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00:00 But here with Magnolia, the question is, will we expect any sort of rush from a team that is arguably one of the most disciplined in the league?
00:08 Oh, no doubt. Talk about discipline.
00:10 Moving things around here for Converge. And for Converge, looking for the first win. Take a look at that spin move from Arana.
00:16 And Arana has to be one of the most technical big men.
00:21 And at center from Basut Kamarines Marte, number 15, Justin Arana.
00:29 Coaching the Vibraxers is Alte Nayo.
00:33 And it's now time to meet the starters for the Magnolia Chicken Templaros Hotshots.
00:42 Home guard from Cagayan, Teotihuacan City, number 6, Gio Halalon.
00:46 Shooting guard from Tonka, Manila, number 3, Paul Lee.
00:51 You see, Davalio, like Rizal Halalon, very good at tracking down missed attempts. And then, running the early offense.
00:57 De La Rosa gets the shooter's bounce.
01:01 But in maximum effort, here's Paul Lee.
01:06 Still attacking, going at it by himself and scoring.
01:11 Talk about top players, talk about national players.
01:14 It'll take more than that. Oh, De Los Santos getting free and Gio Halalon steals his away.
01:19 Halalon always at the right place at the right time, usually intercepts those errant passes.
01:24 And De La Rosa in the other corner.
01:27 Again, often overlooked.
01:29 Just a 3-point lead though. Halalon driving, going inside, slicing and dicing, but then not getting the cut.
01:35 That's good wind protection coming from Arana.
01:38 Swinging around to the corner, good ball movement. Stockton with the shot. That's pure.
01:43 Good decision coming from Ryan Santos.
01:46 Step back 3. That was a tough, tough look.
01:49 And the ball pops up like a cork. It falls to Alex Stockton. Stockton, Paul Lee in front of him.
01:54 He'll try another 3 and gets another!
01:56 6-point run coming from Alex Stockton, the leading scorer.
02:00 One of his many Filipino cups.
02:03 Mark Barroca can't get his first shot to fall. Here's Calvin Abueva as well.
02:07 And Ian Sangalam. Great pass there, great movement.
02:10 And can you imagine, take a look at this lineup coach of Magnolia.
02:13 These are national players in their own right.
02:15 Champions in more ways than one.
02:19 Only Gia Halalon is left of the starting unit for coach Chito Victorlero.
02:22 He stopped a 6-point run. That's the deficit to just a single point.
02:27 Alex Stockton. Oh, he cannot be stopped here today.
02:30 That's 10 points already for Stockton. 10 of the 15 points early on here in the first.
02:35 As we have just crossed the halfway mark of this initial quarter.
02:38 Well all the points have come from either Arana or Stockton.
02:41 Correct, the 5 points from Arana.
02:42 Who's going to come up next as Sangalam finishes in Go 3?
02:45 Close to 10 points per game in this comeback conference.
02:48 And Shani Winston on the floor here for the first time as well.
02:50 Convergent, another offensive weapon here.
02:52 De La Rosa. Wow.
02:54 Now to Abueva. What a feed.
02:56 Crusade baskets inside, all coming from extra passes.
02:59 What a run here. Generated by passes such as this.
03:03 Earlier, it was a pass to Halalon coming from Abueva.
03:08 Now it's Roque De La Rosa.
03:09 Normally, Shani Winston would provide it, but they need more in terms of perimeter scoring.
03:14 In terms of offensive output.
03:16 And there's Shani Winston getting his first shot to fall.
03:19 One of the top picks in the most recent PBA draft.
03:22 This Philamerican played for the Denzel Sausie and Archers in a one-and-done stint.
03:27 Shani.
03:30 And now Abueva.
03:32 Getting the floater to go.
03:34 And Calvin Abueva, you don't necessarily see him as a high-level scorer.
03:40 Or at least a high-point scorer, considering that you have Paul Lee on the floor with you, Mark Barocca as well.
03:45 Shani Winston gets two to go.
03:47 That's four points. Four straight points for Winston.
03:50 Andrade making his debut here in the PBA.
03:53 Winston. Oh.
03:55 The slip here, and here's Abueva running the other way.
03:57 Calvin. Side step.
03:59 And he robbed the inside of the left.
04:01 The feed inside.
04:04 He gives back to Mark, who's driving to his left and finishes high off the glass.
04:09 He cannot help but admire.
04:11 Missing out there. Still two-point lead for Magnolia.
04:14 And once you mark Barocca, trying to extend the lead before the end of the first quarter.
04:18 And Misi.
04:20 Great curl. Got three and scoring at the free-throw line.
04:24 Lockdown defender.
04:26 In and out again.
