Heroes had been aplenty for Magnolia because it snapped NorthPort’s two-game successful streak with a wire-to-wire 129-109 victory within the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup on Thursday on the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Magnolia, who was coming off a two-point loss to Meralco over the weekend, improved to 5-4 whereas NorthPort fell to 2-7 because the Batang Pier couldn’t make it three victories in a row after successful over Blackwater and Terrafirma.
Leading a balanced offense for the Hotshots had been import Antonio Hester and veteran guard Mark Barroca because the reinforcement got here up with a team-high 28 factors, 14 rebounds, three assists, and one steal whereas the latter poured in 21 markers and eight dimes off the bench.
Rome Dela Rosa additionally contributed of their bench barrage, ending with 19 factors and 6 rebounds whereas Calvin Abueva and Paul Lee every chimed in with 18 and 16 markers as Magnolia returned to the win column.
Kevin Murphy and Robert Bolick had stellar video games individually, churning out 31 and 30 factors, respectively, however their manufacturing was not sufficient to offer NorthPort its third win of the convention.
Both squads return to motion on Saturday with Magnolia going through Terrafirma whereas NorthPort will sq. off with Rain or Shine.
—MGP, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
