PBA: Magnolia slips past NLEX to end four-game slide

Magnolia kept it together in the most crucial of times on Friday night to escape NLEX by the skin of its teeth in overtime, 99-95, in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup at Philsports Arena in Pasig City. Zavier Lucero hit some timely shots in the crunch as veterans Mark Barroca, Calvin Abueva and import Ricardo Ratliffe