PBA D-League: Santos's late putback caps Big Chill's comeback win

Allan Santos's last-second putback at the buzzer had Big Chill sneaking out a 74-73 triumph over Café France Thursday in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

Santos, with 1.3 seconds left to complete a game-winning play, grabbed the offensive board to follow up Chris Jensen's miss while trying to score an alley-oop play from an Alex Mallari inbounds play.

 

The win came after Big Chill fought back from six points down with three minutes left in the game and head coach Robert Sison calling the shots for the first time.

 

"The players stuck with the system although I was with the team for only five days," said Sison, who took over the coaching chores after Arsenio Dysangco was fired.

 

Café France looked headed for the win after a 73-67 lead but the Bakers never scored after that as Big Chill made a mini run.

 

Santos buried two free throws in the two-minute mark of the game followed by a Mallari lay-up with 1:24 on the clock.

 

The Bakers' lead was down to a point after an Elliot Tan split charities, off a Jonathan Semira foul, with 41.7 seconds to play.  

Big Chill turned the ball over when Santos was called for an offensive foul on its last ditch effort to take the lead.

 

The Superchargers gained new life when Josan Nimes turned the ball over while receiving the inbounds pass as the clock stopped at 1.3 seconds. — JVP, GMA News