Not even the ejection of import Du’Vaughn Maxwell could stop Phoenix from rising from its ashes, soaring to a dominant 125-100 victory that also ended its dry spell in the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Saturday, Feb. 18.
The Fuel Masters leaned on a huge second-quarter onslaught that built them a reliable 19-point lead at the break – an advantage that proved to be enough to buck the absence of their import for most of the second half and arrest their two-game slide.
The do-it-all import already had a technical in an earlier altercation with Terrafirma guard Alex Cabagno causing his ejection. Jason Perkins contributed 14 points and seven rebounds while Javee Mocon announced his return to the lineup with 13 points. RR Garcia and Sean Maganti were the other double-digit scorers for Phoenix with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
“It was unfortunate that he was called for his second technical and had to be ejected but what he did in the first half actually helped us already to have that lead so when we lost him in the third quarter, everybody stepped up. So that’s our mentality, the next man up and everybody did well,” said Jarin.
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