MERALCO is fast dominating the PBA 3x3 Third Conference after winning yet another leg title on Tuesday.
The Bolts repeated over TNT Tropang Giga, 21-13, to rule Leg 4 of the half-court game at the Ayala Malls Circuit Makati.
The trio of Joseph Sedurifa, JJ Manlangit, and Jeff Manday sparked a game-changing 10-3 run to finally pull away from Almond Vosotros and Co. after the two sides went mano-a-mano in the first five minutes of the finals.
The run moved the Bolts on the hill, 20-12.
Sedurifa powers Meralco
Sedurifa, who had been hot for the Bolts since the group phase, finished with nine points including the jump shot with still 2:09 left to play that clinched for Meralco the Leg 4 crown and the P100,000 prize purse.
Meralco has been a dominant force so far in the season-ending conference, claiming three of the four leg championship disputed so far.
The Bolts beat the Triple Giga in the Leg 3 finals last week, 19-18.
Manday added seven points, Manlangit had three, and veteran big man Alfred Batino with two for the team of coach Patrick Fran.
Bolts complete 5-game sweep
The Bolts completed a five-game sweep of their campaign, including a 21-17 win over Northport in the quarterfinals and a 13-8 victory over Blackwater in a low-scoring semifinals.
TNT achieved another runner up finish worth P50,000.
Vosotros showed the way for the Triple Giga with seven points
Blackwater meanwhile, scored a podium finish for the first time this season as it turned back guest team MCFASolver, 21-18.
Wendell Comboy was a one-man wrecking crew for the Smooth Razor with 18 points to give the franchise a third place finish this conference worth P30,000.
The scores
Third place
Blackwater (21) – Comboy 18, Bayla 2, Deles 1, Publico 0.
MCFASolver (18) – Ramirez 9, Vigil 6, Banal 2, Andrada 1.
Finals
Meralco (21) – Sedurifa 9, Manday 7, Manlangit 3, Batino 2.
TNT (13) – Vosotros 7, De Leon 5, Mendoza 1, Salem 0.
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