PBA Highlights: Mahindra Floodbuster stuns Blackwater Elite with 96-87 Victory

Floodbuster ruled the first show after they notched a win against the Elite troops with Reden Celda and Keith Wright scoring double digits in the Oppo PBA Commissioner’s Cup Sunday at SMART-Araneta Coliseum.

At the start of the game, Revilla lost his cool and got mad at Sena after their battle for the loose ball. It was the Blackwater who prevailed in the first quarter at 26-25.

With 2 minutes left in the clock, Blackwater had the lead at 48-41. But Celda managed to heat up and tied the first half at 48 all.

Both teams exchanged leads at the start of second half. But Blackwater regained their lead with 2 points better than Mahindra and end the quarter, 70-68.

Paniamogan and Khobuntin both scored on breakaways and contributed to Mahindra's biggest lead in the last quarter and pulled off the win shortly afterwards.

Reden Celda ended the game with 18points, 4rebounds and 4assits. Keith Wright also led the team to victory with 16points and 16rebounds.

The scores:

MAHINDRA 96 - Celda 18, Wright 16, Khobuntin 15, Camson 9, Paniamogan 8, Corpuz 8, Caperal 6, Revilla 4, Ballesteros 4, Teng 3, Yee 3, Salva 2, Elorde 0.

BLACKWATER 87 - Smith 29, Canaleta 11, Pascual 11, Digregorio 9, Cruz 9, Sena 7, Sumang 4, Gamalinda 4, Aguilar 2, Banal 1, Buenafe 0, Pinto 0.

Quarterscores: 25-26, 48-48, 68-70, 96-87.

(courtesy: youtube/Sports5)