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The 6’1 Clay, who is known for his thunderous dunks, had a huge hand in the Lakers’ 115-95 roughhousing of the Cebuana Lhuillier Gems before an appreciative home crowd at the San Luis Sports Complex in Sta. Cruz, Laguna.


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                    [Title] => Twilight for the Knights?
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This is a question hanging over the current Metropolitan Basketball Association national champion in light of the political upheaval that has caused a change of national government in the last few days.



"I’m not sure if there will be a San Juan Knights anymore," Knights assistant coach Allan Borromeo told The STAR. "What happened was a major political change. I’m assuming there might not be a San Juan Knights. Of course, that’s just my assumption."


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Ito ang ikalawang pag-kakataon na na-sweep ng San Juan ang kanilang serye ng Laguna kung saan matatandaan na sa kanilang Crossover Cup championship, kanilang iginupo ang Lakers sa kanilang best-of-three series.


Agad na nagtala ang Laguna ng 16-puntos na kalamangan kung saan kanilang nalimita ang Lakers sa 32-15 sa ikatlong period upang mahawa-kan na ng tuluyan ang momentum ng laro.


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