{"id":235405,"date":"2016-08-31T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=235405"},"modified":"2016-08-31T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T20:00:18","slug":"shirleys-sets-duel-vs-fiesta-finals-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shirleys-sets-duel-vs-fiesta-finals-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley\u2019s sets up duel  vs Fiesta for finals slot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235410\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tanholdingspix-5-226x300.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s John Jugos, center, drives against Fiesta\u2019s Elmer Esdrelon, left, and Arjay Nonato during their earlier playoff game in the Tan Holdings caging at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop crushed JP Mambas, 57-38, in the playoff game in the 2016 Tan Holdings Inter-Company Basketball League last Friday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium to remain in contention for the last finals berth.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s will face defending champion Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan this Friday for a spot in the finale, while JP Mambas has been eliminated. The winner of Shirley\u2019s-Fiesta duel will challenge Kanoa Resort in the title game. Kanoa had earlier secured the first finals berth and will have a twice-to-beat advantage in the championship round after pounding Fiesta in the winner\u2019s bracket semifinals, 77-55.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Pamintuan made sure Shirley\u2019s will still have a chance for the second finals ticket after knocking in the early triples that allowed his team to gain a sizeable lead against JP Mambas. He scored Shirley\u2019s first 8 points, including back-to-back treys and then drained three more shots from the parking lot in consecutive fashion midway in the opening canto.<\/p>\n<p>Pamintuan, who hit most of his outside shots as JP Mambas defense or the lack of it gave him more time and space to eye his target, recorded all his 19 points in the first half, lifting Shirley\u2019s to a 34-17 halftime advantage. Shirley\u2019s doubled up JP Mambas after 20 minutes of play as the former capped the opening half with two straight triples\u2014one each from Isaiah Bordon and John Jugos.<\/p>\n<p>Jugos brought his good shooting in the early minutes of the second half, as he fired Shirley\u2019s first 5 markers to keep their safe lead. The rest of Jugos teammates also hit several easy shots in the second half as JP Mambas continued to give the opposing squad open looks at the basket.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s finished off JP Mambas by burying three consecutive triples\u2014two from Deion Sabino and one more from Bordon. Shirley\u2019s had a total of 11 triples in the match, while JP Mambas posted only one.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fiesta will have the psychological edge in its make-or-break game against Shirley\u2019s this weekend, having beaten the latter in their first three meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s 57 \u2014 Pamintuan 19, Pollisco 9, Jugos 8, Sabino 6, Bordon 6, Nicdao 5, Catungal 4.<\/p>\n<p>JP Mambas 38  \u2014 Ong 11, De La Torre 8, Raho 6, Rabago 5, Calibo 4, Chan 4.<\/p>\n<p>Scoring by halves: 34-17, 57-38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop crushed JP Mambas, 57-38, in the playoff game in the 2016 Tan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":235410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1519,13185,1436,13186],"class_list":["post-235405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-coffee-shop","tag-deion-sabino","tag-gillette-multipurpose-gymnasium","tag-john-jugos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}