Beermen to up aggression in Game 3
Credit to Author: JOSEF T. RAMOS, TMT| Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 16:25:27 +0000
Defending champion San Miguel Beer wants ride the momentum of its previous win to pull away further from Magnolia in Game 3 of the best-of-seven finals of Season 44 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Araneta Coliseum.
The Beermen leveled the series 1-1 with a 108-101 victory on Friday.
“It will be an interesting game because it now boils down to a best-of-five series,” said SMB coach Leo Austria. “I know it is good also that you’re always ahead in any series but I know it is not going to be so easy because Magnolia will come out hard.”
It was a night of prolific scoring for SMB as seven Beermen scored in double figures — June Mar Fajardo (16), Alex Cabagnot (16), Chris Ross (15), Marcio Lassiter (15), Arwind Santos (13), Terrence Romeo (13) and Christian Standhardinger (13).
Austria also commented on Romeo’s two successive technical fouls. He made a hard chest pass to referee Peter Balao, resulting in his first technical foul and argued with game officials.
“We will take that positively because he (Romeo) is a warrior but we’ll tell him it’s not the proper way. He wants to win but he should be mature, and I think he will realize it,” said Austria of the three-time PBA scoring champion.
Meanwhile, Magnolia coach Chito Victolero commended his wards but told them to be aggressive.
“It’s now a best-of-five series. Let’s just see our adjustments in the next game. We need to dictate the tempo of the game, play defense and be aggressive. But I love the effort of my players,”said Victolero.
The Hotshots won Game 1, 99-94.
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