Rey Nambatac and Anton Asistio, each coming off the bench, caught hearth late to steer Rain or Shine to a 117-93 victory towards NLEX within the PBA On Tour on Friday on the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.
Up by simply three to begin the payoff interval, the Elasto Painters began pulling away after a triple from Asistio, 94-80. Nambatac then buried seven factors to ship Rain or Shine to a 104-96 cushion with precisely 4 minutes left to play.
Kris Rosales tried pumping life again to NLEX, however the Asistio-Nambatac duo was simply an excessive amount of for the Road Warriors as the previous Letran guard fired one other three-pointer to make it a 112-91 affair earlier than Asistio put the ending kick with an extended bomb, 117-93.
Nambatac and Asistio each completed with 22 factors with the previous itemizing three rebounds and three assists whereas Jewel Ponferada chipped in 10 markers and 5 boards.
Santi Santillan flirted with a double-double along with his nine-point, 10-rebound output.
Bong Galanza led the best way for NLEX with a team-high 22 factors alongside three rebounds whereas Rosales completed with 16 markers.
Earlier, Converge cruised to a 119-82 win over Terrafirma behind Justin Arana, who poured in a double-double effort of 24 factors and 12 rebounds along with three assists and one steal.
Jerrick Balanza additionally registered 24 markers whereas Mike Nieto dropped 12 factors and 12 rebounds in his first recreation with the FiberXers since getting traded from Rain or Shine final May 8.
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
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