{"id":235729,"date":"2016-09-05T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=235729"},"modified":"2016-09-05T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T20:00:36","slug":"fiesta-returns-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fiesta-returns-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiesta returns to finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235734\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Tan-holdingspix-207x300.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan\u2019s Paul Quizon goes up for an acrobatic shot against Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s Jerome Pollisco during the first half of their playoff game in the Tan Holdings caging last Friday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa will have a chance to defend its title in the 2016 Tan Holdings Inter-Company Basketball League after pummeling Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop, 94-44, in last Friday\u2019s playoff match at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>Fiesta, which topped three of the four editions of the league, including the last two, will face the undefeated and heavily favored Kanoa Resort in this Friday\u2019s championship showdown. Kanoa, with its unbeaten mark in the double-elimination playoffs, has a twice-to-beat advantage in the title duel.<\/p>\n<p>A balance scoring in its do-or-die game against Shirley\u2019s allowed Fiesta to take the easy win and set up a finals meeting against Kanoa. Three Fiesta players broke into double figures, while eight others made it to the board and contributed at least 4 points each.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Shirley\u2019s side, only John Jugos consistently hit baskets for his team, as he knocked in 18 markers. Shirley\u2019s nailed only four triples\u2014a far cry from the 11 it buried in its 57-38 victory over JP Mambas last week. Aaron Pamintuan, who converted six treys in their victory over JP Mambas, was held to 4 points versus <\/p>\n<p>Fiesta, making only one field goal.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s had a lackluster offense midway in the first half, while Fiesta was on target right at the get-go and hit  shots everywhere, allowing the defending champion to take a commanding  45-20 halftime advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Quizon, Jarette Matsutaro, Elmer Esdrelon, and Fradel Sedillo worked together to lift Fiesta to the double-digit lead after the first half. Quizon started things off for his team, scoring 8, while Esdrelon also heated up early, knocking in three triples. Matsutaro and Sedillo finished strong for Fiesta in the first half, combining for 13 of the team\u2019s last 15 markers in that period.<\/p>\n<p>The lead ballooned to as high 52 in the second half, as Fiesta\u2019s offensive firepower proved too much for Shirley\u2019s, which had difficulty finding players to back up Jugos. Shirley\u2019s played in the playoffs without big man and scorer Eric Dela Rosa, who left for the U.S. late last month.<\/p>\n<p>Matsutaro paced Fiesta\u2019s lopsided win, tallying 16, while Quizon and Tanner Maratita chipped in 14 and 11, respectively. <\/p>\n<p>Fiesta 94 \u2014 Matsutaro 16, Quizon 14, Maratita 11, Sedillo 9, Esdrelon 9, Lavarias 8, Demafelix 7, Macoto 6, Villamena 6, Reyes 4, Nonato 4.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s 44  \u2014 Jugos 18, Drilon 6, Nicdao 4, Pollisco 4, Palma 4, Pamintuan 4, Bordon 2, Sabino 2.<\/p>\n<p>Scoring by halves: 45-20, 94-44.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa will have a chance to defend its title in the 2016&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":235734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1519,9141,1436,12374],"class_list":["post-235729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-coffee-shop","tag-fradel-sedillo","tag-gillette-multipurpose-gymnasium","tag-paul-quizon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235729","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=235729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}