{"id":193718,"date":"2018-12-12T22:33:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T03:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=193718"},"modified":"2018-12-12T22:33:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T03:33:14","slug":"alaska-evens-out-pba-governors-cup-finals-with-magnolia-controversy-over-barrocas-banchero-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/12\/alaska-evens-out-pba-governors-cup-finals-with-magnolia-controversy-over-barrocas-banchero-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska evens out PBA Governors Cup Finals with Magnolia; controversy over Barroca\u2019s Banchero punch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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However, it was Mark Barroca and Chris Banchero who made the headlines after the game, after replays of the final few minutes show hotshot Barroca throw a punch to opponent Banchero\u2019s groin area as the two were standing at by the free throw line. (Photo<\/a>: PBA<\/a>\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>Game 4 of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors Cup Finals did not end in favor of the Alaska Aces as the Magnolia Hotshots even out the standing at 2-2 by winning the highly-physical match that ended at 90-76 last Wednesday, December 12 at the Araneta Coliseum.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the Aces, Mike Harris had another phenomenal game with 34 points, 22 rebounds, and three blocks, while Magnolia Import Romeo Travis led his team with 29 points. Paul Lee and Ian Sangalang also contributed double digits at 14 and 11 points respectively, but it was not enough to gain the advantage in the best-of-seven series.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, it was Mark Barroca and Chris Banchero who made the headlines after the game, after replays of the final few minutes show hotshot Barroca throw a punch to opponent Banchero\u2019s groin area as the two were standing by the free throw line. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many were astonished that not a single call was made by the referees, Alaska head coach Alex Compton was upset, telling the media, \u201cIf we\u2019re gonna get punched multiple times and there aren\u2019t calls or suspensions, I\u2019ve got a problem,\u201d adding, \u201cThat\u2019s literally a low blow. And I\u2019m not happy about it one bit.\u201d He concluded, \u201cIf you care about the team, you take a punch and you don\u2019t throw one back. We have multiple players take punches and not throwing back and I\u2019m proud to be part of that team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Barroca, who has been playing professionally for the past seven years, defended himself saying, \u201cThe game was just heated and they won so we got to bounce back next game,\u201d but also admitted, \u201cWe were too physical and in some cases, we were going above what\u2019s allowed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The next time the two teams will face each other is on Friday, December 14 also at the Araneta Coliseum. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Game 4 of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors Cup Finals did not end in favor of the Alaska Aces …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193718","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=193718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}