{"id":168332,"date":"2018-06-29T06:54:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T10:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=168332"},"modified":"2018-06-29T06:54:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T10:54:20","slug":"apinan-scores-winner-as-makati-rallies-to-beat-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/29\/apinan-scores-winner-as-makati-rallies-to-beat-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"Apinan scores winner as Makati rallies to beat Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_168333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168333\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/36392057_478458065914824_1686916549455118336_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168333\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/36392057_478458065914824_1686916549455118336_n.jpg\" alt=\"Apinan drove hard to the basket for the go-ahead lay-in as the Skyscrapers came back from 16 points down to beat the Stars. (Photo: MPBL Nation\/Facebook)\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/36392057_478458065914824_1686916549455118336_n.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/36392057_478458065914824_1686916549455118336_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apinan drove hard to the basket for the go-ahead lay-in as the Skyscrapers came back from 16 points down to beat the Stars. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MPBLNation\/photos\/a.440720723021892.1073741828.437530463340918\/478458062581491\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MPBLNation\/\">MPBL Nation\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Jeckster Apinan scored the game-winning layup as Makati stole a 99-98 win from Manila in the MPBL Datu Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Apinan drove hard to the basket for the go-ahead lay-in as the Skyscrapers came back from 16 points down to beat the Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Makati slowly chipped the huge deficit away in the second half and eventually took a 97-95 advantage with 34.2 seconds to go.<\/p>\n<p>However, Chris Bitoon made a quick layup with 29.1 seconds on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Philip Cezar then made a good defensive move of putting Roger Yap against Rudy Lingganay in the next play, forcing him to take a highly-contested layup attempt that he missed with 6.1 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>However, Aris Dionisio, who struggled all game long, only made a split from the line following an Apinan foul, only putting Manila up, 98-97, but keeping the room open for Makati to steal the win.<\/p>\n<p>Apinan took the ball from the three-point line and charged through the defense to lay the ball in.<br \/>\nReil Cervantes had a chance to steal the win for the Stars, but his heave from almost half court went airball as time expired.<\/p>\n<p>Apinan went 8-of-11 from the field for 24 points with eight rebounds for the Skyscrapers.<\/p>\n<p>Cedrick Ablaza also finished with an 8-of-11 field goal clip and tallied 23 points of his own with five rebounds, four assists, one block, and one steal off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Philip Paniamogan, who kept the Skyscrapers afloat in the first half despite the Stars&#8217;s early barrage, had 21 markers on 5-of-9 field goals and 9-of-10 free throws with three rebounds and one assist.<\/p>\n<p>Bitoon finished with 24 points, one rebound, four assists, and one steal for Manila.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Jeckster Apinan scored the game-winning layup as Makati stole a 99-98 win from Manila in the MPBL Datu Cup &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":168333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[52341],"class_list":["post-168332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-jeckster-apinan","mauthors-ivan-stewart-saldajeno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}