BALANGA – Bataan brought down Caloocan in a one-sided game while Manila edged Bulacan to take the head start in the MPBL playoffs best-of-three quarterfinals series late Tuesday night.
The top seeded Risers ripped the Supremos, 91-71, at home and moved a win away from notching a Final Four seat in the tough northern division.
Two players ended up with a double-double performance while three others tallied in double figures for Bataan, a team which barely made it to the playoffs in the inaugural staging of the tournament last year.
If Bataan won by a breeze, Manila, the fourth seeded team in the north, had to struggle before winning over No.5 ranked and Mighty Sports-backed Bulacan, 69-65.
