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PBA to send home erring referee in NorthPort loss

Delfin Dioquino

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PBA to send home erring referee in NorthPort loss

Rey Nambatac. Photo from PBA Images

PBA commissioner Willie Marcial says referee Sherwin Pineda should not have called the foul that decided the NorthPort-Rain or Shine game

A grave punishment for a crucial mistake.

The PBA will send home the referee who whistled a disputed foul late that paved the way for Rain or Shine to hack out a 70-68 win over NorthPort in the PBA Philippine Cup on Sunday, October 18.

NorthPort tied the score at 68-68, but Rain or Shine emerged victorious as Rey Nambatac sank the game-winning free throws with 1.2 ticks left following a Paolo Taha foul called by referee Sherwin Pineda.

PBA commissioner Willie Marcial confirmed he ordered Pineda out of the league bubble in Clark, Pampanga.

“That should have been a no call,” Marcial told Rappler in Filipino through a text message.

NorthPort had one final chance to steal the win, only to witness rookie Sean Manganti get his three-point attempt blocked by Rain or Shine sophomore Javee Mocon at the buzzer.

As Rain or Shine escaped with its third win in as many games, NorthPort failed to crack the win column and fell to 0-3. – Rappler.com

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Delfin Dioquino

Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.