Dave Sablan drilled a buzzer-beating trey to power PSS\/McGraw-Hill to a thrilling 88-87 win over host Shirley\u2019s during the second game in the 3rd Annual Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop Invitational Basketball League last Tuesday night at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
Sablan made the dagger in the last 1.1 seconds, which Shirley\u2019s players claimed shouldn\u2019t have been counted because the former didn\u2019t had enough time. The host team contested the basket referee Arnold Mesa counted. Shirley\u2019s also argued that the basket was only a 2-pointer not a triple.<\/p>\n
The controversial play started with Gus Palacios inbounding the ball from the right sideline and Sablan receiving it after coming off a screen. He then dribbled toward the right key and pulled up for a double-clutch shot that banked as time expired.<\/p>\n
PSS players celebrated after the shot, while Shirley\u2019s cagers approached Mesa and challenged the call. They even showed Mesa a video of the last play. After seeing the video, Mesa retracted his earlier decision, but PSS\u2019 James Lee argued that the referee\u2019s first call was final. Mesa went on to huddle with fellow referees Gilbert Espinosa and Toto Banatasa and the former had another change of heart, saying PSS won off Sablan\u2019s triple.<\/p>\n
A video of the last play was posted on Facebook yesterday and it showed that although the basket was indeed made at the buzzer, it was only a 2-pointer not a triple. When Sablan received the inbound pass, he dribbled only once, not twice as Shirley\u2019s players claimed. Then he leaned toward defenders Wowie Abuel and Rommel Usi and had his right foot sliding into the green paint and his left foot outside the white 3-point mark when he went up for the big shot. For a triple to be counted, both feet should be outside the 3-point arc.<\/p>\n
Shirley\u2019s could have used the video to contest the match, but it decided not to place the game under protest.<\/p>\n
Sablan\u2019s crucial shot came after Rommel Usi hit a baseline jumper off Marlon De Dios\u2019 drop pass to give Shirley\u2019s an 87-85 lead. PSS sued for time with 1.1 seconds remaining and left its fate on Sablan\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n
Before connecting on the triple, Sablan muffed a bundle of treys and made only one in the first three periods. PSS\u2019 several attempts and misses from downtown allowed Shirley\u2019s to take control of the game midway in the second quarter and lead by as much as 14 twice in the third period, 59-45 and 65-51.<\/p>\n
Then Kelvin Fitial and James Villacrusis came into PSS\u2019 rescue late in the third, while Sablan\u2019s short jumper forced the first deadlock in the second half, 70-all. It was a nip-and-tuck game from thereon with PSS getting the breaks in the end to improve to a 4-1 record for a share of second place with defending champion PIC\/NVM.<\/p>\n
Shirley\u2019s dropped to a sorry 0-5 record.<\/p>\n
[B]DFS 93, Grillin\u2019 87[\/B]<\/p>\n
In the first game, DFS Galleria survived Grillin\u2019s second-half rally to take its fifth win in six games and join Mobil in the lead.<\/p>\n
DFS led at the break, 50-35, but was held to 12 points in the third period and fell behind 62-67, with only a quarter left in the game. Only three players scored for DFS in the third, while four Grillin\u2019 bets combined for 30 of the team\u2019s 32 markers in that canto.<\/p>\n
In the fourth quarter, Pete Iguel, who was limited to one field goal and a free throw in the third, sizzled for 13 points, while Jack Lizama and Dan Barcinas added eight and seven to save DFS.<\/p>\n
Grillin\u2019, which dropped to a 1-4 record, failed to pull off another upset when only Rocyl Ritual and Leo Galarse tallied more than two points in the final canto. Grillin\u2019 notched its first win last weekend after stunning PIC\/NVM, <\/p>\n
[B]First Game[\/B]<\/p>\n
DFS Galleria 93 \u2013 Iguel 26, Lizama 16, Jung 13, Barcinas 12, Guiab 11, White 5, Chavez 4, Rivera 2, Larrioza 2.<\/p>\n
Grillin\u2019 87 \u2013 Lerio 21, Ritual 17, Pagarao 16, Galarse 16, Kintz 10, Hernandez 7.<\/p>\n
Scoring by quarters: 22-19, 50-35, 62-67, 93-87.<\/p>\n
[B]Second Game[\/B]<\/p>\n
PSS\/McGraw-Hill 88 \u2013 Fitial 25, Villacrusis 25, Sablan 14, Mendez 6, Cabrera 6, Itibus 4, Villagomez 2, Palacios 1.<\/p>\n
Shirley\u2019s 87 \u2013 De Dios 27, Bernardo 18, Barrios 17, Sedillo 10, Usi 8, Abuel 4, Nicdao 2, Peredo 2.<\/p>\n
Scoring by quarters: 19-17, 39-47, 58-67, 88-87.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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