Ginebra’s guard Sunday Salvacion lit up the scoreboard in the fourth quarter to help his team beat Coca-Cola, 84-77, in Thursday’s game in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup at the Olivarez College Sports Center. Salvacion’s outside sniping, four straight...
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Ginebra’s guard Sunday Salvacion lit up the scoreboard in the fourth quarter to help his team beat Coca-Cola, 84-77, in Thursday’s game in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup at the Olivarez College Sports Center. Salvacion’s outside sniping, four straight for 12 points, in the final canto helped keep the Tigers at bay and secure the Kings’ third straight win. Coke rallied from 21 points down in the first half and threatened at 56-55, on a Ronjay Enrile three-pointer with 10:35 left in the game clock. Salvacion saved Ginebra from Coke’s scorching comeback firing two straight threes to make it 62-57 to keep Kings out of harms way, 9:42 in the clock. Salvacion stopped Coca-Cola’s momentum in two more occasions, scoring a trey from a Ronald Tubid crosscourt pass, 67-62, 6:27 to go, then another one six seconds before the two-minute zone, 79-70. “I think both teams shot poorly in the first half,” Ginebra coach Jong Uichico said. “Coke then made their shots in the second. But we sustained our... See less
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