{"id":90394,"date":"2017-02-19T23:55:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T04:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=90394"},"modified":"2017-02-19T23:55:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T04:55:34","slug":"ginebra-pummels-star-to-force-game-7-in-clasico-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/19\/ginebra-pummels-star-to-force-game-7-in-clasico-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginebra pummels Star to force Game 7 in Clasico semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90395\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16807296_1656785427671219_6284278530590809345_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90395\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16807296_1656785427671219_6284278530590809345_n.jpg\" alt=\"Ginebra forced a Game 7 in its PBA Philippine Cup semifinal showdown against Star with a 91-65 blowout in front of 18,062 people at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday night. (Photo: PBA\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ginebra forced a Game 7 in its PBA Philippine Cup semifinal showdown against Star with a 91-65 blowout in front of 18,062 people at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday night. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\">PBA\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013Ginebra forced a Game 7 in its PBA Philippine Cup semifinal showdown against Star with a 91-65 blowout in front of 18,062 people at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Barangay bucked a slow start and pulled away late to send their showdown against the Hotshots to a rubber match on Tuesday night at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.<\/p>\n<p>Star went on a tear early on, opening a 20-9 lead with 4:18 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>But it was all Ginebra the rest of the period, ending the first 12 minutes with 14 unanswered points to take a 25-22 lead. The team even started the second with five straight markers to stretch the lead to eight, 30-22.<\/p>\n<p>The Hotshots sizzled later in the second, going on a 13-0 run to regain the lead, 37-33, before settling for a 39-38 advantage at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>The game remained tight for most of the third quarter before the Barangay unleashed an 8-0 run to take the lead for good, 60-52.<\/p>\n<p>They eventually shut down the Hotshots in the fourth, outscoring them, 29-13, in the period, capping it off with a 20-5 run.<\/p>\n<p>Sol Mercado led Ginebra&#8217;s final hurrah, scoring 12 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, while LA Tenorio provided the early spark, scoring 15 of his 19 points in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Devance came up with a third quarter barrage, making all of his 14 points in the period.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Pingris led Star with 14 markers, 10 rebounds, three assists, three blocks, and one steal.<\/p>\n<p>The Barangay&#8217;s victory assured that both best-of-seven semifinal series will go the full length.<\/p>\n<p>TNT and San Miguel will battle it out for the first seat to the finals on Monday night at 7 p.m. also at the MOA Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Box Scores:<\/p>\n<p>Ginebra 91-Mercado 21, Tenorio 19, Devance 14, Aguilar 11, Cruz 11, Ferrer 6, Taha 3, Jamito 2, Thompson 2, Helterbrand 1, Ellis 1, Caguioa 0, Mariano 0, Marcelo 0<\/p>\n<p>Star 67-Pingris 14, Barroca 13, Maliksi 9, Lee 8, Ramos 6, Melton 4, Jalalon 4, Reavis 4, Sangalang 3, Brondial 2, Abundo 0, Dela Rosa 0, Simon 0<\/p>\n<p>Quarterscores: 25-22, 38-39, 62-54, 91-67<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013Ginebra forced a Game 7 in its PBA Philippine Cup semifinal showdown against Star with a 91-65 blowout in &hellip;<\/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":[15493,2433,1045,13616],"class_list":["post-90394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","tag-barangay-ginebra-san-miguel","tag-basketball","tag-pba","tag-star-hotshots","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90394","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=90394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}