PBA: Magnolia stops bleeding, claims first win in best-of-7 finale
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00:04 I'm trying to go with some veteran presence in Ian Sangalang.
00:09 I don't really like him as the ball handler in the pick and roll because that's not really
00:15 his strong suit and we're new to steel.
00:17 Well you said they need to be able to get some turnovers.
00:20 A quick start today.
00:23 That's exactly what Coach George said in an interview yesterday.
00:26 He said we cannot be outworked or we'll be in trouble.
00:31 That needs to be a given.
00:32 When you're down 0-2, you need to be the aggressors and here they come.
00:38 Well Mark Barocco's got the first four points.
00:41 Malalong will get it back, gives it to his big man.
00:45 Sangalang will misfire though.
00:47 Here's CJ in the open court.
00:50 CJ this is where he excels.
00:51 You've got to stop that ball.
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01:01 Teams do not help coming from the strong side corner but Magnolia, Barocco opting to help
01:07 against that drive by Trace Ross.
01:12 They go back outside.
01:14 Two man game.
01:15 Barocco will get away.
01:21 That's not a good play there coming from a veteran player in De La Rosa.
01:32 Marsho first attempt.
01:34 Short that time.
01:36 Two more lead here by Magnolia.
01:39 No look pass.
01:40 That's excellent.
01:41 I love that.
01:42 I love that.
01:43 That Ian Sangalang just out running Jun Malfajardo in that play.
01:50 You talked about the effort.
01:51 That has to be a given here for Magnolia.
01:56 Marsho finds Jun Mal.
01:57 Jun Mal try to look inside.
01:58 CJ Perez converts.
01:59 That's going to give Coach Chito Bacavito-Leno some confidence not to help too much on Jun
02:10 Mal.
02:11 Steals 4-0.
02:12 11.1% from Vrees in game number one and game number two.
02:19 So for the sake of Magnolia fans, they're hoping to see a different kind of ball here.
02:25 They need to.
02:26 To be able to have any chance of winning this ball game, ball has got to be a factor.
02:33 Go try to take it strong inside.
02:34 Closer to the championship tonight.
02:35 Back to you guys.
02:36 So both are doing the ball game now for the first time.
02:43 Almost at the same time that Calvin Aguevo was fielded in.
02:47 The reason why Lapu doesn't start is because big news because Jericho has been playing
02:54 terrific here in the playoffs.
02:56 Yes he has been.
02:57 He has been the de facto backup point guard here.
03:02 The pace of the game is faster for them as well.
03:06 Right now they are enjoying a seven point advantage.
03:10 But in the open court, Marsho's going to get an easy two.
03:14 Shot clock.
03:15 Still at six.
03:16 Down to three.
03:17 Both right short.
03:18 Great defensive sequence there.
03:19 Coming from Magnolia.
03:20 And Paul Lee.
03:21 In the ball game now.
03:22 Paul Lee for three.
03:23 No.
03:24 And Jericho coming out of nowhere.
03:25 And that's instant impact off the bench.
03:26 That is Jericho.
03:27 You can't get it to Junmar.
03:28 Throwing the ball.
03:29 Couple of moves.
03:48 Fall away works.
03:49 no just sticking to his own defense.
04:00 Poor pass.
04:03 And Geale will finish.
04:05 Dang.
04:06 Through the corner.
04:12 Back to the action here.
04:14 The Beast gets away inside.
04:17 He's now a 13 point lead.
04:21 That's what you need from Calvin.
04:24 Do the unpredictable.
04:25 Do something like dribble length of the floor but both wide.
04:30 That was halfway in for almost another steal.
04:36 Dang with the jumper.
04:37 Big four points.
04:38 They needed that.
04:39 Because there's no Jericho Cruz.
04:40 You need somebody to provide some points off the bench outside of Coliano.
04:41 And Geronte with four spade baskets.
04:48 This is now a 7 to nothing run coming from Magnolia.
