ALLAN THE MAN

Rookie guard Terrence Romeo sizzled 34 points, including 6-of-9 shooting from beyond the arc, to carry the GlobalPort Batang Pier to a 114-100 victory over the Air 21 Express on Saturday at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.

The reigning UAAP Most Valuable Player sparked the Batang Pier explosion in the second half, scoring 26 of GlobalPort’s 77 points after halftime.

“Sinusunod ko lang yung mga pinapagawa sa akin ng mga coaches,” said Romeo, who needed just 17 shots to reach his total.

GILAS cadet national coach Jong Uichico is set to move on without La Salle center Arnold Van Opstal as the Filipinos are now deep in their preparation to defend the country’s Southeast Asian Games men’s basketball gold medal in Myanmar next month.

Uichico invited Van Opstal to join the original 19-man list for the Gilas cadet pool last month. But with the La Salle star big man still failing to get the green light from the school to join the national squad due to his finals exams, Uichico said he had to make the tough decision.

Pacquiao vs. Rios weigh-in results: Manny at 145 lb., Rios at 146.5 lb. The two men stepped on the scales in Macau and both came in under the welterweight limit. "I'm so happy that the fight is in Asia and very close to the Philippines," Pacquiao told HBO's Max Kellerman. "This fight is going to be different because I started early and it's been one of the longest camps of my career. We did it like when I was young."

EPISOSE 3 of 3. FINAL EPISODE. The all-new HBO sports series 24/7 Pacquiao-Rios, leading up to the November 24 showdown.Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KOs) and trainer Freddie Roach look back atPacquiao’s recent loss to Juan Manuel Marquez. Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23 KOs) talks about his two classic encounters with Mike Alvarado.

Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for tossing a ball into the stands in a match in Dallas that his team eventually lost.

Shortly after he was fouled with less than three minutes to play, Howard was heckled by a fan near the court during the Wednesday game.

The Dallas Mavericks erased an 18-point deficit to earn the win at home versus the Houston Rockets.