{"id":186378,"date":"2018-10-22T01:51:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T05:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=186378"},"modified":"2018-10-22T01:51:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T05:51:18","slug":"alaska-downs-blackwater-zoom-back-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/22\/alaska-downs-blackwater-zoom-back-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska downs Blackwater to zoom back to top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_186379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186379\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44529250_2430386606977760_4277380268211306496_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186379\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44529250_2430386606977760_4277380268211306496_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"444\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the game where a share of the top spot in the team standings is on the line, the Aces outscored the Elite, 31-16, in the second quarter to take a 57-45 halftime lead. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\/photos\/a.841558309193939\/2430386600311094\/?type=3&amp;theater\">photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\/?__xts__[0]=68.ARCrSiAIvfaVSNBvb_06LH8WBQv5B6dhxOwB96CJi54AiMgEVk6_RYuzklxVOJ9aICB0juRvYqyD6JzS6PyfFAcItDZLPllVDw-7fp6ABz0JGOQE8YhUA38Ge9HeersUlc4aVov23JjardeJIS0sCya2Bpim4ZDMR2YmvTInTur6PzLmfL7XVvDjzy9sZOeAUcfkpCZLK-wxqWpHVYrlryvw7ZE&amp;__tn__=k*F&amp;tn-str=k*F\">PBA\/facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Alaska put up a second quarter explosion before holding off Blackwater, 116-109, in a crucial PBA Governors&#8217; Cup match at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>In the game where a share of the top spot in the team standings is on the line, the Aces outscored the Elite, 31-16, in the second quarter to take a 57-45 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwater still gave its all in the second half, eventually drawing to within three, 103-106, with 1:22 left, but Mike Harris and Vic Manuel connived for Alaska&#8217;s final blow.<\/p>\n<p>Harris finished with 38 points, 19 rebounds, five assists, three steals, and one block for Alaska, which joined Ginebra and Magnolia at 7-2, boosting its bid for a twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Banchero added 28 points on 12-of-16 shooting, four rebounds, and three assists.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Walker&#8217;s triple-double of 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists was put into waste as Blackwater fell to a tie with Phoenix for fourth place at 6-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Alaska put up a second quarter explosion before holding off Blackwater, 116-109, in a crucial PBA Governors&#8217; Cup match &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","mauthors-ivan-stewart-saldajeno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186378","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}