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MANILA, Philippines – Petron Blaze showed their deadly form to score a 77-63 drubbing of Talk ‘N Text in the PLDT myDSL PBA Philippine Cup on Saturday, November 23 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
The Boosters came out as the more aggressive squad and used a 33-20 second quarter burst to deal the Tropang Texters a bad beating.
Petron, runner-up in the recent Governors’ Cup, built their biggest lead late in the second period, 52-25 as the Texters were not able to show anything in the first half.
The reigning conference champions started to recover and managed to trim the deficit down to 17, 51-68 entering the payoff period.
The Gilas Pilipinas backcourt of Jimmy Alapag and Jayson Castro then scored in a 6-0 run that pulled Talk ‘N Text to within 11, 57-68 in the fourth quarter.
But that proved to be the Texters’ last stand as reigning PBA MVP Arwind Santos came up with big baskets late in the match to spearhead the Boosters. Talk ‘N Text desperately tried to pull closer but fired too many missed shots instead.
Arwind Santos was named player of the game tallying 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks for the Boosters.
“We have to take good care of the good things we’re doing so far” said Santos.
Petron Blaze moved up to the top of the PBA standings with an unbeaten 2-0 slate along with Rain or Shine while Talk ‘N Text suffered their first defeat.
The scores:
Petron (77) – Santos 15, Lassiter 13, Lutz 12, Fajardo 10, Kramer 10, Hubalde 8, Ross 6, Deutchman 3, Duncil 0.
Talk N’ Text (63) – Castro 15, Baclao 10, Alapag 9, Fonacier 8, Anthony 7, Poligrates 4, Williams 3, Aban 2, Ferriols 2, Carey 2, Peek 1, Reyes 0.
Quarters: 22-12, 55-32, 68-51, 77-63
– with reports from Levi Verora/Rappler.com
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