NorthPort's local players, led by Joshua Munzon and Paul Zamar, sparked the team's huge scoring surge in the middle quarters as the Batang Pier rolled past the Blackwater Bossing, 106-89, to secure a spot in the PBA Season 48 Commissioner's Cup quarterfinals on Friday, January 5, at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

Munzon, the top overall pick of the 2020 PBA Rookie Draft, fired 16 points in the second and third period, a stretch that saw the Batang Pier outscore the Bossing, 66-49, and pull away from a tight contest.