Thanks to an explosive third quarter, the Aces powered past Barangay Ginebra, 97-83, for their third straight victory in the 2017-18 PBA Philippine Cup on Sunday at the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo City.
[img]http://www.officialsanaheimducks.com/images//nhl_jerseys_new/anaheim... was a remarkable performance for the Aces, who torched the Gin Kings for 37 points in the pivotal third quarter then fended off Ginebra's fightback in the final period. With the victory, Alaska remains unbeaten in 2018 after losing their first two games of the conference.
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"We weren't playing well in the first half," admitted Alaska coach Alex Compton, who observed that his players seemed to be thinking too much during the first two quarters of the game."The second half, I thought we settled down and played like ourselves," he added.
Vic Manuel top-scored for Alaska with 18 points, 11 of which came in the third frame. Sonny Thoss added 17, and Chris Banchero scored 14 or the Aces. Calvin Abueva had nine points, nine rebounds, and five assists even as he figured in several testy moments in the second half.
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Compton fully acknowledged that Alaska got a bit of a break with the absence of Slaughter in the game. Ginebra got back Sol Mercado in the contest, but they were also playing sans the recovering Joe Devance.
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Mariano led Ginebra with 15 points and nine rebounds. Thompson, Aguilar, and Ferrer all scored 12 points, but LA Tenorio mustered only five markers as he shot a woeful 1-of-13 from the field.Alaska improved to 3-2 in the league standings, while Ginebra dropped to 2-2. [url=http://www.chinawholesalejerseyfootball.com]cheap jerseys free shipping cheap jerseys for sale wholesale nfl jerseys cheap cheap basketball jerseys mlb jerseys usa wholesale jerseys usa