04:53 And you said this is not what Magnolia can afford.
04:57 Bucket pass inside.
04:59 Sanggalang scores.
05:01 Halalon has been a masterful orchestrator here for Magnolia on both ends of the floor.
05:09 Look how far he is from Crisnos.
05:14 Dang to the wing.
05:15 Troliano for three.
05:16 Bang.
05:17 Those are the defensive lapses that you cannot afford to make if you're Magnolia.
05:25 They set up Junishio.
05:28 He's capable of that.
05:29 Oh yes.
05:30 If you're Alice Junishio, you have to be able to stop Geronte one on one.
05:42 Dang's jumper is going to drop.
05:45 He's got six points already.
05:47 That's really the game plan.
05:51 To go under against Geronte.
05:54 Nice play.
05:56 Again he finds the open Sanggalang.
06:03 Troliano another three.
06:07 Not that time.
06:08 Junmar, easy put back.
06:10 No.
06:11 But Dang's there.
06:12 And he'll miss from point blank range.
06:15 Chance once again here for Magnolia to increase their lead.
06:19 Halalon puts it up and scores once again.
06:22 Yes.
06:28 And now they're back in the series.
06:30 At least in the first two games.
06:31 In the first two quarters rather.
06:33 And let's see if they can sustain this up to the end of the game.
06:37 Excellent stuff, Coach RG.
06:38 We're going to hear from you a little bit later on.
06:41 Vasilis was just too far away from both right in that last play.
06:47 CJ Perez will miss fire.
06:51 The veteran is in.
06:54 Mark stops, pops, hits.
06:57 Look how far Junmar is.
06:58 A little in and out dribble there from Baroca.
07:01 And we all know how good a floater game Mark Baroca has had in his entire career.
07:12 Shot clock is at three.
07:14 Perez hits a three.
07:18 Sorry, miss for De La Rosa.
07:22 Marcio finds Benny.
07:24 Benny inside.
07:25 That'll drop.
07:29 Once again, welcome back to Rivalry Reborn.
07:33 And here is another two points inside the pin.
07:42 They kick it out.
07:43 De La Rosa.
07:44 Bang.
07:46 And here's the action.
07:49 Go to the post with both right.
07:51 When it's Tyler Bay defending him.
07:53 But great job there by Tyler Bay.
07:56 But we have not seen something like that with Junmar in a long while here.
08:01 CJ will launch.
08:02 Missed fire from three.
08:04 And here's Gio once again.
08:06 Forcing the action.
08:08 And he steals another two points.
08:11 They push it forward.
08:13 CJ.
08:15 Over to Ross.
08:16 Ross converts.
08:18 First two points of the game here for Chris Ross.
08:21 They've been daring him to shoot all game long.
08:24 That time he did a good job in cutting.
08:27 Well, he says, let me take it from point blank range.
08:29 I can't miss from here.
08:33 De La Rosa's going to score over Ross.
08:36 But when they have a chance, they're still scoring in transition.
08:42 Baroque has to give it up.
08:46 It's with Jerome and he converts.
08:50 Manolo's going to win that one.
08:53 And they're going to get another possession.
08:57 Lee finds Bay.
08:59 And Bay with a slam.
09:03 Falling for motion here.
09:05 They go to both right.
09:07 And he scores.
09:11 That's the jamming gun to that play.
09:14 Inside to both right.
09:16 And now let's see if both right can gain confidence from that.
09:18 Because he's stronger than Tyler Bay.
09:22 Smart move there from the Beast.
09:26 And I like the way Magnolia selectively gone to the low post here.
09:34 Now the Beast tries to attack.
09:37 Will lose it.
09:46 Here comes Tyler Bay.
09:48 Trying to answer right back.
09:50 And does.
09:53 And Bay only has one personal foul so far.
09:58 Finally getting away there is Paul Lee.
10:03 And look at both right.
