Rain or Shine kept its immaculate PBA Philippine Cup record spotless with a nail-biting 70-68 win over NorthPort at the Angeles University Foundation in Pampanga on Sunday, October 18. Rey Nambatac came through in crunch time for the Elasto Painters anew as he hit the game-winning free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining for their third victory in as many games.
The Los Angeles Lakers, fresh off winning the 2020 NBA Championships, landed at LAX Monday after three months in the NBA bubble. The team flew SwiftAir from Florida to Los Angeles and arrived home at about 1 p.m. Los Angeles Fire Department trucks were on hand at LAX to shoot water over the team’s plane in greeting. The team wrapped up the unprecedented NBA finals, which typically takes place in June, in a Sunday night Game 6 against the Miami Heat.
The growing concerns surrounding the coronavirus reached a tipping point in the NBA. The league announced it has suspended the season after Wednesday night's matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz was postponed as a result of Jazz center Rudy Gobert and Emmanuel Mudiay testing positive for coronavirus