MANILA - TNT crawled back from 18 points down to beat Rain Or Shine, 105-100, in the PBA Governors' Cup at Ynares Center in Antipolo on Friday night. The Tropang Giga dropped 44 points in the third quarter, or more than their entire first-half output of 36, before holding the Elasto Painters to just 16 points in the fourth quarter. Jalen Hudson and Mikey Williams each scored 24 points to go with 14 and 10 rebounds, respectively, for TNT, which joined Converge and Meralco on top at 2-0. Williams came close to a triple-double as he also dished out seven assists, while RR Pogoy added 22 points, three rebounds, one assist, one steal, and one block. Michael Qualls sizzled for 35 points, 17 rebounds, five assists, two steals, and two blocks but his performance went down the drain as ROS dropped to 0-2. In the first game, Blackwater averted a Phoenix end-game comeback for a 108-105 win. The Bossing were in control for most of the first three quarters but had to turn it up a notch late in
MANILA - Sister teams NLEX and TNT got off to a good start to their PBA Governors' Cup campaigns after beating their opponents on Wednesday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The Road Warriors clipped the Blackwater Bossing, 124-102, in a game where Jonathon Simmons was cleared to play at the last minute. Simmons, whose stint with Road Warriors suddenly went into limbo because of his contract situation with the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association, suited up for NLEX and led the team with 32 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and two steals. However, Kevin Alas came alive in the fourth quarter and helped the Road Warriors pull away from the Bossing. Alas finished with a career-high 31 points on 11-of-17 shooting, 19 in the final frame also a career-high eight rebounds and four assists off the bench. Brandon Rosser chipped in 21 points, five rebounds, three assists, three blocks and two steals. Shawn Glover led Blackwater with 26 points, five re
Connor McDavid celebrated his 26th birthday with two goals and an assist and Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each added a goal and two assists as the vis