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Rain or Shine shrugged off a third-quarter challenge from Terrafirma to take a 91-82 victory and remain undefeated at the 2020 PBA Philippines Cup on Friday at the Angeles University Foundation Sports and Cultural Center.
Fresh from his heroics at the end of the season opener, Rey Nambatac did a better offensive game and scored 19 points and three 3s for the Elasto Painters, who forced a four-team draw with TNT, Phoenix and Barangay Geneva on top. of the classification with 2- 0.
Javee Mocon, Gabe Norwood and Beau Belga also added 14 each.
Rain or Shine led by as much as 13 in a defensive first half before a refreshed-looking Terrafirma team moved up and even snatched the lead after Juami Tiongson put Dyip on top, 58-55, with a career run of 7. -0.
But the Elasto Painters responded with their own 7-0 rally to regain a lead they would never yield in a cable-to-cable victory.
Nambatac later came to life in the quarter and scored six straight points midway through the quarter, including a triple to take the lead to 82-66.
The Dyip unleashed a 10-0 game to turn it into a ball game, but Nambatac drenched that rally with three pitches to restore order. Norwood later added four more, including a difficult path, to effectively seal it for the Elasto Painters.
Terrafirma (0-2) wasted another great game by Pérez, who scored 26 points, 10 rebounds and six dimes.
