The play was set, and Damian Lillard executed it to perfection. Coming off a timeout, Blazers head coach Terry Stotts set up a high screen for him to exploit any way he chose, and he chose right. With Caleb Swanigan in the way, the Jazz’s Joe Ingles -- not fleet of foot to begin with -- was toast. It was Dame Time, and he showed it with a quick drive to the hoop that even the 18,306 fans at the Vivint Smart Home Arena figured to be a sure bucket. It didn’t matter that Rudy Gobert got a hand on his layin and prevented it from going through the hoop. It hit glass first, rendering the block illegal and netting him two points to tie the game.

RECOGNIZING the potential risk of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) getting worse, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) on Thursday moved for the postponement of several of its managed events lined up.

LOS ANGELES -- The Rockets completed their transformation to a small-ball team, as the four-team trade sending center Clint Capela from Houston to the Atlanta Hawks was officially announced late Wednesday night.

TOP local clubs Ceres-Negros FC and Kaya FC-Iloilo begin their AFC Cup 2020 campaigns next week, looking to make a solid run in the tournament.

JIU-JITSU in the country had a solid finish in international competitions in 2019, earning 11 medals in the 30^th Southeast Asian Games, including five gold ones. It is something that serves as further motivation and a good jump-off point for more achievements moving forward. This was according to bemedalled athlete Meggie Ochoa.

LOS ANGELES -- Less than a day away from the NBA trade deadline, the action picked up Thursday night, and once again the Atlanta Hawks were right in the middle of it.

LOS ANGELES -- Trae Young and John Collins each produced a double-double to lead the Atlanta Hawks a 127-120 win over Minnesota on Wednesday in Minneapolis, handing the Timberwolves their 13^th consecutive loss.

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are set to acquire stars Mookie Betts and David Price from Boston Red Sox, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday night.

The whiff of the trade that sent Mookie Betts to the Dodgers came midway through what was supposed to be the Red Sox’s season of consolidation. With a World Series victory in their immediate past, they began their 2019 campaign with the promise of continued contention off a largely intact lineup. Unfortunately, they wound up underperforming for a variety of reasons -- and, crucially, despite the efforts of the 2018 American League Most Valuable Player. With the repeater tax slated to add a whopping 50% to the defending champions‘ bill, ownership decided keeping him sans any guarantee of success was not worth the considerable cost.

WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION bantamweight champion JohnRiel “Quadro Alas” Casimero of the Philippines is ready to go into battle against undefeated Japanese World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) champ “The Monster” Naoya Inoue of Japan in April.

HOUSTON -- James Harden finished one rebound shy of a 40-point triple-double, and the host Houston Rockets erased a 15-point deficit to beat the Charlotte Hornets, 125-110, on Tuesday.

AFTER A BUSY 2019 where she competed in various tournaments that spawned good results, Filipino billiards star Rubilen Amit said this year would be a quiet one but she is not letting it go to waste, taking it as an opportunity to focus on her health and wellness.