The Cinderella Team last conference and the Poor Man's version of Barangay Ginebra Kings did it again as they defeated Rain or Shine Elasto Painters with 122-120 come from behind victory lead by the hot hands and Ace Gunner Gary David (see from the pics below) with 32 points on 7/12 in the 3 point region and 4/4 on the final canto of the game .
Dwayne Jones proved to be a legit NBA Veteran as he lead the team in scoring and rebounding with 34 points and 21 rebounds which also set the tone on the defensive side for the tigers.
JV Casio, the reigning 1st Overall Pick from the recent Draft lead the final charge with a game tying 3-pointer to 117 and hit a clutched layup for the tigers who had lead for the first time since the last 3 quarters. He was voted as the Player of the game after scoring all of his 14 points in the second half and dishing out 13 assist.
Marcio Lassiter, the 3rd overall pick from the recent draft and currently on the trading block also helped the team with his defense as he tapped the ball out of paul lee which eventually bounced on the latter's shirt that might had caused the game for the Rain or Shine.
Prior to the start of the game, JB Baylon had resigned already to hist post at Coca-Cola as Powerade's Representative to the PBA board of Governors as Vice Chairman.
Duke Crews the import of ROS produced 23 points and 12 rebounds with an ample supports from Gabe Norwood,Jefferey Chan and Ryan Arana with 16,13 and 13 respectively.
Boxscore :
POWERADE 122 - Jones 34, David 32, Casio 14, Lassiter 13, Calimag 11, Anthony 9, Vanlandingham 6, Allera 3, Martinez 0, Lingganay 0, Kramer 0, Cruz 0, Adducul 0.
RAIN OR SHINE 120 - Crews 23, Norwood 16, Chan 13, Arana 13, Quinahan 12, Cruz 10, Belga 9, Lee 8, Buenafe 7, Ibanes 7, Matias 2.
Quarterscores: 24-33, 50-59, 83-94, 122-120.