ANTIPOLO – Kadeem Jack nailed the go-ahead bucket as NorthPort averted disaster and escaped San Miguel, 105-104, to return to its winning ways in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner’s Cup, Tuesday night at the Ynares Center here.
The American reinforcement finished with 38 points, none more important than the fadeaway jumper he nailed from the post for the eventual count with 16.7 seconds to spare put the Batang Pier back up after wasting a lead as big as 24.
Coach Bonnie Tan’s wards then turned to defense to force the Beermen to a 24-second shot-clock violation with 2.6 ticks left to play to eventually complete a rare sweep of the San Miguel Corporation teams this conference.
NorthPort had previously beaten Magnolia (107-103) and Ginebra (119-116) to serve as solid highlights to what has been a surprise conference thus far.
Now the crew has slain SMB but more importantly, they snapped out of a two-game slide which saw them lose to Meralco and Rain or Shine.
