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MANILA, Philippines – Juami Tiongson scored 25 points to help steer the Terrafirma Dyip past the Blackwater Bossing, 97-87, for their first win in the PBA Season 48 Commissioner's Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo on Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines -- While it was “actually nice” to score more than 40 points for the first time in his career, Venky Jois was focused on getting the big win for the NorthPort Batang Pier in the ongoing PBA Commissioner’s Cup.
MANILA, Philippines -- Venky Jois finished with a 43-point double-double as he towed the NorthPort Batang Pier to a 108-103 win over the debuting Stephen Holt and the Terrafirma Dyip in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Friday evening at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
MANILA, Philippines — The shortest import in the Commissioner’s Cup at under 6-foot-5 and mostly unheralded among the crop, Jois turned in a monster debut of 43 points to power in-transition NorthPort past Terrafirma, 108-103, last night.
The various countries represented by the PBA’s 12 imports in the Commissioner’s Cup this season reflects the globalization of basketball with FIBA’s initiatives to grow the game world-wide clearly bearing fruit. The PBA had never rolled out an import cast that is as diverse. And this development comes at the heels of the FIBA World Cup where the Philippines was the primary host.
MANILA, Philippines — The PBA is taking a page off the FIBA World Cup storybook in welcoming eight imports with national team experience from different countries and introducing new rules that align the league more closely to international calls as the 48th season got underway at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last night.
MANILA, Philippines — Ipapasilip ng 12 PBA teams ang kanilang mga koponan sa dalawang araw na Media Day ngayon at bukas sa One Esplanade sa Pasay City bago ang inaabangang pagbubukas ng Season 48 sa Nobyembre 5.
MANILA, Philippines — Only Barangay Ginebra hasn’t disclosed its import for the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, set to start Nov. 5, but the word is Justin Brownlee’s interim replacement has been identified and he’s no stranger to the league. Ginebra will reveal who the import is once his contract is signed, sealed and delivered.