10:07 Look that tired in his entire stint here in the PBA.
10:10 Wow.
10:12 What a steal by CJ.
10:16 Well, any good defender with a lot of pride would not want to give up an easy layup.
10:22 And that's why Gio.
10:25 The Pyramid have actually lost a lot of possible points because of missed free throws.
10:29 Yes.
10:33 Barocca.
10:34 Kisses it off the glass.
10:35 That's money.
10:42 Once again.
10:44 Kissing it off that glass.
10:48 You know, Mark is usually not this aggressive on the offense.
10:51 That's why I really truly believe that this is part of the game plan that they want Barocca to score a lot of points here.
10:58 Against the bigger defense of San Miguel.
11:03 Joneisha for three.
11:04 Bang.
11:06 Orchestrating his team's offense.
11:10 Gets away.
11:12 Gets denied once again by the defense of Tyler Bay.
11:18 Joneisha puts up another three and hits.
11:22 And he's got his shoulders slumped here.
11:27 Let's see if they can pick it up here.
11:29 Final seven minutes.
11:30 Paul Lee says it doesn't matter.
11:34 Three huge three-point shots in the fourth period.
11:39 And Coach Sheen is just pushing the right buttons.
11:42 He puts in Paul Lee.
11:43 He scores, makes a three.
11:44 Puts in Alex Joneisha.
11:45 Makes a couple of threes.
11:47 Barocca comes in.
11:48 Hits a basket.
11:53 But Boatright looks spent.
11:57 Tyler Bay is going to lose it.
11:58 And it falls right in the hands of Ian Sangalam.
12:03 There's Paul Lee.
12:05 Given space.
12:06 And this is just excellent adjustment because Benny Boatright for the very first time seems vulnerable.
12:12 He's struggling from the field.
12:13 He only has 16 points across his name.
12:16 Despite the defense of -- of course the defense of Bay, you see that it is just an incredible tenacity.
12:26 And also forced turnovers, six turnovers also because of the defense of the import of Magdolia.
12:32 And the other thing is the way they're defending the three-point area.
12:35 Only five three-pointers so far for San Miguel.
12:38 Tyler Bay averages at least 30s as far as scoring is concerned.
12:42 But very few imports will buy in the game plan that asks him to practically become a defensive player in today's game.
12:52 But that's how you should win.
12:55 How they can win.
12:56 Because he is the only matchup here for Benny Boatright.
12:59 And Tyler Bay has embraced that role in today's game.
13:02 And he has played the Boatright pretty much the entire game here on the defensive end.
13:08 La Rosa's going to score once again.
13:12 Still a 12-point lead here.
13:14 Enjoyed by Magdolia.
13:17 Trolliano for three.
13:18 A little bit too strong.
13:20 That was a good look.
13:22 Certainly something that Trolliano can hit with consistency.
13:27 And here comes Tyler Bay in the open court, says, time to score.
13:31 And that rest that he had in the beginning of the fourth quarter is doing wonders for him.
13:38 Boatright once again.
13:43 That's the kind of defense that Magdolia has done today.
13:51 Pauly kisses it off the glass.
13:55 That was against the defense of Chris Ross.
14:00 Now the lead is back to 11.
14:02 And time's running out on the Behrmann.
14:05 You're right about that.
14:08 And they need something quicker here.
14:09 Chris Ross, they gave this shot to him all game long and all game long.
14:13 Chris has not made a three.
14:16 Dilma Fajardo with an offensive rebound and put back.
14:20 Mathematically still possible.
14:22 But expect the hotshots to really milk this clock.
14:25 And that's what Mark Palacos is going to do.
14:27 He's not going to make a mistake here.
14:31 In these situations, I think it's an early shot.
14:36 Barroco with a jumper.
14:40 Dang with a jumper, overshoots.
14:46 Boatright left open for this one.
14:48 Finally gets a three to drop.
14:55 And game three in the books.
14:58 - Cool.