{"id":307073,"date":"2019-09-02T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T20:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=307073"},"modified":"2019-09-02T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T20:00:45","slug":"pardz-beats-light-salt-for-fourth-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/pardz-beats-light-salt-for-fourth-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Pardz beats Light &#038; Salt for fourth win"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_307102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-307102\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/onepacific-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-307102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pardz Ballers\u2019 Ronald Bernardo, right, stretches for a layup against Light &amp; Salt\u2019s Ian Oblinaga during their game in the 2019 One Pacific Promotional Basketball League last Thursday at the Civic Center, Susupe. (Kimberly A. Bautista)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Pardz Ballers defeated Light &amp; Salt, 76-67, in the 2019 One Pacific Promotional Basketball League last Thursday at the Civic Center, Susupe.<\/p>\n<p>After falling behind in the first half, 35-37, Pardz turned the tables on Light &amp; Salt in the third period, 57-50.  J.R. Barriors scored all his 9 points in the penultimate quarter to bring Pardz on top anew. He also got help from Mark Jose and Rocyl Ritual, who combined for 10 of Pardz\u2019s 22 markers in the third canto.<\/p>\n<p>Light &amp; Salt, after firing 27 points in the second quarter to build a 7-point advantage at the break, was held to 13 points when the match resumed. Light &amp; Salt made only three field goals in the third frame and though it made an effort to get back into the game in the fourth behind Jun Natividad\u2019s 3-pointers, it fell short in the end. Light &amp; Salt is still winless after six games, while Pardz got its fourth victory in six matches.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Bernardo top-scored for Pardz with his 29 points, while Ritual added 13. Arnold Natividad carried the load for Light &amp; Salt with his 28 markers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tsingtao Boyz prevailed against Mawati, 74-60, in last Friday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>Tsingtao Boyz had a tug of war with Mawati in the first half before taking control of the game in the second.<\/p>\n<p>The first half ended with Mawati grabbing the lead, 35-29, behind the combined 12 points of Raymond Velasco and Jerome Directo. Tsingtao, which led after the opening quarter, 21-14, allowed Mawati to take the driver\u2019s seat after making only 8 points in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Tsingtao Boys then regained the lead with its 23 points in the third quarter and earned the 14-winning margin after another 20-plus production (22) in the fourth and final frame. Jerald Rivera had 9 points in the third quarter, while Jetsen Jandoc added 7.<\/p>\n<p>Jandoc kept going in the fourth and finished with 22 markers, while Rivera also had double figures with his 14.<\/p>\n<p>Directo paced Mawati after recording 18 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday\u2019s Game<\/strong><br \/>\nPardz Ballers 75\u2014Bernardo 23, Ritual 13, Jose 12, Hipolito 10, Barrios 9, Torres 4, Romo 3, Santos 1.<br \/>\nLight and Salt 67\u2014Natividad 28, Laxamana 8, Bautista 8, M. Usi 7, Pineda 6, Oblinaga 4, Embile 4, Claveria 2.<br \/>\nScoring by  quarters: 12-10, 35-37, 57-50, 75-67<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday\u2019s Game<\/strong><br \/>\nTsingtao Boyz 74\u2014Jandoc 22, Rivera 14, Demonteverde 9, Ariar 6, Ramsa 6, Pineda 6, Giron 3, Alano 3.<br \/>\nMawati 60\u2014Directo 18, Ferrer 14, Velasco 10, Reyes 7, Nonato 5, Rena 3, Rejano 2.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 21-14, 29-35, 52-47, 74-60<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pardz Ballers defeated Light &amp; Salt, 76-67, in the 2019 One Pacific Promotional Basketball&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":307102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307073","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}