PBA: Top-ranked Magnolia Hotshots return to Finals
Magnolia finally takes out Phoenix and the Hotshots make their grand return to the PBA Finals, this time in the Commissioner's Cup.
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00:00 It's not an easy road that they have embarked on.
00:04 43 out of 44 teams that have gone up 2-0.
00:08 - Playing exceptionally well.
00:10 - He just wasn't as explosive in the last game,
00:16 but you know, wow.
00:18 Look at Magnolia doing what they need to do
00:20 to the mid range,
00:21 and he just took two steps straight back.
00:24 Drained the three.
00:27 - Baroca and Kortsalonga and eight points.
00:31 - Small forward is the Hot Shots import number zero,
00:34 Tyler Bay.
00:35 Power forward from Blue and South Cotabato,
00:39 number four, Referee Rivas.
00:42 Shooting guard from Blue,
00:43 Bao Pampanga, number two, Sean Mangenti.
00:47 Small forward from Rosario La Union,
00:50 number 20, Kenneth Tuffin.
00:52 - From being ahead by as much as 13 points in the first half
00:55 and losing by 18 points only showed how out-hustled
00:59 they were by this young Phoenix team.
01:00 For Coachito, it all boils down to effort and defense.
01:03 And in his own words,
01:04 win every possession, then win every quarter,
01:07 and that's how you ultimately win the game.
01:09 Back to you guys.
01:10 - I love that report.
01:11 Thank you so much, Bea.
01:12 And when she was reporting that,
01:14 I saw Magnolia applying a full court press
01:17 and then playing good defense
01:19 and Baroca scoring again on his third field goal.
01:22 First field goal for Phoenix after being quiet
01:25 for the first three and a half.
01:26 Meantime, Laput showing us that he has some range
01:31 there in the perimeter.
01:33 - Original thought with James Laput.
01:35 Again, what they're missing for me
01:37 is that domination inside.
01:39 - Yes.
01:39 - I mean, they got some tall guy,
01:41 Raffy Rivas, but not a guy who will really dominate inside.
01:44 - And speaking of domination,
01:47 it's Baroca dominating the first quarter,
01:49 hitting another three, his second three.
01:51 He has 10 of Magnolia's 15 points.
01:53 - Double digits for him.
01:56 Really turned it up in game three.
01:58 Positive numbers from J.P. Mocon.
02:01 - Wow.
02:05 Wow.
02:06 So we got Rivera also coming in.
02:08 Gio Holalod is also in together with De La Rosa.
02:10 Meantime, Williams will get that bucket to draw
02:14 plus a bonus free throw.
02:16 - Kareem Abdul-Williams over there.
02:17 My goodness, look at this.
02:19 How do you block that?
02:21 I mean, over deliberate.
02:22 - Over.
02:23 - He wanted to shoot it, but.
02:24 - Over cooking it.
02:25 - Ball didn't cooperate.
02:26 - Off balance shot is good for Jonathan.
02:30 - Yeah, he just bounced.
02:31 He could have actually had an end one with that too.
02:32 And that's what.
02:33 - Shot knocked down to 14.
02:34 Baroca has it.
02:35 P on him.
02:36 Gets it out to Abu.
02:41 That jumper is good.
02:42 - Big shot.
02:43 Another guy who can really produce.
02:46 Ooh, too easy.
02:48 - You gotta love that knockout play.
02:50 Lead to bay.
02:52 - Can't leave the end court wide open under the basket
02:55 before he fell down.
02:56 - Big if you're.
02:57 - He's a good friend of mine.
02:58 - Yeah, if you're watching.
02:59 - Thank you.
03:00 - Come on, man.
03:00 - We miss you.
03:01 Meantime, De La Rosa is on the board.
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03:15 Down to seven.
03:19 And the one handed jump from afar layup of Mark Baroca.
03:24 - That's wicked.
03:25 12 points for Mark Baroca, the coffee prince.
03:29 - Now the other Tyler.
03:33 Tyler Bay gets it to Jalalo.
03:35 Not working a three here and it's good.
03:37 - Slapping it loose.
03:40 - Perkins to the corner.
03:44 Out out Garcia.
03:46 Now, if Garcia can light it up,
03:48 that's gonna be a big plus here for Coach Jamal.
03:50 Bench points still in favor of Magnolia.
03:52 12 against four.
03:53 Williams.
03:58 Oh, that Jabbar like hook shot.
04:01 - That's a lost art.
04:05 - The hook shot.
04:05 - Just put a number 33 in a purple uniform on that guy.
04:09 It's what it looks like.
04:11 Although he never really shot lefties.
04:12 He was more of a right-handed sky hook.
04:15 - Sky hook, yeah, agreed.
04:17 - Inside to De La Rosa.
04:19 Blocked by Williams.
04:21 And Garcia will lead the break here for Phoenix.
04:23 Gets it to Alejandro.
04:24 Rhythm three, boom, boom, boom.
04:27 - And just like that, look at that.
04:29 - Only down by eight points.
04:31 And timely pass by Garcia.
