Derby Ace, the reigning Philippine Cup champion who has stood out in this conference despite import woes, rose to 9-5 in the standings, moving within two games of its victim for second place after San Miguel dropped to 11-3.
The Llamados actually hammered out the win even with Cliff Brown fouling out with still 5:34 left and them trailing the Beermen, 71-76, as Yap anchored a strong finishing kick that was capped by a leaning jumper with 6.7 seconds left for the final count.
Game 3 will start at 4pm at the Araneta Coliseum this afternoon. In the main game the Talk n' Text Tropang Texters will look to take a one game series lead over the Alaska aces at 6:30pm.
Talk n' Texts' Jimmy Alapag finished with a team-high 25 points in game 2 shooting 5-of-10 from downtown after being held to just six in the Tropang Texters' 104-88 Game 1 loss. He scored 12 in the third as the Texters went on a 22-10 assault to take a 66-62 lead after trailing by as many as 12 in the first half.
The 2003 Rookie of the Year also added 10 rebounds and overall, shot 8-of-12 from the f
"In Game 1, LA (Tenorio) manhandled our guards. So I challenged Jimmy and Jason (Castro) that it should not happen again," said TNT coach Chot Reyes. - bohol chronicle
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