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Source: ABS-CBN News

-- Talk ‘N Text weathered Rain or Shine’s last minute uprising to hold on to a 99-96 win in the KFC-PBA Fiesta Conference Friday night at the Cuneta Astrdome in Pasay City.

The Tropang Texters almost blew a 7-point lead in the final 2:21 of the game as the Elasto Painters staged a comeback but came up short to surrender the victory to their rivals.

Ranidel de Ocampo scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half and shot 7-of-8 from the field to lead Talk ‘N Text’s onslaught in the final half of the game.

With the win, the Tropang Texters bounced back from a 90-97 defeat at the hands of Barangay Ginebra in their opening game last Sunday.

But still, Talk ‘N Text head coach Chot Reyes was far from satisfied with the performance of his team.

“This is a very disappointing win because we cannot close the deal,” said Reyes, who also drew 19 points and 6 assists from Jimmy Alapag.

“It’s nice to have a win but it was a very disappointing cause. We gave them an opportunity to come back and it went down to the last possession. We’re just lucky Gabe (Norwod) missed that shot,” he added.

Jason Castro, Mark Cardona, and import Shawn Daniels contributed 15, 14 and 13 points respectively for the Texters.

Jay-R Reyes led Rain or Shine with 23 points and 13 rebounds while Jai Lewis chipped in 17 for coach Caloy Garcia. Gabe Norwood finished with 16 points.

SLR dumps Kings
Sta. Lucia Realty also nailed its first win in the tournament with an 86-72 shellacking of Barangay Ginebra.

Anthony Johnson led the Realtors with 22 points and 13 rebounds and was responsible in the team’s breakaway in the fourth period to bounce back from a sorry 93-97 loss to Barako Coffee in their first game.

Kelly Williams added 13 points and 6 rebounds for SLR.

Awvee Storey paced the Kings with 13 points and 22 rebounds but the import failed to solicit support from the locals to slide to 1-1 in the team standings.