WITH Almond Vosotros leading the way, TNT rallied to pull off a hard-earned 21-17 win over Cavitex and bag another leg championship in the PBA 3×3 yesterday at Robinsons Place Novaliches.
Vosotros proved to be the man of the hour anew for the Tropang Giga, sparking a telling 12-4 run that spelled the difference in the finals.
The streak shooting guard played like a man possessed, scoring all of the team’s output during that critical run in a one-man show.
Vosotros, the three-time scoring champion of the standalone tournament, put together 12 straight points in a five-minute stretch as TNT wiped out a 13-9 Cavitex lead.
He finished with a game-high 15 points, including the game-winning deuce with still 2:40 to play amid a wild celebration from the TNT side led by coach Mau Belen and teammates Lervin Flores, Gryann Mendoza, and Rey Mark Acuno.
The win was worth P100,000 for the telecommunication franchise as it won its second leg crown this conference. The team also topped Leg 1 but lost Leg 2 to J&T Express last week.
The loss was a sorry one for Cavitex, which controlled the match and led by four before Vosotros caught fire.
Bong Galanza and rookie Sherwin Concepcion had five points each to show the way for the Braves, who bagged the P50,000 runner-up purse.
Meralco salvaged some measure of pride by taking third place in its battle against Barangay Ginebra 17-15 worth P30,000.
In the semis, TNT eliminated Meralco 20-19 while Cavitex clobbered Barangay Ginebra 21-10.
In the quarterfinals, the Tropang Giga downed NorthPort to advance 21-18; the Bolts edged Platinum Karaoke 15-14; Cavitex booted out Leg 2 champion J&T Express 20-18; and the Kings beat Terrafirma 18-15.
