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| Left: PJ Simon continues to lead the Hotshots early this season. Right: Terrence Romeo broke out of his slump big time against TNT. |
The big story last night
in the 2014-2015 PBA Philippine Cup was Terrence Romeo’s explosion leading to a
monumental upset by the GlobalPort Batang Pier of the Talk N Text Tropang
Texters.. Meanwhile, in the first game, the Purefoods Star Hotshots tagged
their third win in six games after disposing of the Blackwater Elite.
Game Capsules (adapted
from InterAKTV):
PUREFOODS STAR HOTSHOTS over BLACKWATER
ELITE, 90-82
The Purefoods Star
Hotshots evened out their win-loss record with a 90-82 victory over gutsy
expansion club Blackwater. Peter June Simon scored 18 points, Joe Devance added
16, and reserve Allein Maliksi chipped in with 11 points off the bench as the
Grand Slam champions improved to 3-3 for the season. Marc Pingris finished with
just seven and James Yap had six, but the pair combined to score eight of the
team’s last 12 points in the game. Blackwater, now at 0-7, was led by Bryan
Faundo and Sunday Salvacion, each of whom scored 14 points. The Hotshots were
grossly outrebounded here, 39-54, but they compensated by forcing 23 Blackwater
turnovers and going to the line 26 times. Purefoods also shot much better from
the field compared to the Elite — 49%-39%.
Line of the Game: Joe Devance - 16 points, 6
assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 7/9 FGs.
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| Alex Nuyles and the Elite continue to struggle in their maiden season. |
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| Allein Maliksi was impressive as Purefoods beat Blackwater. |
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| PJ Simon goes up for the easy two points against the Elite. |
GLOBALPORT BATANG PIER over
TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS, 105-97
The GlobalPort Batang Pier
picked up their first ever win over Talk ‘N Text in franchise history after a
lights-out shooting performance in the fourth quarter that gave them a 105-97
victory. GlobalPort hit seven three-pointers in the fourth period, two each
from Terrence Romeo and No. 1 pick Stanley Pringle and three from Ronjay
Buenafe, as the Batang Pier tied the Tropang Texters at 4-3. Romeo exploded for
30 points on 5-for-9 shooting from three-point range and 9-for-10 from the free
throw line. He scored 13 of his total in the fourth period, where the Batang
Pier outscored their opponents, 35-21. Four other Batang Pier players finished
in double figures — Buenafe, Pringle and Mark Isip each scored 13 while Alex
Cabagnot had 10 points and a team-high eight assists in the win. It was the
first win for the GlobalPort franchise over Talk ‘N Text since it entered the
league in the 2012-2013 season. On the other end, Harvey Carey and Ranidel De
Ocampo tossed in 24 and 23 points respectively to lead TNT, but they got little
help from the rest of the team.
Line of the Game: Terrence Romeo - 30 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 triples.
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| Harvey Carey was one of the few bright spots for TNT last night. |
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| Stanley Pringle tries to split the tight Texters defense. |
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| Terrence Romeo bombed TNT with 5 triples as the Batang Pier beat the Texters for the first time ever. |
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