GINEBRA didn’t need any miracle comeback or an overtime period to beat Shopinas.com.

One brilliant quarter was more than enough.

The league’s most popular ball club came through with a huge run in the second quarter, and the Kings glided their way to a convincing 92-79 victory over the Clickers Saturday night to spring back into the winning track in the PBA Philippine Cup in Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

Well aware of the ability of Shopinas.com to pull off its very first win in the season-opening tournament, Ginebra tore the game apart by heavily outscoring the bottom-dwelling franchise, 33-13, in the second period, and in the proccess collected its fourth win in eight games while dealing Shopinas.com its ninth loss in a row.

That blast the Kings unloaded turned a shaky 20-18 advantage to 53-31 at the halftime break. Ginebra stretched it further to 27 (59-32) on a pair of free throws by Nino Canaleta in the third quarter, and it more or less plucked away the Clickers’ fighting spirit in the Phoenix Fuel-backed match.

In that second period, the Clickers committed six errors and gave away 10 points off turnovers.

While this was a victory that gave Ginebra a sweep of its head-to-head duel with Shopinas.com in the elimination round, the result was far from the manner by which the Kings won the first encounter last Oct. 26.

In that contest, Ginebra trailed by five points with 55.2 seconds left to play in regulation, but somehow conjured a magical comeback to send the game into extra time and eventually won it, 94-90.

Willy Wilson scored 12 points and pulled down nine rebounds, Caneleta had 12 points, and Jay-Jay Helterbrand, fast re-discovering his touch from the long court, added 10 points for the Kings.

RJ Jazul led the Clickers with 11 points while Dennis Daa and James Sena contributed 10 apiece.

So miserable were the Clickers that they merely shot 35.8 percent from the field, converting just 29 of their 81 attempts.

The Kings had a decent 43 percent clip on 33-of-76 shooting.

The scores:

Ginebra (92) - W. Wilson 12, Canaleta 12, Helterbrand 10, Villanueva 9, De Ocampo 9, J. Wilson 9, Caguioa 8, Cervantes 6, Tubid 5, Labagala 5, Cortez 3, Intal 2, Aquino 2.

Shopinas.com (79) - Jazul 11, Daa 10, Sena 10, Mirza 10, Hubalde 7, Sison 5, Duncil 5, Ritualo 5, Menor 5, Espiritu 5, Se 4, Aquino 0, Hermida 0.

Quarterscores: 20-18, 53-31, 72-50, 92-79

*article from www.pba.ph