PBA Semifinals D1

PBA Semifinals Day 1

January 4 - Wednesday
Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay

Rain or Shine  vs   Powerade

Best-of-Seven Semifinals Series

Game 1

The Usual Suspect, Gary D., leads all scorers in the 1st Qtr with 12 markers.

He adds 5 more in the 2nd.

JV Casio contributes 4 points in the 1st Qtr.
He is zilch, though, in the 2nd

For his part, Josh Vanlandingham finds his range, drilling a couple of treys.

He puts in 6 points in the 1st Qtr and another in the 2nd.

- Gary David vs Gabe Norwood -

In 30 minutes on court, Marcio Lassiter struggles mightily and

manages only 2 points, in one of his worst nights ever.

- Rudy Lingganay vs Jervy Cruz [#20] -

Lingganay, Vanlandingham, and Casio each total 12 points for Powerade.

The Powerade Tigers lead by 11 at halftime [54-43] but come the 3rd Qtr, Coach Yeng Guia's charges dominate Bo Perasol's boys and the Tigers are simply taken out of their game.  [Lassiter's lacklustre performance tells on the Tigers].

The 2 photos below show an Elasto Painter making

one of their 5 blocks on Powerade.

This one is on  Rommel Adducul [in white].



[2nd Half Action]

Elasto Painter Larry Rodriguez [in dark blue] plays great D versus

Powerade Tiger Gary David [#20], but David, uses his upper body strength and great athleticism to score one helluva basket.

[3-frame sequence below]

The 7-frame sequence below shows Ryan Arana's great timing -

blocking Rudy Lingganay [in white], who seems to have gained an advantage.





Powerade is not able to match the 75% 2-pt. shooting and the 50% 3-pt shooting of former Tamaraw Jeffrei Chan who nets 27 points for Rain or Shine.

- Jeffrei Chan [#16] -

[photo above and 2 below]



- - - and of course. there's this other Elasto painter [wearing #3] - - -

No matter if he manages only 3 pts. in the 1st Qtr, 0  in the 2nd  -

when it's crunch time this guy DELIVERS.

Paul Lee scores 7 in the 3rd and rocks with 15 big ones in the 4th.
[not to mention his 6 assists in the game]

Yes, Gary David scores 30 for Powerade, but he doesn't get the kind of support Lee gets from his fellow Elasto Painters.

Larry Rodriguez [#5] steps up for Rain or Shine and follows

Jeffrei Chan's 27 and Paul Lee's 25 with 16 of his own.
Larry leads ALL rebounders with 11.

After thwarting a Will Antonio [on the floor] lay-up, Larry Rodriguez controls.

In the end, the Elasto Painters prevail - scoring 35 points in the 3rd and 36 in the 4th.  Powerade manages only 22 points 21 points in the 3rd and 4th respectively.

- Final -

Elasto Painters - 114     Tigers -97

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