December 25, 2015 at SM MOA Arena
with 21,808 fans Purefoods Star vs Barangay Ginbra San Miguel epic comeback.
Ginebra down by 18, 56-74 until 7:11 of 4th quarter. Mercado scored his first
2 points and cut to 16. 6:14 Ellis 3 point bomb cut to 13. 5:45 Pingris fouled
out. 4:04 Yap ankle breaker Ellis scored on fade the way jumper Star led by 15
till Ellis 2 freebies off Reavis foul cut to 13 with 3:17 left. The score was
63-76. Aguilar was fouled by Sangalang made 2 free throws that cut the lead to
11. 1:26 some people went out of the arena. 1:20 Mercado scored an and-one play
cut to eight. 1:03 Thomson split a freebie cut to seven. Melton added one free
throw to extend the lead to eight again 43 seconds left. The Ginebra fans chanted Ginebra, Ginebra, Ginebra ... Another Mercado’s bomb
three cut the deficit to five. Yap freebie put the star up to six 30 seconds
left. Japeth made three cut to three 20 second remaining. Barroca freebies
made it 75-80. Down by five Aguilar assisted Mercado for three “Bang!” Down by
two 7.6 seconds left. Off the inbound play to Barroca stolen by LA and the ball
home run layup by Scottie Earl Thomson tied the game 80 all with 3.4 seconds
left. Mercado stole the ball from Yap but he rattled out a layup forced five
minutes extension.
4th Quarter Video
In overtime, Barroca nailed a
three to drawn the first blood, Tenorio from the corner three good bounce
ricochet shot tied at 83 all. Barroca another three 83-86 Purefoods on the
upper hand but Mercado’s three tied 86 all at 2:12 remaining in OT. Mallari’s
trey put Stars for good 86-89, 1.73. Mercado once again save the day at 89 all.
16 seconds left Purefoods 24 seconds shot clock error. Barroca fouled LA to
stop the clock 4.01 seconds left. LA Tenorio inbounded the ball to Mercado
being swarmed by two Stars player bounce pass the ball to Tenorio wide open
look and made the buzzer beating three for the win. Another epic comeback for
Ginebra. The Never Say Die Spirit live on. 92-89 victory move to second phase
of the quarter finals vs Globalport Batang Pier. This game was the only OT game
in PBA history that all field goals are three points field goals a total of
seven. If they pass GBP in one game knock out they will meet Alaska Never Quit
Squads in Semifinals Best of 7 games.
OT Period Video
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