15 January 2025

Bolts 111, Northport 94

Banchero
The Meralco Bolts lit it up from three-point land in the final quarter to take down league-leader NorthPort, 111-94, last 14 January in the PBA 49th Commissioner’s Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

Aside from their fiery shooting, the Bolts' defense limited the usually high-scoring Batang Pier to their fewest points in a game this conference on the way to their sixth win in nine outings. The Bolts, now riding a two-game winning streak, is tied with Eastern and Converge FiberXers for third in the standings.

13 January 2025

Throwback: Coaches Nenad And Mensur Were Teammates

Coach Nenad and Coach Mensur
It was reported by Spin.ph that during Meralco's game against Eastern last 5 December in the PBA Commissioner's Cup, which the Bolts won, 88-83, Bolts coaching consultant Nenad Vucinic was nervous and anxious unlike their previous games. The reason: he was facing on the opposite bench one of the most important people in his life in the person of Eastern coach Mensur Bajramovic.

The article mentioned that both Nenad and Mensur were friends who treated each other like brothers. However, their friendship was broken when their former country, Yugoslavia, was torn apart by an inter-ethnic war and the two were separated, each finding themselves living in different countries after Yugoslavia was divided into many different independent states.

11 January 2025

Bolts 105, NLEX 91

Bolts vs NLEX
The Meralco Bolts went on a huge finishing kick to pummel NLEX, 105-91, last 10 December and get back to its winning ways in the PBA 49th Season Commissioner’s Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

Akil Mitchell had 24 points and 11 rebounds while five other players scored in double digits for the Bolts, who bounced back from their close defeat to TNT to improve their record to 5-3.

10 January 2025

Are The Bolts Willing To Take A Look At Greg Slaughter?

Greg Slaughter
Greg Slaughter may still hold a grudge against the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for the perceived unfair treatment when he asked for more money from his former team. However, at 36 years old, 'Gregzilla' should consider mending the broken fences and retire with the country's oldest professional basketball league.

Currently, Slaughter is playing for the Manila Stars in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), where the center is hitting shots at a high clip of 67.1 percent, while averaging 15.7 points and 9.8 rebounds in 18 elimination round games.

08 January 2025

Bolts 99, TnT 101

Rondae Hollis-Jeferson
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson buried two free throws with 10 seconds left as TNT survived a fiery Meralco comeback, 101-99, last 7 January in the PBA 49th Season Commissioner's Cup at the Philsports Arena.

Hollis-Jefferson's timely heroics enabled TNT to preserve its third straight win, overcoming a late rally by Meralco from the depths of a 23-point deficit.