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CAGUIOA TOWS GINEBRA PAST GLOBALPORT’S ROOKIE ONSLAUGHT
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Challenged by GlobalPort’s young guns, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel veteran mainstay Mark Caguioa stood his ground and saved the Kings from what could have been a humbling loss.
Caguioa completely took over the game in the crunch and the Kings survived the Batang Pier’s determined fightback from a 19-point third quarter deficit, squeezing out a 109-104 victory Thursday night in the PLDT myDSL PBA Philippine Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
The 2012 MVP winner played with so much pride and passion at winning time, and had the last laugh in a fiery shootout with GlobalPort rookie guard Terrence Romeo.
Romeo, breaking down Caguioa’s defense in a drive that pushed the Batang Pier ahead, 93-91, served as the Ginebra top gun’s wakeup call.
Caguioa poured in 14 of his 29 points in the last three minutes of play and the Kings stayed undefeated with a 3-0 start in PBA Season 39.
GlobalPort slid down to 1-2.
“Pwede ba tayong magpasapaw, eh mas mayabang tayo roon,” said Caguioa on the TV interview after the game.
“Magaling si Romeo pero mas maangas ako. Sabi ko ‘I’ve got to do something.’ Lumabas ang competitive spirit ko, at talagang di mawawala yon,” he added.
Caguioa really rose to the challenge, going 4-of-4 from the field and 4-of-5 from the stripe in taking over the game in the last three minutes.
Romeo was also fantastic, coming through with 27 points after a 34-point performance the last time out.
Romeo, together with FEU backcourt partner RR Garcia and role player Marvin Hayes, brought the Batang Pier back in the game after trailing by 19 early in the third period.
“Medyo nag-relax at nagkanya-kanya. At least, we learned our lesson. Wala talagang team sa PBA that you can take for granted,” said Ginebra coach Ato Agustin.
“First half, we played good and did what we wanted to do. Second half, medyo na-rattle. Buti na lang naka-adjust kami later on sa pressure defense nila,” Agustin also said.
Caguioa almost singled-handedly eased the pressure.
“Pinaglaban ko lang ang pagkabeterano namin,” he said.
Japeth Aguilar, Greg Slaughter, LA Tenorio and Jayjay Helterbrand helped carry the cudgels for the Kings early on. They all finished with double-digit outputs.
Meanwhile, Jay Washington contributed 23 markers and Garcia chipped in 20 for the Batang Pier. (SB)
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