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Red Bull Subdues Magnolia Beverage Masters

I was not able to watch this game as I attended a wedding of a former officemate. Too bad, we lost to Red Bull as we are already starting to climb the standings ladder.

I got feedback from forums and the team's performance really look bad ranging from low energy, unhealthy players to committing many turnovers by our reinforcement Jameel Watkins. I'm really worried how our team performs. We need to change somethings if we want to end up in a better position come playoffs time.

How the Barakos crushed our team follows after the jump.

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Source: PBA.ph
June 9, 2008

Red Bull is again on the run, not cooling down despite a weeklong rest.

The Barakos picked up from where they left off against the Barangay Ginebra Kings seven days ago, stopping the Magnolia Beverage Masters charge with an 84-75 win Sunday in the 2008 Smart PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum.

Making a two-game run after a three-game skid, the Barakos stayed abreast with the Coca-Cola Tigers atop the heap with identical 9-5 win-loss cards.

Magnolia Beverage Masters slid to fifth place at 7-7 after suffering its first loss in its last three basketball games.

Curiously, the Beverage Masters went on a two-game romp in the absence of key players Dondon Hontiveros and Danny Seigle.

Falling behind by 13, 52-65, at the close of the third quarter, coach Siot Tanquingcen was forced to field in Seigle in the final period to no avail.

The Barakos cut loose from a tight basketball game in the third period and simply sustained the momentum in the final canto in avenging a 95-102 loss to the Beverage Masters in their previous tiff.

"We had a weeklong rest and I think we're able to make good use of it. We had a good preparation which we showed in the basketball game," said Red Bull coach Yeng Guiao.

"We're happy with the way we played defense. We limited them to 75 and I think it's a feat against a powerhouse team like Magnolia Beverage Masters," Guiao added.

"Offensively, we played as a team. We didn't want to put so much responsibility on our import and Cyrus Baguio. We wanted to spread our offense and we're able to do that." Baguio turned to be the basketball game's highest scorer already with only 16.

All but two of the 11 other players fielded in by Guiao had their offensive contributions.

Parada cancelled out Jameel Watkins' basketball game with the Red Bull import logging 13 points and 14 rebounds as against the Magnolia Beverage Masters reinforcement's 13 markers and 17 boards.

The 7-foot-1 Mexican behemoth had his share as the Barakos made a decisive move in the third period, breaking the basketball game open at 65-52.

The Barakos hit heavily from afar early on with Baguio, Celino Cruz, Mike Hrabak and Mick Pennisi firing two triples each as the Bulls took a 42-40 edge at halftime.

The Beverage Masters trailed at the turn though enjoying a better field-goal shooting.

They hit at a 50-percent clip as against the Bulls' 33.3-percent marksmanship.

Magnolia Beverage Masters shooting simmered down in the final half and that in part helped Red Bull seize control in the low-scoring contest.

Rookie Jojo Duncil, Leo Najorda and Parada hit clutch shots giving the Bulls their biggest spread in the contest at 73-54 early in the fourth quarter. (NC)

The Scores:

Red Bull 84 - Baguio 16, Cruz 15, Pennisi 14, Parada 13, Hrabak 8, Duncil 7, Robinson 4, Alvarez 3, Najorda 2, Sharma 2, Ybanez 0, Adriano 0.

Magnolia 75 - Watkins 13, Racela 13, Villanueva 11, Cortez 7, Tugade 7, Tolomia 7, Ildefonso 6, Seigle 4, Pingris 3, Gonzales 2, Pena 2.

Quarterscores: 23-19, 42-40, 65-52, 84-75