PBA: San Miguel conquers Magnolia anew in Game 2

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00:00 Number 42 James Lapwood, head guard from Zamboanga, number 14, Morte Barocca, Benny Baldryte,

00:11 also at forward from Ilo'o Sur, number 13, Marcio Lassiter.

00:17 Joining us here on PBA Rush, players are ready, fans are ready, and this debuff is brought to you by Honda,

00:23 the official motorcycle of the PBA.

00:26 Coach Norman, what do you want to see from a team that lost game one?

00:31 Well, good transition defense because Semigal had too many transition points in game number one,

00:37 as Jumar Fajardo starts this game off.

00:41 Oli, good pass, Lapwood down low, was fouled, and he draws a foul as well.

00:48 Improved a lot this year, particularly around the basket, he's been able to finish at ease.

00:56 Lassiter hits the floor, oh look at that finish, my goodness the degree of difficulty that layup

01:02 coming from CJ Perez against the defense of Tyler Bay, Coach Norman.

01:08 Well, look at this move one more time, the English kissing it off the backboard,

01:14 they're really putting Tyler Bay, Coach Norman, on CJ Perez, is that the respect

01:19 and the finishing ability of CJ Perez?

01:23 In game number one, CJ from the corner, he is hot, hot, hot, the start this man.

01:30 It's been such a long time, but yet he's still very consistent, very productive,

01:35 as Paulie gets the steal.

01:37 Take away there for Paulie, and he finishes with the layup, Daima requested.

01:42 Against Jumar Fajardo.

01:45 Second steal of the matchup.

01:47 Good block by Jumar.

01:49 Jumar got to it, has the score still 10-9, one point lead for the Hot Shots.

01:57 Three point shot open, and it's down for Benny Boatwright.

02:02 Yeah, you cannot leave Boatwright open because he's already shown throughout the conference

02:08 that he can really shoot the ball.

02:09 And he will not shoot that poorly again, perhaps ever in this series.

02:14 Baronga though, really helping out on offense, tying the ball game at the 12 apiece.

02:18 And doing what he did in game one, getting off to a good start in this game.

02:22 Here we go, Benny Boatwright, Benny Buckets, heating up.

02:26 Calvin, banging, Abuev on the attack, the pass down low,

02:32 Sangalar, twist, strong side against the basket.

02:34 15-14 is the count, Benny lets it fly.

02:41 Now has three triples, only had two in the entire game one.

02:47 As Marcio adds another one.

02:50 The point laureate, Ronnie Magsano, fifth overall three-point shots made in EBA history.

03:00 This is the dreaded attack of SMB, as Boatwright secures the offensive rebound.

03:06 And the put-up is penalty.

03:08 Calvin Abueva, got blocked by CJ.

03:10 Just could not make it, Boatwright, could not make the three-point shot yet.

03:16 Marcio will, he launches and converts.

03:19 It's not getting the matchups they want on defense,

03:23 just someone in front of someone and that'll have to do.

03:25 As Boatwright scores inside, he adds to his tally, now with 13.

03:30 As he's happily going for Zirk here in the first quarter.

03:36 Tyler Bay leaves this one short once again, the referee is not bailing him out.

03:42 Cruz will also launch from down, down, it's good as well.

03:47 Here in the first quarter, it was close, but then San Miguel just caught fire,

03:54 courtesy of their in-court Benny Boatwright.

03:56 Good play there, drawn up off of Aimal by coach Chito Vigilero, just to stop the bleeding.

04:02 Yeah, great execution that time, a good cross screen from Bay

04:05 to get the ball right underneath the basket.

04:07 San Antonio will find themselves in deep waters early.

04:12 Toon Mar wants to join, misses this one.

04:14 As Boatwright serves it to Marcio, Perrin for three.

04:18 No good, and Bay gets the board for Magnolia.

04:22 Halalon, quick attack is good.

04:26 Great move there by Halalon.

04:29 So about seven second difference between game clock and shot clock,

04:33 Moldy with a pass, Sanggalan scoops and bowls.

04:36 A big reason for it was how relatively healthy has been all throughout his career,

04:41 seeing that 95% of it, he was able to play those games.

04:45 He expressed that that alone is a testament to the hard work and dedication he puts on

04:48 and off the court, and in the long run has blessed him with this big achievement.

04:52 Carlin, coach, back to you guys.

04:53 Thank you for the chance to run here for SMB.

04:56 Troiano spins, Don secures the layup.

05:02 That's what I'm talking about.

05:04 Troiano has it in the corner.

05:07 Don posting up against Jonesho.

05:09 Troiano putting the moves on Jonesho.

