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Sinabi ni Adducul na bagamat kailangan niyang galangin ang kanyang kontrata sa Batangas, mas makabubuti kung ililipat ito ng MBA sa ibang koponan.


Hindi binigyan ng release papers ng Batangas si Adducul na naging dahilan para di ito makasama sa PBA Draft noong nakaraang linggo na siyang pinagsisimiyento ng player.


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Compton exploded with a game-high 25 points while also providing the leadership to the Metrostars as they walloped the Knights, 88-79, to cut their series deficit to 1-2 to the delight of their supporters at the Mail & More Sports Complex.


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                    [Title] => San Juan Knights pinigil ng Metrostars
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                    [Title] => Defense key to Knights’ 2-0 surge
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From last  year’s best team but now on the brink of elimination Metrostars can easily trace their woes to the statistics sheet, which indicate the Andok’s-backed Knights total domination of the first two games of the Northern Finals.


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Hindi alintana sa defending National champion ang pag-salanta ng mga injuries upang mapangalagaan ang kanilang iniingatang korona kung saan nakatakda nilang harapin ang San Juan Knights sa Game One ng Northern Finals.


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The Metrostars threw the full weight of their vaunted offensive might in the fourth quarter en route to duplicating their 89-80 victory over the same team last week in Pasig. It will be the Metrostars’ third straight Northern Conference Final appearance.


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It was a typical Compton show with the shifty former MVP knocking in two triples, scoring a couple of jumpers and then slashing through the Pirates’ defense for a twinner. He wound up with 29 points in a game that included six rebounds, four assists and three steals.


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The Gems, who swept the Metrostars, 2-0, for the Intra-Conference crown last week, go up against the Megavoltz at 6:30 p.m. hoping for a big headstart in their best-of-three showdown where the winner advances to the Southern Conference final.


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Be that as it may, Yturri has maintained nothing should be taken from his team, saying the first MBA crown which they won Wednesday was the fruit of their hard labor.


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Sinabi ni Adducul na bagamat kailangan niyang galangin ang kanyang kontrata sa Batangas, mas makabubuti kung ililipat ito ng MBA sa ibang koponan.


Hindi binigyan ng release papers ng Batangas si Adducul na naging dahilan para di ito makasama sa PBA Draft noong nakaraang linggo na siyang pinagsisimiyento ng player.


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Compton exploded with a game-high 25 points while also providing the leadership to the Metrostars as they walloped the Knights, 88-79, to cut their series deficit to 1-2 to the delight of their supporters at the Mail & More Sports Complex.


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