MANILA, Philippines—Rain or Shine held on in the final seconds to deny NLEX, 83-82, in its opening game of the PBA Philippine Cup Friday at Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.
Beau Belga gave the Elasto Painters an 83-79 lead with 56 seconds left but Kiefer Ravena made it a one-point game with 19 seconds to play.
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A Gabe Norwood turnover with 10 seconds remaining gave the Road Warriors one final life line but Anthony Semerad missed on a highly-contested jumper that could’ve won the game for NLEX.
“In practice we do a lot of situational where we work on that stuff and I’m really thankful for a guy like coach Mike [Buendi…
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