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                    [Title] => Gems trip Voltz, gain MBA final
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Stephen Padilla delivered the crucial points in the last three minutes as the Gems scuttled the Megavoltz’ fightback from 19 points down to complete their remarkable comeback from a 0-1 playoff deficit and win their best-of-three series, 2-1.


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                    [Title] => Metrostars sweep Pirates; Gems force rubber match
                    [Summary] => The Manila Metrostars reasserted their supremacy over the Pasig-Rizal Pirates as they ran away with an emphatic 85-76 victory yesterday to arrange an MBA Northern Conference title showdown with the San Juan Knights. 


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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                    [Title] => Dragons lean on  Alvarez vs Amigos
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Paul Alvarez hit nine of his 34 points in the final quarter as he powered the
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In his best showing this season, Alvarez sparked two key runs in the fourth
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The 6-foot-1 Pampanga ace more than made up for the sub-par stint of Ernesto
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Over in Iloilo City, the Pasig-Riza
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                    [Title] => Vengeance in their eyes
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Vengeance is foremost on the mind of the Pasig-Rizal Pirates and Pampanga
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                    [Title] => Voltz rip Dragons in Guam encounter
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The Iloilo Megavoltz made MBA history after winning the first overseas official
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before a capacity crowd at the Guam Field House Sunday night.

Dale Singson and sweet-shooting Nestor Echano scattered 19 points apiece to
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                    [Title] => Compton's trey clinches it for Stars
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Alex Compton, doing what he does best, rifled a triple in the dying seconds to
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de Oro yesterday in the MBA FedEx Crossover Cup at the MPSC gym in Cagayan.

Although he earlier flubbed all his six attempts from the long range, Compton
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Compton, last year's Most Valuable Player who missed the team's first three
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                    [Title] => Dragons clash with Iloilo five
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after the successful league inaugurals in Gen. Santos City and in Sta. Cruz,
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It's an explosive twinbill with the Dragons, the Eagles, the Megavoltz and the
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MEGAVOLTZ

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Stephen Padilla delivered the crucial points in the last three minutes as the Gems scuttled the Megavoltz’ fightback from 19 points down to complete their remarkable comeback from a 0-1 playoff deficit and win their best-of-three series, 2-1.


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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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MBA-FedEx Crossover Cup.

In his best showing this season, Alvarez sparked two key runs in the fourth
quarter to eventually push the Dragons in the company of Manila with identical
7-4 (win-loss) records.

The 6-foot-1 Pampanga ace more than made up for the sub-par stint of Ernesto
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before a capacity crowd at the Guam Field House Sunday night.

Dale Singson and sweet-shooting Nestor Echano scattered 19 points apiece to
lift the Solar Electric Co.-backed Iloilo team to its second successive win and
a 3-7 win-loss mark in the ongoing MBA-FedEx Crossover Cup.

Ending the first half with a slim 49-48 edge, the Megavoltz electrified the
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de Oro yesterday in the MBA FedEx Crossover Cup at the MPSC gym in Cagayan.

Although he earlier flubbed all his six attempts from the long range, Compton
was able to find the range in the last 1.2 seconds of the game, just in time to
shatter the 89-all deadlock and power the Metrostars to their fourth victory in
six games.

Compton, last year's Most Valuable Player who missed the team's first three
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after the successful league inaugurals in Gen. Santos City and in Sta. Cruz,
Laguna.

It's an explosive twinbill with the Dragons, the Eagles, the Megavoltz and the
Pirates all considered major contenders for the crown as they all underwent a
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