At A Glance
- The Dyip ran roughshod over the Blackwater Bossing, 99-88, to pick up a rare third-straight win in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner's Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City on Wednesday, March 18.
The rest of Terrafirma mobbed Paolo Hernandez during the Best Player of the Game interview. The players were giggling and cheering, seemingly enjoying themselves.
And for good reasons.
The Dyip ran roughshod over the Blackwater Bossing, 99-88, to pick up a rare third-straight win in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City on Wednesday, March 18.
Terrafirma nearly squandered a huge 20-point lead in the first half but proved to have enough fuel to recover and pull away in the last two frames behind the efforts of Hernandez and Jerrick Ahanmisi.
After being limited to just five points in the first two quarters, Ahanmisi came alive in the third by firing nine of his 18 points to spark a 13-5 rally bridging the last two frames and creating a 78-66 lead for the Dyip.
Hernandez came through with an all-game brilliance of 20 points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks, while import Ali Mubashar added a double-double of 22 points and 23 rebounds.
Terrafirma is now enjoying its best start in its franchise since 2016 or when then-Mahindra had a 4-0 slate to open the 2016 Governors’ Cup
Terrafirma went off to a hot start in the contest, drilling five triples and two fours in the opening frame where it took a 33-15 lead.
Sedrick Barefield took over for Blackwater in the second quarter, spearheading 13-2 rally to end the first half and come within one, 49-50 at the break.
That, however, was the closest Blackwater could get to Terrafirma as the Dyip proved to have answers to every Bossing run in the second half.
Barefield paced the now 0-2 Blackwater with 25 points. Import Daniel Ochefu had a relatively quiet night with 11 points and seven rebounds.