Manila, the Philippines, Northport, stunned Nx on Wednesday night, 113-108, at Nino Aquino Stadium in Manila, obtaining his second victory in a campaign of the PBA Filipina Cup harassed by the key exits of the players.
Gift Flores led the way with the best 26 points of his career and 15 rebounds, which caused an increase in the third quarter that cools the Batang dock something to smile at a conference that has bone the opposite of his strong cup commissioner.
“It could be anyone’s night. I guess today is my day,” said Flores, who gave Fran Yu, Calvin Abueva and Joshua Munzon’s key support.
The Batang dock, which still wobbles from the outputs of Mid Tournament by Arvin Tolentino and William Navarro, improved 2-8.
Nlex obtained 21 points from Robbie Herndon and 16 each from Brandon Ramírez and Robert Bolick Jr., but fell to 7-3 after wasting a two-digit advantage and the opportunity to block the seed number 1, which could mean avoiding a confrontation of playoffs of the brother team with Meralco.
Northport concludes his campaign against San Miguel and hopes to close his season with a strong note.
“We want to take this to the next conference,” said assistant coach Rresy Baja, who completed for Chief coach Bonnie so at the press conference after the game.