Magnolia Chicken Timplados leaned on the endgame heroics of veteran guard Mark Barroca to fend off Terrafirma's last-ditch rally and win at 108-100 in the PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup on Friday, May 3, at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.
Magnolia Chicken Timplados leaned on the endgame heroics of veteran guard Mark Barroca to fend off Terrafirma's last-ditch rally and win at 108-100 in the PBA Season 48 Philippine Cup on Friday, May 3, at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.The win assured Magnolia of a spot in the quarterfinal round.
Magnolia, thus, bounced back from a 74-51 Sunday beating from Meralco and captured its sixth win in 10 starts to advance in the playoffs.The wards of coach Chito Victolero also snapped a two-game losing skid.The Hotshots will close their elimination round assignment against the TNT Tropang Giga on Sunday.Terrafirma, meanwhile, closed its elimination round assignment at 5-6. Its fate for a spot in the playoffs will depend on the outcome of the games this weekend.
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