Tag: Chito Victolero

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Coach Chito can’t find right words as Hotshots fall short – again

By REYNALD MAGALLON So close yet so far. Magnolia head coach…

February 15, 2024

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Victolero credits concerted defensive effort for Game 3 victory

By REYNALD MAGALLON Just how much a two-day break can…

February 8, 2024

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Series going the distance? Magnolia’s Victolero thinks so

By REYNALD MAGALLON Magnolia head coach Chito Victolero is seeing their…

February 1, 2024

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Magnolia coach happy, but not yet satisfied

By REYNALD MAGALLON Magnolia has refused to get too carried…

January 19, 2024

Rakeem Christmas of Magnolia eludes Joe DeVance of Ginebra. (PBA Images)

PBA: Magnolia remains hopeful

Christmas had 18 points and 14 rebounds after an eight-point, 14-rebound showing…

July 22, 2019

Rakeem Christmas (AP Photo/John Raoux)

PBA: New import for Magnolia

Coach Chito Victolero confirmed change as the Hotshots decided to part ways…

July 17, 2019

Magnolia’s Robbie Herndon battles for the rebound against Blackwater defenders during the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Friday night at the Mall of Asia Arena. (MB photo | Rio Deluvio)

Magnolia, ROS in crucial match

The Hotshots, with a record of 5-4, are hoping that the third…

July 10, 2019

Ian Sangalang of Magnolia swarmed by Columbian Dyip defenders. (PBA Images)

Magnolia rips Dyip

The Hotshots scored 18 consecutive points during a five-minute stretch in the…

June 17, 2019

Magnolia head coach Chito Victolero (MB photo | Rio Leonelle Deluvio)

Victolero takes loss positively

Head coach Chito Victolero feels the team “was one or two possessions…

May 18, 2019

Expect a more intense encounter when the San Miguel Beermen, led by June Mar Fajardo (2nd from right) and the Paul Lee-led Magnolia Hotshots clash in a no-tomorrow match for the PBA Philippine Cup championship tonight at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The best-of-seven title series is tied at 3-all. (MB photo | Rio Deluvio)

PBA: San Miguel, Magnolia clash for crown

The deciding seventh game is set at 7 p.m. at the Smart…

May 15, 2019

Magnolia head coach Chito Victolero (MB photo | Rio Leonelle Deluvio)

Chito says: Let’s party!

Victolero had every reason to keep an optimistic approach with the Hotshots…

May 14, 2019

ALL PUMPED-UP: San Miguel’s June Mar Fajardo barrels his way past Magnolia’s Aldrech Ramos during Game 4 of their PBA Philippine Cup Finals which the Beermen won, 114-98. (MB photo | Rio Deluvio)

San Mig, Magnolia break standoff tonight

“I’m expecting that the next game will be different because Magnolia wants…

May 10, 2019

Paul Lee needs to be in his ‘lethal’ form if he wants to help the Magnolia Hotshots take a 3-1 lead over the San Miguel Beermen when they clash tonight at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. (PBA images)

Hotshots eye 3-1 lead

The Hotshots are expected to be more determined in beating the Beermen…

May 8, 2019

VERSATILE: Ian Sangalang of the Magnolia Hotshots scores against San Miguel’s Arwind Santos during Game 3 of their PBA Finals on Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Hotshots won, 86-82, to retake the lead in their best-of-seven title series. (PBA images)

Hotshots set tone

Magnolia has set the tone after three games of the best-of-seven series…

May 7, 2019

Rafi Reavis of Magnolia alters a shot by June Mar Fajardo of San Miguel Beer (PBA Images)

PBA: Magnolia spills SMB

The Hotshots turned their focus on making life miserable for Beermen center…

May 6, 2019

INSPIRED GAME: With June Mar Fajardo’s inspired game, four other San Miguel players scored in double figures in a 108-101 win over the Magnolia Hotshots in Game 3 on Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. (PBA images)

PBA: Beermen go for 2-1 lead

San Miguel got its usual form back in Friday’s Game 2 with…

May 5, 2019