04:34 Catch, shoot, and conversion for Alejandro.
04:38 That lead is now to eight, 32-24 with seven.
04:40 Fifth pick out to Ahan Misi.
04:42 Baroca.
04:46 To Dionisio, challenge shot there.
04:48 But still he made it over Alejandro.
04:51 - So many kinds of weapons and steadiness for his team.
04:54 But tonight, he's not shooting the ball well.
04:56 He's gotta figure out a way to get the ball in the hole.
04:59 Zero points for him.
05:00 Maybe he can take a lesson or two from that guy.
05:03 - We're gonna check that again in slow-mo.
05:06 Using that screen by Laput.
05:08 Over Williams.
05:09 Boom, nothing but a bottom of the net for Mark Baroca.
05:12 They're up by 16.
05:13 - You only scored seven points in the last game,
05:15 but now in the first two quarters alone,
05:18 he has a total of 15.
05:19 And they're also shooting well
05:21 from beyond the three-point area.
05:22 That is why they're up a comfortable lead
05:24 here in the second quarter.
05:26 If there's one thing that Phoenix has to do,
05:28 they have to do a better job stepping on the white line,
05:30 something that they did magnificently well
05:33 in the second half of game three.
05:35 So they have to guard the three-pointer better.
05:38 And the other thing is,
05:39 they have to shoot better from the free-throw line.
05:42 They were just six out of 13 for 46%.
05:45 Against Magnolia, you have to score on easy baskets,
05:48 be it layups or even unmolested shots
05:50 or wide-open three-pointers.
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05:53 Ooh, wide open underneath.
05:56 Can't leave 'em open, that's twice.
06:00 Phoenix not paying attention to where Tyler Bay is.
06:04 In case you didn't know,
06:06 he is the prolific import of Magnolia.
06:11 Damn, give 'em easy chippies like that.
06:14 Magnolia couldn't do anything anymore
06:16 after giving up that base line.
06:17 Meantime, Garcia hit the three earlier.
06:20 That's his second three-point shot.
06:21 They go again to Garcia.
06:24 - He's open again.
06:26 - Three three-point shots for R.R. Garcia.
06:29 - Huge left from Garcia.
06:32 As we see the team owner of the Phoenix
06:39 Super LBG Fieldmasters is in the house, Mr. Dennis O'Winn.
06:42 Welcome, sir.
06:44 - 40 seconds remaining in the second.
06:47 Hazul inside to Williams, to Muyam,
06:55 who just threw it up and it found its mark.
06:58 - That could have been an and one as well.
07:00 - 49-41 there within shouting distance right now,
07:03 screaming distance.
07:05 - Ooh, that was 99% down for Paul Lee.
07:09 That could have been a travel right there.
07:11 - Hazul will try again.
07:13 And that's the captain not giving up resiliency for Phoenix.
07:16 Abueva, the Beast, gives it up to Bay.
07:20 - What a spin.
07:21 - Ooh, we got a nice shot from Tyler Bay.
07:24 - Beautiful spin cycle move from Tyler Bay
07:28 for a hefty lefty.
07:30 Not stretchy yet, he hasn't made a shot.
07:32 - Sangalang, oh yeah, beautiful footwork from Ian Sangalang.
07:37 - Here for the South Pauls.
07:41 - I love this matchup right here.
07:43 Perkins and Abueva, maybe that's what he needed.
07:46 He needed somebody to just put no whistle there.
07:49 - Got numbers.
07:52 - Back to Tyler from RJ, three ball is given.
07:57 - Again, legitimate shot I could see coming
08:00 from the Beast tonight, that's a long three.
08:02 - Hazul, the floater, and the bucket.
08:08 Goes wide open, three.
08:10 - Tyler gets a street for the tie.
08:14 Nope.
08:15 Paulie has it, it's a three on one break.
08:19 To Barocca, to Bay, and it goes in!
08:22 What's a bonus free throw coming up?
08:25 - You're gonna foul, you gotta make sure.
08:27 - Bay makes him pay.
08:29 Good, unselfish three on one.
08:32 It almost looked like one of those drills
08:34 you run in practice.
08:37 Open for the three, Abueva.
08:39 Jalalud blocked by Williams.
08:42 - Jalalud only at about 5'7".
08:45 - 4:42 left here in the third.
08:48 Sangalam, short stab, that is money for Ian.
08:52 - He's still good, you can't just leave him
08:55 that wide open along the baseline.
08:58 - Chillo gets it again, back to Tyler Bay.
09:00 - Uh oh, that's the guy that's been hot lately.
09:04 - And he continues with it.
09:06 Eight key points.
09:08 - Rough patches in the game today
09:12 as we look at that beautiful shot,
09:13 once again from Ian, who's fired up after it.
09:16 - Mokun inside, got blocked.
09:23 - Huge block there by Ian Sangalam.
09:25 - Blue shirts are running.
09:28 De La Rosa open for that three.
09:30 Bucket for De La Rosa!
09:33 De La Rosa, extra pass to Sangalam.
09:36 Not that time.
