A well-executed sideline inbound play intended for Justin Sanchez, who delivered the game-winning basket right before the buzzer sounded to carry Davao Occidental to a thrilling 75-73 squeaker of the hard-fighting Bulacan JT Taipans in the PSL President\u2019s Cup at the Filoil-EcoOil Centre in San Juan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coming off a timeout after Jason Ballesteros knotted the count for the last time with an inside stab in the final 1.2 seconds, Tigers coach Manu I\u00f1igo designed an inbound play — a back pick for Justin Sanchez — who found himself getting a mismatch at the post area where he was being defended by the smaller Michael Are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sanchez immediately received the lob pass from Winston Ynot and scored on the go-ahead basket, sending the Tigers and their supporters into a frenzy and leaving Bulacan only seven tenths of a second to map up a play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without a time out left, the Taipans inbounded from the backcourt and Kenji Roman, who received the inbound, had to take a desperation heave as time expired, allowing the Tigers to escape with their ninth win in 13 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The loss was a bitter pill to swallow for the Taipans, who absorbed their seventh loss in 13 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a tough win for the Tigers, who had to survive a hot-shooting night from Jonathan Gesalem, who hit nine three-point shots out of 13 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dead shot swingman finished with 27 points to lead all scorers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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