05:12 It's going back to back.

05:13 Three point shot is something that you might be able to live with as we take another look

05:17 at this best move of the game brought to you by Honda, the official motorcycle of the PBA.

05:22 Boatwright, open, three point shot is a miss, but he gets his own miss.

05:27 He takes another one, and he makes it.

05:29 That's just another level of confidence, coach Don.

05:32 There's no conscience.

05:36 I know I can make this shot.

05:38 De La Rosa gets to the basket for two.

05:41 That pass too tough, stolen by Sangalang, Jalalo pushing.

05:45 Oh, that is a turnover, and CJ Perez will fly.

05:52 Absolutely deadly, a bit tentative on offense.

05:56 Good hands there by Chris Ross.

05:57 That was the cause of that.

05:59 And unfortunately for Magnolia, it was CJ Perez who grabbed that basket.

06:04 The offense is looking a little tentative right now for Magnolia.

06:08 They find the mismatch, Sangalang against CJ.

06:10 Sangalang, it's worse.

06:12 It's so hard for Magnolia's offense because Boatwright's driving the guy with the ball,

06:18 but Jumar is actually standing in the middle of the lane.

06:21 So even if you beat your guy, Jumar's still waiting for you.

06:24 Yet Sangalang will not be able to stop any boat right there.

06:30 He slams it home.

06:32 Back to a 15 point lead, 21 first half points for Benny.

06:35 Jalalo asking everyone to clear down.

06:43 High ball screen, Gio in between game, one hander's money.

06:46 Amazing cut there coming from Jumar.

06:54 Drops a double team.

06:56 Good steal.

06:58 From De La Rosa with a takeaway and he will miss this one.

07:02 No one running back though, aside from Marcio Lassiter as Baroca secures the putback.

07:08 Good job by Chris Ross not giving up on the play.

07:12 The playing defense throughout the entire play.

07:14 They're looking for Jumar at the post once again.

07:19 Jumar, the double team, another turnover.

07:22 Jalalo pushing.

07:23 Gio, one hander is good.

07:28 Some life on the side.

07:29 That might be the adjustment coming from coach Chito Victolero.

07:33 CJ Perez finding the gaps in the defense and scoring on the layup.

07:38 In front of Bay that time.

07:39 As you can see that closeout by Bay allows CJ to get all the way to the basket.

07:44 Locating S&B shooters and of course doing better in the rebounding as well.

07:47 Now for San Miguel, knowing the capabilities of Magnolia to come back from a big deficit,

07:51 there were things that they wanted to look out for.

07:53 According to coach Peter Martin, one, it's Magnolia's trademark pressure defense.

07:57 Although they expected it, sometimes in his own words, could get quite scary for us.

08:02 And second, Magnolia's doing great being able to contain Jumar.

08:05 Jumar's production in the second half, so it's going to be all about finding the

08:08 best available shots for him in this second half.

08:11 Back to you guys.

08:12 - It's so difficult again.

08:13 CJ Perez, an expert in playing the passing lanes.

08:18 And when you have a threat as big as Benny Boatwright running.

08:21 - Off of the time out of Magnolia.

08:23 A lot of things to think about here.

08:25 You can see there's a problem down low with Jumar.

08:28 - Benny Boatwright will bring this basketball down.

08:32 - Oh, nobody got it.

08:32 - Setting up Jumar for Hardo.

08:33 They forgot about him.

08:35 San Miguel here is attempting to break this game wide open.

08:39 - That sounds like a broken record already about the transition defense of Magnolia.

08:44 - As Jumar will settle for that soft touch from the outside.

08:50 - That's a backbreaker there.

08:53 - Three, Benny, no good.

08:55 Tyler Bay grabs the board.

08:57 Oh, it's stolen, ripped away by CJ Perez.

09:01 Coming into this matchup, look at this.

09:06 CJ just clean.

09:08 - Took it from him.

09:09 - Clean on the swipe.

09:11 - Like I said, San Miguel can't play defense when they put their minds to it.

09:17 And Lassiter hits again.

09:19 - So a 28-point lead.

09:25 - 72-44, SMB just breaking this ballgame wide open.

09:32 Abueva with a pass.

09:34 As Russell Escoto gets his end in the series.

09:37 - Right now, if you're Magnolia, you have to have that, "I'm not going to quit at it."

09:46 - Yep.

09:47 - Bay has it, being defended by Tautua.

09:49 Bay will try from the outside, no good.

09:52 Abueva creates space, gets contact, and gets the basket.

09:56 - Rebound is a way to start it.

