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BARAKO BULL OT WINNER AT LAST ON ALABI HEROICS
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From the 2013 PBA Governors’ Cup, the Barako Bull Energy had figured in five overtime plays and won none.
The Energy finally ended their losing streak in extra-period battles, banking on the heroics of import Sol Alabi in grinding out a 93-91 win over the Alaska Aces Tuesday night in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the Cuneta Astrodome.
Alabi scored on a follow-up off his own miss with 2.5 ticks left to cap a 23-point and 19-rebound job and lift Barako Bull past Alaska in a gut-wrenching, nerve-wracking duel.
Dave Marcelo made a career-high 18 points while Sol Mercado, JC Intal and Carlo Lastimosa added at least 12 markers each as the Energy pulled off a first win in their last six games that went into overtime.
“I reminded the guys of our past experiences (in OTs). We lost five before and I’m glad we finally arrested it,” said Barako Bull coach Koy Banal.
“The guys showed a sense of urgency. We talked about it after losing back-to-back. I’m glad they delivered down the stretch and in our last defensive stop,” Banal also said.
The Aces actually had a last-gasp attempt to win the game, but Dondon Hontiveros missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer, allowing Barako to jump to joint third place with Rain or Shine at 4-2.
Bungling to salvage the game in regulation play and in the extra period, the Aces, meanwhile, dropped to joint seventh place with the Kia Carnival and the NLEX Road Warriors at 2-4.
Alaska went to import Damion James in trying to win the game in regulations, but the Nacogdoches, Texas native muffed a jumper off Marcelo in the dying seconds.
The two teams engaged in a dogfight through overtime, with Barako getting the winning basket as Alabi worked on it off James in the last six seconds of play.
Alabi had earlier put up a shot off James that missed, but the Energy retained possession as the loose ball hit Vic Manuel before going out of bounds.
After Alabi made it 93-91 on the ensuing play, Barako drew a technical foul for a delay-of-game violation drawn by RR Garcia.
Alas, Alaska failed to capitalize on that with James missing the foul shot.
Then came Hontiveros’ missed three-point shot, enabling Barako Bull to be back on track after losing its last two games to Talk n Text and GlobalPort. (SB)
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