Rain or Shine’s Santi Santillan and Jhonard Clarito, proper, battle for the ball towards Magnolia’s Zav Lucero throughout a PBA Philippine Cup sport in Montalban, Rizal.–PBA IMAGES
MONTALBAN, Rizal—Rain or Shine dealt Magnolia its first defeat within the PBA Philippine Cup with a convincing displaying that led to a 119-105 victory on Sunday at Ynares Heart II right here.
Santi Santillan produced 17 factors and 13 rebounds whereas Adrian Nocum topscored with 20 because the Elasto Painters shook off an extended break to take their fourth win in six video games whereas ending the Hotshots’ unbeaten begin within the all-Filipino match.
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Felix Lemetti dropped seven of his 11 factors within the first quarter that noticed Rain or Shine take a 37-21 lead, forcing Magnolia to play catchup the remainder of the way in which earlier than a packed crowd of 8,175.
Rain or Shine cast a tie for fourth place with idle Barangay Ginebra, with one other robust sport on faucet in Grand Slam-seeking TNT on Wednesday on the authentic Ynares Heart in Antipolo Metropolis.
The Elasto Painters received earlier than the presence of Gilas Pilipinas star Kai Sotto, who was along with his B.League coach Ryuzo Anzai of the Koshigaya Alphas.
Anzai and Sotto lately dropped by Rain or Shine follow.
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Magnolia remained on prime of the standings at 6-1 regardless of the loss, however might want to clear issues up in an effort to regain its bearings earlier than returning to motion on Saturday towards NorthPort in Candon, Ilocos Sur.
Zavier Lucero completed with 17 factors, six rebounds and three blocks for Magnolia after coming off an incident wherein he was a recipient of a harmful Cliff Hodge foul final Wednesday at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila.
Hodge was later suspended one sport and fined P100,000 by the league.
Hotshots assistant coach Mon Jose, in the meantime, served his personal one-game ban on this sport after he was seen giving Hodge a headbutt in the course of the commotion.
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