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Harbour Centre stretched its winning streak to seven, routing Magnolia Purewater, 94-76, in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) PG Flex Linoleum Cup at the Ynares Sports Arena in San Juan Tuesday.

Unlike in the first round where they went through the wringer before escaping with the 76-75 win over the Wizards, Batang Pier hardly encountered trouble as coach Jorge Gallent drew points from almost everybody in his team.

After a slow start, Harbour Centre outscored the Wizards 25-12 in the second quarter for a 40-33 lead. Batang Pier steadily pulled away and built a 59-46 lead going into the final 10 minutes.

But like in their first win, it was Reed Juntilla who again delivered the killing blows, scoring 22 points, most of them in the second and third quarters to rip the game wide apart.

"The usual, we are rusty at the start because we have a week-long break. We picked up our offense when we play good defense. If our defense clicks, our offense clicks," said Gallent.

The Wizards fell to 6-2.