04:27 Algin Melesha comes away with a rebound here.
04:29 And oh, swatted away there by Dionysio.
04:31 Both ends of the floor.
04:33 And Misi steps into a three.
04:36 Trotter keeps it alive.
04:39 And he'll score over Magdenburg.
04:41 Wow.
04:42 And Abueva. Oh, the effort from Calvin Abueva.
04:45 And then the magical three.
04:47 And Isaac Walls had a good game.
04:49 I thought the Atanissa would have a great game today.
04:51 And Paul Lee sinking down three from way downtown.
04:56 Working room De La Rosa.
04:57 Trying to get free of him.
04:59 Stockton has been the best offensive player here so far for Converge.
05:02 Swinging around.
05:03 And that's the three we've been missing.
05:07 Now Laput.
05:10 Halalo on the drive, on the attack.
05:12 Finds a wide open Laput who slams that down.
05:17 Let's take a look at this again.
05:18 Defeat the Laput and Laput with a one-handed slam.
05:21 And Laput, Coach, it feels like that might have been a confidence builder here
05:26 because Arana has been getting the best of him throughout this contest so far.
05:29 And what a spin move from Arana.
05:31 The big man putting on a show.
05:34 Always guard your heart because you have to steal it.
05:37 The best for Magdolay, number six overall.
05:41 In the Commissioner's Cup, we talk about steals.
05:44 Santos.
05:46 Santos.
05:47 Back to De Los Santos.
05:49 And that time, just hitting underneath the ball.
05:52 That's just top defense.
05:54 Top of key to the rotation all the way to the rim.
05:58 Protect coming from Laput.
06:02 Halalo, the feed inside to Escoto.
06:05 And Halalo has been serving assists on the platter.
06:10 For Magdolay, taking the shot, fishing off the pass, building a 12-point lead.
06:16 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
06:22 Yeah, so all of the jokes are of very bad quality.
06:25 Shifting left and right, handing it off to Calvin Ocueva.
06:28 He has a size advantage here.
06:30 Calvin using his strength inside.
06:33 Arana couldn't come away with a rebound, and it'll be a foul and one.
06:37 He had by four points at the end, the first 12 minutes.
06:41 Halalo on, Baroja joining forces in the backcourt.
06:45 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
06:48 Now given space here, Calvin Ocueva drives and scores!
06:52 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
07:01 I remember one of the very first times I saw Magdolay play with this high-pressing system that they have defensively.
07:08 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
07:14 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
07:23 Mark Baroja finding a way to score.
07:26 15 points of turnovers here is exactly what they wanted.
07:29 Let's see how Converge reply though.
07:31 They had a good first quarter of the offensive production of Arana and Stockton.
07:36 And here they have Caralipio scoring the first points here.
07:40 The first 24 minutes out of 12 attempts were just 25%.
07:43 Good way to start the third with a free ball for the Fiverr Excers.
07:47 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
07:50 It was very throwback coach, the new big men.
07:52 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
07:56 And there is Jackson Corpus getting the better of Caralipio's defense there.
08:01 Stockton, pounded by Rondelerosa, behind the back pass to Santos.
08:05 No good, and then Los Santos comes away with a rebound and finishes off the glass.
08:10 Good effort.
08:11 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
08:37 Thank you so much Ayanna for that report as Brian Santos gets a three-pointer to go.
08:41 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
08:49 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
08:57 And Rondelerosa, Alex Stockton showing off his handles here.
09:03 Finding the man inside, Caralipio.
09:06 He has five points here.
09:07 Caralipio has been a good bonus in terms of scoring by his conversion to third quarter.
09:11 Big bonus, because earlier, almost exclusively Arana, and then Stockton, and then Santos came along.
09:18 But, they're getting closer.
09:20 Johnny Winston back in the ball game here.
09:22 He was almost a one-man wrecking crew in terms of his offense in the second quarter.
09:27 And just a misconnection there.
09:29 Here's Mark Barroca sprinting as if he were fresh out of college.
09:33 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
09:38 I was able to watch, I think, Gio Halalon scoring there.
09:43 Yeah, I was able to watch and I remember that in particular, Coach.
09:46 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
09:49 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
09:53 Just wheeling his way once again in the restricted zone and finding a way to score, getting to his spot.
09:57 And increasing their advantage once again to 16 at 69-53.
10:01 Stockton, finding the open man in the corner and that is good.
10:06 Caralipio has been lighting it up.
10:09 Looking at his options, right in front of him.
10:12 Finding Johnny Winston in the corner.
10:15 Winston, buries three.
10:17 Marroca tried to help.
10:20 Johnny Winston makes him play.
