{"id":310219,"date":"2019-10-17T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T20:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=310219"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:00:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T20:00:58","slug":"tdi-defeats-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tdi-defeats-mcdonalds\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI defeats McDonald\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_310220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-310220\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/jpworlpix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-310220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top Development, Inc.\u2019s Nestor Arreza floats for a short jumper during an earlier game against TanHoldings 1 in the JP World caging at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium. (Saipan Tribune)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Top Development Inc. routed McDonald\u2019s, 84-65, during the lone game played in the 2018 JP World Corp. Customer Appreciation Basketball League last Tuesday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>TDI prevailed by catching up with McDonald\u2019s in the second quarter and gaining more cushion in the third period en route to the 19-point winning margin.<\/p>\n<p>Behind at 26-15 after the first period, TDI drew 9 points from Darwin Barbo and 9 more from Raymond Velasco and Sean Rabasto to steal the lead at the break, 37-36. <\/p>\n<p>Before losing the driver\u2019s seat to TDI, McDonald\u2019s earned a double-digit advantage after the first 10 minutes of play behind the 7 first-quarter points of Jaymark De Guzman and 5 each from Justine and McClain Achas .<\/p>\n<p>After a strong start, McDonald\u2019s was held to 10 points in the second quarter and was still outgunned by TDI in the third, 29-19, allowing the latter to take a 66-55 lead going into the final canto. Rabasto showed the way for TDI in the penultimate frame, as he fired 11 markers, while Velasco added 9, and Barbo chipped in 7. <\/p>\n<p>Top Development never relinquished the double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, as Rabasto and Velasco still hit their targets, while McDonald\u2019s was limited to 10 points, anew.<\/p>\n<p>Rabasto finished with a game-high 25 points, while Velasco and Barbo contributed 24 and 20, respectively. De Guzman had 17 for McDonald\u2019s and was the lone double-figure scorer for the losing squad.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the other match last Tuesday was won by Star Water via default against TanHoldings 2\/CTSI.<\/p>\n<p>TDI 84\u2014Rabasto 25, Velasco 24, Barbo 20, Pollisco 12, Arreza 3.<br \/>\nMcDonald\u2019s 65\u2014De Guzman 17, Macaranas 9, Fidelino 8, Mi Achas 7, Mc Achas 6, J. Achas 5, Ladra 5, Jo. Achas 2, C. Achas 2, Mettao 2, Misaro 2.<br \/>\nScoring by quarters: 15-26, 37-36, 66-55, 84-65. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Development Inc. routed McDonald\u2019s, 84-65, during the lone game played in the 2018 JP&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":309043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6271],"class_list":["post-310219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-tdi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310219","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=310219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}