heat in game two on Thursday. Bolstered by the return of Marcus Smart and Al Horford, who both missed Tuesday’s 118-107 game one drubbing, Boston […]

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Gilas squads 2 wins away from retaining SEA Games crowns

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 23:54:14 +0000

By JONAS TERRADO Gilas Pilipinas shook off a slow start to beat host Vietnam, 88-60, Thursday, and raise its record to 4-0 in the men’s basketball competitions of the 31st Southeast Asian Games. June Mar Fajardo, Kiefer Ravena and LeBron Lopez conspired in the second half as Gilas was able to take full control after […]

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World-class 3×3 teams from Serbia arrive early for Chooks-to-Go Manila Masters

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 07:18:05 +0000

Fresh off a successful campaign in the Utsunomiya World Tour Masters in Japan, the top two teams of the world’s highest-ranked country in 3×3 basketball Serbia flew in quietly to Manila on Tuesday evening. UB and Liman will be pitching their training camp in the Philippines beginning today as they prepare for the second leg […]

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Curry, Warriors outgun Doncic, Mavs in series opener

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 04:08:48 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Stephen Curry scored 21 points as the Golden State Warriors bottled up Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks to win their Western Conference finals series opener,112-87, on Wednesday. Three days after Doncic destroyed the Phoenix Suns with a virtuoso performance, the Slovenian star found the going harder against a ruthless Golden […]

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In women’s side, Gilas encounters little problem in dispatching Thailand

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 05:37:09 +0000

By JONAS TERRADO Gilas Pilipinas cruised past Thailand, 97-81, Wednesday and remained unbeaten in the women’s basketball competitions of the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Afril Bernardino led the charge with 20 points and 16 rebounds as the Filipina cagers registered their second win in as many games at the expense of the […]

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Butler essays role of ‘butcher’ as Heat beat Celtics in opener

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 04:58:49 +0000

MIAMI (AFP) – Jimmy Butler scored 41 points as the Miami Heat produced a devastating comeback to defeat the Boston Celtics 118-107 in their opening Eastern Conference finals series clash on Tuesday. Butler led a revitalized Miami second-half display as the Heat transformed an eight-point half-time deficit into a double-digit lead against a depleted Celtics […]

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Gilas romps to 68-point win over lowly Cambodia for 2nd win

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 12:54:21 +0000

By JONAS TERRADO Gilas Pilipinas encountered little trouble this time and crushed Cambodia, 100-32, Tuesday to stay unbeaten after two games in the men’s basketball competitions of the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. LeBron Lopez, the youngest member of the team at 18, displayed his athleticism inside the Thanh Tri Gymnasium on his […]

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Gerald Anderson’s GenSan loses to Bataan in MPBL

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 04:58:39 +0000

Bataan clustered seven points in the homestretch to subdue GenSan Ok Bet, 81-75, Monday night in a battle between debuting teams in the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) 4th Season at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.Veteran James Castro drilled in four free throws in that span as the Camaya Coast-sponsored Risers kept […]

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