09:58 You see the physicalness against Ting there by Calvin Abueva.

10:03 Looks like he's frustrated with himself.

10:07 - And that is painful.

10:10 - Abueva and Jericho Cruz.

10:13 - I believe Jericho's going to get a technical call on him.

10:16 - For taunting.

10:17 - Hand off to Paul Lee.

10:19 Back to Escoto.

10:20 Extra pass, Tyler Bay from the outside.

10:23 - Yes!

10:23 - Finally hits one.

10:24 It has to start quickly here in the fourth quarter.

10:28 Bay, no-gain score boost.

10:30 Good pick from Jackson, and he scores.

10:32 - Well, the one thing you know about Corpus, he's not going to back down to anybody.

10:36 He's going to be out here fighting.

10:39 - Last game, it was Joseph Arriobu who was able to help out.

10:46 In the endgame, at least give them a shot.

10:48 And Jackson Corpus do the same here in game two.

10:51 Botoltua with a good position inside, and that's just way too deep.

10:57 83-60.

11:01 Benny with some daylight, and he immediately drains a triple.

11:13 - Yeah, Boatwright has just dominated this game.

11:15 His focus has been there right from the beginning.

11:20 - 30 points in the ballgame for Benny Boatwright.

11:25 His counterpart, Tyler Bay, struggling with that possession.

11:30 Jackson Corpus converts.

11:31 - Oh, he's trying to show Coach Chito that he might deserve some more minutes.

11:42 - And with the main gunners not really bringing it here in game two, Coach Chito must look

11:48 somewhere.

11:48 - There's a steal by Corpus.

11:50 - De La Rosa pushing Rome.

11:53 Undefended, he scores on the layup.

11:55 And Tyler Bay grabs the board.

11:58 Some momentum here, some spring on the step of the hot shots as Bay converts on the alley-oop.

12:03 As they somehow chip away at that big SMB lead.

12:07 - And give Corpus a little bit of credit for coming in and giving his team some energy.

12:12 Good fast break pass there by--

12:14 - It's a five for Coach Chito Victolero.

12:16 Tyler Bay on the move.

12:19 He gets another basket.

12:20 So it will now be Russell Escoto with the unenviable task of defending Junmar Vardo.

12:28 Immediately, they combine for an end-one opportunity.

12:31 A handoff to CJ Bennett.

12:33 - Pass that ball to Junmar, expecting he's probably going to go one-on-one.

12:37 It's just a quick cut from CJ.

12:39 Gets easy two points.

12:42 - But here's a fun fact.

12:43 This is actually the first time in his professional career that Benny has a chance of a championship.

12:47 And looking back at his growth, he expressed that he was just an eight-year-old playing

12:52 in his backyard with Drew Holiday and his brothers, which he believes helped him so

12:55 much in terms of raising all the physicality here in the PBA.

12:58 And thinking about it now, all the more that he's motivated to get this win.

13:02 Your thoughts on--

13:03 - Your thoughts on--

13:04 - That's De La from Escoto, who stands about 6'6".

13:07 - There, as we get the midway mark of your fourth quarter.

13:11 Escoto will try, and he will drain it from deep.

13:15 So the three-point shots have come from Russell Escoto.

13:20 Ten points to El Boards for the cracking.

13:22 As Escoto makes it back to back.

13:26 - Yes!

13:26 - Junmar passes off, and he locates Jericho Bruce for an easy basket.

13:36 - You get so thin here in the PBA.

13:39 I really--

13:44 I don't remember the time where an import went undefeated.

13:48 - And we are at 7 p.m.

13:50 As a smart--

13:50 I don't know how to see if you can buy your tickets now at ticketnet.com.ph.

13:56 - Like I said at the beginning of the game and in the first half.

14:01 - But the fact--

14:03 - It's not over yet.

14:04 - Yeah.

14:05 It's a seven-game series.

14:06 It's not a--

14:07 - Oh, boy.

14:07 Junmar Fajardo hits a three-point shot at the buzzer.

14:12 Fajardo, will he take another three?

14:15 He will.

14:17 He launches, and he concurs.

14:19 - No way.

14:20 - [laughs]

14:23 - Been that kind of day for Junmar Fajardo hitting back-to-back threes.

14:27 - Maybe Junmar should start taking more threes.

14:30 - Hey, that won't be a bad idea, playing for Gila's Filipinas for Feb 21.

14:35 - By the upcoming window.

14:36 - Come on, give him the ball again.

14:38 He is going to hear it from his teammates, Coach Norman, rather loudly as we take a look.

14:45 - Final series, two wins away from winning the Commissioner's Cup crown.

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