At A Glance
- Terrafirma seemed to have finally learned its lesson from its painful end game collapse in the last three games.
Terrafirma seemed to have finally learned its lesson from its painful endgame collapse in the last three games.
The Dyip showed poise in overtime and outlasted the TNT Tropang 5G, 111-106, to finally get over the hump and end a three-game slide in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo on Saturday, July 25.
Surrendering an 18-point lead in the second half and then trailing by five in the waning minutes of extension, 106-101, Terrafirma unloaded three-straight triples to take the fight out of TNT.
Juami Tiongson first nailed a triple to keep the Dyip within striking distance before Joseph Eriobu drained another trey to shove Terrafirma back on the lead, 107-106.
After a defensive stop on the other end, Maverick Ahanmisi buried a left corner triple to deliver the dagger for Terrafirma.
Justin Strings led the way with 36 points, 12 rebounds and six assists but committed nine turnovers including the most crucial at the end of regulation – a five-second ball hogging violation – that allowed TNT to get back the possession and force the overtime with a hook shot from Jordan Heading with 0.3 seconds left.
Tiongson fired 24 points while Ahanmisi chipped in 20 points with five rebounds and six assists.
The Dyip improved to a 2-3 record while the Tropang 5G absorbed their second-straight defeat for 1-2 start to their title-defense.
Jordan Heading paced TNT with 29 points while RR Pogoy had 23 and Rey Nambatac chipped in 19. Import Darius Days was limited to just 10 points.