Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)

Japeth Aguilar scored 17 points to lead 4 other Ginebra players in double figures in a balanced scoring attack as the Gins overcame a 9-point deficit at the start of the final quarter to score an 85-81 win over the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots.

The win, Ginebra's 6th this conference against 3 defeats moves them into 4th spot.

Magnolia suffered their 2nd loss in their last 3 games and fell into a tie for 1st with NLEX, who won earlier in the evening.

Javee Mocon scored 23 points and Robert Bolick 20 as the NLEX Road Warriors topped the Phoenix fuel Mastes 105-95 to get back in the win column after their 6-game winning streak was snapped last week by the Meralco Bolts.

JB Bahio added 15 points, Anthony Semerad 14 and Xyrus Torres 13 in a balanced scoring attack for the Road Warriors.

Phoenix, who was lead by Jason Perkins' game-high 28 points, dropped their 4th consecutive game and fell to 2-7 overall, eliminating them from playoff contention.

Magnolia has sent Calvin Abueva, Jerrick Balanza and their 2026 second round draft pick to NorthPort for William Navarro.

Abueva has played 8 games this conference, averaging 8.38 points and 5.38 rebounds in 16.72 minutes per game.

Balanza, meanwhile, is averaging 2 points in 4 games.

Navarro, on the other hand, has been NorthPort's top player this conference with averages of 20.57ppg (4th in the league), 10.57rpg (4th) on 52.5% shooting from the field in 37 minutes per game (3rd)

Meralco, playing their penultimate game in the eliminations, snapped NLEX's 6-game winning streak 108-92. Chris Newsome scored 21 and CJ Cansino added 20 points to lead the charge for the Bolts, who now have an even 5-5 win-loss record. 

Robert Bolick scored 22 to topscore for the Road Warriors, who is now joined by San Miguel, who won earlier in the evening, in 2nd place with a 6-2 record.

Magnolia pulled away from a tight contest with an 11-0 run midway through the fourth and held on to a 106-97 win over NorthPort Batang Pier. Zavier Lucero topscored for the Hotshots with 20 points to lead 5 other players in double figures.

William Navarro had a game-high 27 points for NorthPort.

 

Robert bolick flirted with a triple double, finishing with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, leading the NLEX Road Warriors to an 88-83 win over Converge FiberXers.

The win put NLEX in a tie for 1st place with idle Magnolia with 6-1 win-loss slates.

Converge, lead by another double-double from big men Justine Baltazar (21 points 10 rebs) and Justin Araña (12points, 12 rebounds) fell to 5-4.