ANTIPOLO – In the end, Magnolia got the job done.
Making sure that their catch-up efforts late in the elimination round wouldn’t go for naught, the Hotshots issued a statement 112-81 win over NLEX to complete the PBA Season 49 Commissioner’s Cup quarterfinal picture, Sunday night.
Pushed to the brink after falling to 3-6 during the eliminations, Coach Chito Victolero and Co. went on to submit spirited performances to stay alive and their rout of the Road Warriors proved to be the exclamation point to the comeback.
Still, they will be in another do-or-die encounter in the quarters against the top-seeded NorthPort on Thursday but the veteran-laden crew is surely relieved just by the fact that they made it past the preliminaries after being feared to miss.
Ricardo Ratliffe has been a key figure in this rally and that remained the same in the playoff for no. 8, finishing with 32 points and 14 rebounds.