09:37 Tyler Bay goes up uncontested.
09:40 Bea, thanks for that info, by the way.
09:44 Meantime, Paul Lee from downtown, boom!
09:47 - Now they got a lot of guys going.
09:51 Now I think--
09:52 - Another huge mungus.
09:54 - This came all the way from the Skyway or even Calox.
09:57 Another offense here for Magnolia.
10:03 No hamstring problem for Mark Barocha.
10:06 - And that, four points for him.
10:09 - Tip in is good for Abu Treader.
10:16 And his fourth and final quarter.
10:19 19 point lead for Magnolia, 72-53.
10:23 That pass inside to Abu.
10:24 Now it's a 21 point lead for the Hot Shots.
10:28 We're back in the Mall of Asia arena
10:32 for the final 8-0-4 of our game.
10:37 - First off, it's Magnolia.
10:40 Went back to what they're known for,
10:42 and that is playing tremendous defense.
10:44 It's part of their DNA.
10:45 That is exactly what they're known for here.
10:47 That's why they're very successful in this conference.
10:50 And they've limited their opponent, Phoenix,
10:53 to just 53 points.
10:54 You gotta remember that in game three,
10:56 Phoenix exploded for 103.
10:58 And the reason being is their import scored 19,
11:01 but only limited to just 10 points in tonight's ballgame.
11:04 - No, again, he has not always been the guy
11:08 that really looks for too much scoring anyways.
11:11 He'll give it to you if you give him the space.
11:14 But he's not like a super high scoring guy.
11:17 And tonight, it's just been difficult
11:21 because he's not getting a lot of space
11:23 because the other guys are having their shooting woes.
11:26 But let's see if Sean Magati can turn that around.
11:31 If he gets hot, but the problem is he's just,
11:33 again, you gotta give credit to the Blue Shirts.
11:36 - Bay gets it to Paul Lee.
11:38 Drop pass stolen by Garcia.
11:41 - They got the stop.
11:42 Let's see if they get the score.
11:44 They did, see?
11:45 - Lead is down to 16.
11:47 - I guarantee you if that happens maybe one more time,
11:49 watch how fast Chito and Vic Dallaro calls a timeout.
11:53 They got another stop.
11:55 Here's that run.
11:56 Can this be a, this is a huge shot if he makes this.
12:01 - Oh!
12:02 - Watch how fast.
12:03 - See, Mokunat giving up in the defensive sequence,
12:05 tapping that ball, giving them another shot.
12:08 - Correctamundo and Sean Magati.
12:11 - That pass stolen by Williams.
12:15 - Hey, hey, hey, door's open.
12:19 Oh, he's open again, Sean Magati!
12:21 - Oh, back to back threes by Magati.
12:22 - Oh, hey!
12:23 - That lead is down to 10.
12:25 - Scoreless for much of the game.
12:27 And eight quick points from him changes everything.
12:31 Oh, emphatic two-handed slam by Tyler Bay!
12:36 - Your Phoenix, as we take a look at this next dime,
12:38 by the way, by Paulie attacking all the defense.
12:41 Sakalana, four to shoot, Barocca, and corks a three.
12:48 That is a backbreaker there.
12:49 - Bang, bang, bang.
12:53 Glimmer of light now for Phoenix as we look at that.
12:59 (crowd cheering)
13:01 Big possession here for Phoenix.
13:04 - There it is. - And put back is good.
13:07 That is the 12th point of Jonathan Williams.
13:11 - Yeah.
13:12 - He has been quiet.
13:13 - Correct.
13:14 Coach Argy talked about it a while.
13:15 He is stuck at 10 points for the longest.
13:19 Now another steal.
13:20 - Tyler has it.
13:23 Now that lead is down to nine with 2.36 left.
13:27 Barocca just tracking that ball
13:30 and knowing where it will drop.
13:32 - And they got a little time.
13:34 Here's a dagger if they can make this.
13:36 - Oh, it is a dagger.
13:37 It is a dagger from Ian Sakalana.
13:39 - Ran, used that great foot speed of his
13:42 to get that ball.
13:44 And speaking of, now they're just gonna use
13:47 as much clock once again.
13:50 - And Paulie is trying to find his open teammates,
13:53 but they're not converting except for this one.
13:56 - My friend, I think that is definitely a big dagger.
14:02 Possible.
14:03 If they don't, not looking good.
14:06 - I would say Magnolia, they've been dodging bullets here
14:09 because Paulie, your opponents have put in a good amount
14:12 of investment, right?
14:13 Hard to counter.
14:16 Meantime, Williams scoring inside the paint.
14:23 Will drop it off to Sangalang.
14:24 And look at that, Paulie is really breaking down
14:27 the defense here of Phoenix.
14:29 - You can see it.
14:30 They're all got that little giggle about them.
14:32 - Yeah.
14:33 - Look at that.
14:34 You were talking about those dimes that Paulie,
14:37 they just got shell shocked by how incredibly hot
14:42 the hot shots were, especially the first six minute,
14:46 19 to seven last.