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Cebu Niños sweep way to Liga Pilipinas crown
Winning 21 straight games might just be a number but for the M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala Cebu Niños, it symbolized a remarkable feat that might never be equaled in the near future.

The scores: Third Place LAGUNA 92 – Losentes 23, Sanz 14, Capati 14, Estrada 13, Mangahas 11, Anquilo 8, Villaver 6, Grijaldo 2, Musni 1, Tolentino 0, Medina 0, Angeles 0, Pradas 0, Legaspi 0. QUEZON 91 – Panzo 19, Pinera 17, Palaganas 12, Mondragon 12, Raymundo 10, Dedicatoria 8, Orias 6, Labagala 6, Cacha 1, Suguitan 0. Quarters: 27-26; 47-48; 70-71; 92-91. Championship CEBU 89 – Ababon 14, Nailon 13, Padilla 12, Enriquez 10, Saladaga 7, Basco 7, Santos 6, Dacia 6, Poligrates 5, Mepana 4, Magsumbol 3, Escobal 2, Malinao 0. MISAMIS ORIENTAL 54 – Moreno 15, Daja 8, Kong 6, Lamocha 6, Clavel 5, Cabahug 4, Saldua 3, Misa 2, Mamaclay 2, Guiyab 2, Butel 1, Mente 0, Tagupa 0. Quarters: 23-11; 44-20; 61-39; 89-54.
Southpaw guard Mark Ababon led the way for the Niños with 14 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals in 24 minutes while backup big man Frank Nailon added 13 points in just 12 minutes off the bench. Nailon pushed the Niños' lead to 30 points after scoring nine straight points for a 73-42 lead with just 5:18 left. Speedy point guard Woodraw Enriquez, who was adjudged as the conference MVP the other night, chipped in 10 points, four rebounds and two assists in 16 minutes off the bench. The game was mostly physical and tense with Cebu's Bruce Dacia and MisOr's Ronald Lamocha being thrown out on two separate plays. But it hardly mattered for the Niños as they scored 19 points off 20 of 23 turnovers the Meteors made during the first half while allowing them to shoot just 33-percent from the field. Guard Mark Moreno led MisOr with 15 points but top scorer Patrick Cabahug, who was named as the Gunner of the Conference the other day, was an eye sore for the squad of coach Jun Noel, scoring just four points. RB Mangahas buried a fadeaway three-pointer with less than three seconds remaining as the Trace Laguna Stallions escaped with a 92-91 win over the Quezon Red Oilers to bag third place. - GMANews.TV More Videos
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