10:22 Eight for Winston off the bench.
10:24 That's the gravity of Coach Arana.
10:26 Able to attract those three defenders.
10:29 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
10:32 And Abueva again underneath.
10:35 You have to complete the defensive stop pathway and that run ring to be able to land a spot here for Magnolia.
10:41 Brian Santos on the other side.
10:44 Correct. And Magdenburg as well.
10:46 That's true, Coach.
10:47 Oh, swatted away by Calvin.
10:49 [Commentator speaking in Tagalog]
10:51 Those are national players.
10:53 Yes, they are, Coach.
10:54 Champion players, highly decorated players.
10:56 And Ian Sanggalang with one of his easiest looks that he's gotten today.
11:01 Shooters for this converged.
11:03 Because you can think of it, you're always being chased.
11:06 Correct.
11:07 Here's Ian Sanggalang.
11:09 He scored twice already on Magdenburg and make it three times in his last possessions.
11:14 Thank you very much, Ayanna, for that report.
11:16 Catch 22 questions, really.
11:18 Yes, because that's a very honest question there from Coach Alden Ayo.
11:23 And he's again.
11:26 Balanza.
11:27 Sanggalang goes back to the bench, by the way, to a round of applause from his teammates.
11:31 Arana inside working on Abu.
11:35 Easy finish there for Justin Arana.
11:37 Most of them coming from Ian Sanggalang before he was arrested a few possessions ago.
11:44 Oh, what a block there from Mark Baroca.
11:51 Abu.
11:53 Using his muscle against Arana.
11:55 Points off the bench.
11:57 The end of the quarter, 79-59.
11:59 That was the end of the third.
12:01 Right now, 9-2 here in the fourth.
12:03 To increase their advantage to a big 27-point ball.
12:07 Balanza against Baroca here.
12:10 Just a quick update, Coach.
12:12 We can now actually see Rome De La Rosa on the bench for Magnolia, who we saw a while ago.
12:17 Have a little sprain in his left ankle.
12:19 What an effort there for Balanza, finding Santos in the corner.
12:22 Straight losses dating back to the Commissioner's Cup.
12:25 They started 0-6 during the previous conference, looking for a better turnaround here as Ariobu.
12:33 And at times that can be frustrating for the rest of the team.
12:37 Nese wide open for three and splash another.
12:41 And you see the swing.
12:44 Chances to inch closer.
12:45 Now they're behind by even bigger.
12:47 Down 29, nearing the halfway mark of the final quarter.
12:50 Santos now to Arana.
12:53 Abutrata right in front of him.
12:55 Santos.
12:57 Oh, and Mark Baroca comes away with a steal.
13:00 And Baroca, outrunning the young gun and gets the reverse.
13:05 Not easy.
13:07 Abutrata.
13:12 Wow.
13:13 Barling in.
13:14 19-6 in the quarter in favor of Magnolia.
13:17 They have won every quarter.
13:19 And they have not allowed the team to score over 21 points in any quarter.
13:24 On their defense.
13:25 Defense is the name of the game.
13:26 That's their calling card.
13:28 Has been on point here, Coach.
13:29 Absolutely.
13:30 Their DNA even.
13:31 Arana.
13:35 Nice.
13:37 Working against his coach.
13:38 Oh, that's a pretty finish.
13:39 Smooth.
13:41 19-6, 7, barling downhill of the two-man game.
13:44 And Misi working against Andrade.
13:49 And now it's Baroca.
13:50 Now Escoto.
13:51 A couple of changes happening soon.
13:53 You have Stockton and Nieto coming in as Andrade.
13:57 Comes away with a steal.
13:58 Attacking Mark Baroca.
13:59 Can't finish high off glass.
14:01 Santos, no good.
14:02 Second chance is there.
14:03 Just about 10 points per game.
14:07 Escoto.
14:09 Marriobo, trying another three.
14:11 Oh, in and out.
14:12 And Abutrata is there to finish.
14:14 In that game, in that 97-8 loss to Blackwater last March 6th.
14:20 So, amongst all the players that have played, everyone has scored for Magnolia.
14:24 Except for Jed Mendoza.
14:25 Which is why, I believe, the Magnolia bench wanted Mendoza to find a way to score here.
14:30 Great drive there from Nieto.
14:32 Escoto with the fake.
14:37 And Misi, step back, jumper over.
14:39 Santos, false.
14:41 The drive inside.
14:44 And that is going to be good for De Los Santos.
14:47 As he formalizes our score here.
14:50 106-75 in favor of the Magnolia Chicantemplados.
14:55 Hot shots in their first game.
14:56 Win number one for Magnolia.
14:58 for Macaulay.