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MANILA- Magnolia escaped a late scare from TNT and walked away victorious, 92-88, in Game 2 of their PBA Philippine Cup semifinal tie at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Friday night. Just when the Hotshots thought their much-improved defense on the Tropang Giga compared to Game 1 was enough to force a 1-all deadlock in their best-of-seven series, the latter came alive in the fourth quarter and even came just close to at least forcing overtime. Magnolia's defense held its ground on TNT in the first half, holding them to just 12 points in the first quarter and 29 in total. "It's all about team effort and defense," Coach Chito Victolero said. "Ang sabi ko lang naman sa kanila (I just told them), 'We need to go back to our defensive mindset.' Kaya kami nandito because of that." As the offense began to pick up in the second half, the Hotshots remained solid and even waxed hot to open the fourth quarter as eight straight points stretched their ....

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