Magnolia ousts Phoenix to set up PBA Finals duel vs San Miguel

MANILA, Philippines--Magnolia arranged a showdown with sister team San Miguel Beer for the PBA Commissioner's Cup title after ending the fairytale run of Phoenix, 89-79, in Game 4 of their semifinal series Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena. The Hotshots made sure that there wouldn't be any collapse this time as they leaned on a strong first quarter anchored by Mark Barroca before their defense prevented the Fuel Masters from completing any of their comeback tries in the second half. Barroca finished with a conference-high 21 points as Magnolia won the best-of-five series, 3-1, to progress into the PBA Finals against the Beermen, who a few days earlier swept last season's Commissi...

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