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Rain or Shine will push even harder vs San Miguel, says Almazan
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Raymond Almazan vs Arwind Santos.
As of late, coach Yeng Guiao has been talking about Rain or Shine’s readiness for the big games.
Though the team had to go through the tough grind of the quarterfinals, that proved to be beneficial for the Elasto Painters as they have slowly reclaimed the deadly form they showed earlier in the 2016 Smart Bro PBA Philippine Cup.
And one of the guys to prosper in that stretch was Raymond Almazan.
The third-year big man has slowly come to his own, making his mark in the team alongside Rain or Shine’s famed Extra Rice combo of Beau Belga and JR Quiñahan.
That was seen best in the E-Painters’ 104-89 victory against TNT to advance to the semifinals, where the former Letran Knight punished the Tropang Texters frontline en route to 15 points, 10 rebounds, and three blocks.
Almazan knows the importance of his emergence, more so that Rain or Shine is due against the two-time MVP June Mar Fajardo and San Miguel.
“Siguro mas ready kami this time. Nung tinalo namin sila, nakapag-adjust na rin sila siguro. Titignan namin yung kung ano ang ia-adjust namin,” he said, reflecting on the E-Painters’ 99-84 triumph against the Beermen.
The Rain or Shine frontline did an admirable job making Fajardo’s life worse in that meeting, forcing the Cebuano giant to struggle from the field and limiting him to a silent 13-point, 10-rebound outing.
Almazan, though, admitted that shadowing Fajardo wasn’t a walk in the park.
“Nauubos talaga kami kay June Mar eh. Hindi na pwede yung mga gulang-gulang,” he said.
It also helps that aside from the trio, Jewel Ponferrada has also been contributing well for Guiao, to the delight of Almazan.
“Sobrang laking bagay ni Jewel kasi dito hati-hati ang playing time. Mahaba na ang 25 minutes. Dagdag height sya kaya malaking bagay talaga,” he said.
Almazan promised that there would no longer be any let-ups from the Rain or Shine side after the grindhouse it had been in, and that the eliminations meeting between the Elasto Painters and the Beermen is just a prelude to what will happen come January 5.
“Mas didiinan pa namin yung ginawa namin sa eliminations. Sa semifinals, kung sino talaga yung gusto, yun ang mananalo,” he said.
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